أدنى

See also: ادني and أذني

Arabic

Etymology

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Arabic دَنِيّ (daniyy)

Arabic أَدْنَى (ʔadnā)

Elative of دَنِيّ (daniyy, “near, low, mean”), from the roots د ن و (d n w) and د ن ي (d n y).

Adjective

أَدْنَى • (ʔadnā) (feminine دُنْيَا (dunyā), masculine plural أَدْنَوْنَ (ʔadnawna) or أَدَانٍ (ʔadānin), feminine plural دُنْيَيَات (dunyayāt) or دُنًى (dunan) or دُنًا (dunan))

elative degree of دَنِيّ (daniyy, “near, low, mean”):
1. nearer, closer; nearest, closest
  الشَّرْق الْأَدْنَى
  aš-šarq al-ʔadnā
  the Near East, as opposed to الشَّرْق الْأَقْصَى (aš-šarq al-ʔaqṣā)
  
  Antonym: أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā)
2. lower; lowest
3. lowlier; lowliest
4. of less significance; of least significance
5. more suitable; most suitable
6. lesser; least
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 32:21:
    وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الأَدْنَى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
    walanuḏīqannahum mina l-ʕaḏābi al-ʔadnā dūna l-ʕaḏābi l-ʔakbari laʕallahum yarjiʕūna
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
7. inferior
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:61:
    أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَى بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ؟
    ʔatastabdilūna llaḏī huwa ʔadnā bi-llaḏī huwa ḵayrun?
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَدْنَى** (ʔadnā)
singular	masculine		feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَدْنَى ʔadnā	الْأَدْنَى al-ʔadnā	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā
nominative	أَدْنَى ʔadnā	الْأَدْنَى al-ʔadnā	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā
accusative	أَدْنَى ʔadnā	الْأَدْنَى al-ʔadnā	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā
genitive	أَدْنَى ʔadnā	الْأَدْنَى al-ʔadnā	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَدْنَيَيْن ʔadnayayn	الْأَدْنَيَيْن al-ʔadnayayn	دُنْيَيَيْن dunyayayn	الدُّنْيَيَيْن ad-dunyayayn
nominative	أَدْنَيَانِ ʔadnayāni	الْأَدْنَيَانِ al-ʔadnayāni	دُنْيَيَانِ dunyayāni	الدُّنْيَيَانِ ad-dunyayāni
accusative	أَدْنَيَيْنِ ʔadnayayni	الْأَدْنَيَيْنِ al-ʔadnayayni	دُنْيَيَيْنِ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ ad-dunyayayni
genitive	أَدْنَيَيْنِ ʔadnayayni	الْأَدْنَيَيْنِ al-ʔadnayayni	دُنْيَيَيْنِ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ ad-dunyayayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural‎; broken plural in ـًى (-an)‎; broken plural in ـًا (-an)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَدْنَيْن‎; أَدَانِي ʔadnayn‎; ʔadānī	الْأَدْنَيْن‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadnayn‎; al-ʔadānī	دُنْيَيَات‎; دُنَى‎; دُنَا dunyayāt‎; dunā‎; dunā	الدُّنْيَيَات‎; الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنَا ad-dunyayāt‎; ad-dunā‎; ad-dunā
nominative	أَدْنَوْنَ‎; أَدَانٍ ʔadnawna‎; ʔadānin	الْأَدْنَوْنَ‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadnawna‎; al-ʔadānī	دُنْيَيَاتٌ‎; دُنًى‎; دُنًا dunyayātun‎; dunan‎; dunan	الدُّنْيَيَاتُ‎; الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنَا ad-dunyayātu‎; ad-dunā‎; ad-dunā
accusative	أَدْنَيْنَ‎; أَدَانِيَ ʔadnayna‎; ʔadāniya	الْأَدْنَيْنَ‎; الْأَدَانِيَ al-ʔadnayna‎; al-ʔadāniya	دُنْيَيَاتٍ‎; دُنًى‎; دُنًا dunyayātin‎; dunan‎; dunan	الدُّنْيَيَاتِ‎; الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنَا ad-dunyayāti‎; ad-dunā‎; ad-dunā
genitive	أَدْنَيْنَ‎; أَدَانٍ ʔadnayna‎; ʔadānin	الْأَدْنَيْنَ‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadnayna‎; al-ʔadānī	دُنْيَيَاتٍ‎; دُنًى‎; دُنًا dunyayātin‎; dunan‎; dunan	الدُّنْيَيَاتِ‎; الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنَا ad-dunyayāti‎; ad-dunā‎; ad-dunā

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ن و
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَدْنَى (ʔadnā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔad.na/, [ˈʔad.na]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Adjective

أدنى • (ʔadna) (feminine دنيا (dunya))

lower, lowest, minimum
Antonym: أعلى (ʔaʕla)

الحدّ الأدنى ل لدفع خمسين دينار.
il-ḥadd il-ʔadna lad-dafeʔ ḵamsīn dīnār
The minimum payment is fifty dinars.
(literally, “The minimum limit for payment is fifty dinars.”)
nearer, nearest
Antonym: أقصى (ʔaqṣa)