أنانية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, egotistical) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyyaf

  1. selfishness, egoism
    Synonym: أَثَرَة (ʔaṯara)
    Antonym: إِيثَار (ʔīṯār)
Declension
Declension of noun أَنَانِيَّة (ʔanāniyya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَنَانِيَّة
ʔanāniyya
الْأَنَانِيَّة
al-ʔanāniyya
أَنَانِيَّة
ʔanāniyyat
nominative أَنَانِيَّةٌ
ʔanāniyyatun
الْأَنَانِيَّةُ
al-ʔanāniyyatu
أَنَانِيَّةُ
ʔanāniyyatu
accusative أَنَانِيَّةً
ʔanāniyyatan
الْأَنَانِيَّةَ
al-ʔanāniyyata
أَنَانِيَّةَ
ʔanāniyyata
genitive أَنَانِيَّةٍ
ʔanāniyyatin
الْأَنَانِيَّةِ
al-ʔanāniyyati
أَنَانِيَّةِ
ʔanāniyyati
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: انانیت
    • Turkish: enaniyet
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أنا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Adjective

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyyaf

  1. feminine singular of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy)