أميز
Arabic
Etymology
Elative from the root م ي ز (m y z); compare مَيَّزَ (mayyaza, “to distinguish”), مُمْتَاز (mumtāz, “distinguished, excellent”).
Adjective
أَمْيَز • (ʔamyaz)
- preferable
- more distinguished; most distinguished
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular unknown | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَمْيَز ʔamyaz |
الْأَمْيَز al-ʔamyaz |
? | ? |
| nominative | أَمْيَزُ ʔamyazu |
الْأَمْيَزُ al-ʔamyazu |
? | ? |
| accusative | أَمْيَزَ ʔamyaza |
الْأَمْيَزَ al-ʔamyaza |
? | ? |
| genitive | أَمْيَزَ ʔamyaza |
الْأَمْيَزِ al-ʔamyazi |
? | ? |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَمْيَزَيْن ʔamyazayn |
الْأَمْيَزَيْن al-ʔamyazayn |
? | ? |
| nominative | أَمْيَزَانِ ʔamyazāni |
الْأَمْيَزَانِ al-ʔamyazāni |
? | ? |
| accusative | أَمْيَزَيْنِ ʔamyazayni |
الْأَمْيَزَيْنِ al-ʔamyazayni |
? | ? |
| genitive | أَمْيَزَيْنِ ʔamyazayni |
الْأَمْيَزَيْنِ al-ʔamyazayni |
? | ? |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| plural unknown | plural unknown | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| nominative | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| accusative | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| genitive | ? | ? | ? | ? |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أميز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أميز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN