أنيس

Arabic

Root
ء ن س (ʔ n s)
18 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb أَنُسَ (ʔanusa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa.niːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

أَنِيس • (ʔanīs) (feminine أَنِيسَة (ʔanīsa))

close, intimate; close friend; friendly, kind, affable, civil, polite, courteous

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَنِيس** (ʔanīs)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَنِيس ʔanīs	الْأَنِيس al-ʔanīs	أَنِيسَة ʔanīsa	الْأَنِيسَة al-ʔanīsa
nominative	أَنِيسٌ ʔanīsun	الْأَنِيسُ al-ʔanīsu	أَنِيسَةٌ ʔanīsatun	الْأَنِيسَةُ al-ʔanīsatu
accusative	أَنِيسًا ʔanīsan	الْأَنِيسَ al-ʔanīsa	أَنِيسَةً ʔanīsatan	الْأَنِيسَةَ al-ʔanīsata
genitive	أَنِيسٍ ʔanīsin	الْأَنِيسِ al-ʔanīsi	أَنِيسَةٍ ʔanīsatin	الْأَنِيسَةِ al-ʔanīsati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَنِيسَيْن ʔanīsayn	الْأَنِيسَيْن al-ʔanīsayn	أَنِيسَتَيْن ʔanīsatayn	الْأَنِيسَتَيْن al-ʔanīsatayn
nominative	أَنِيسَانِ ʔanīsāni	الْأَنِيسَانِ al-ʔanīsāni	أَنِيسَتَانِ ʔanīsatāni	الْأَنِيسَتَانِ al-ʔanīsatāni
accusative	أَنِيسَيْنِ ʔanīsayni	الْأَنِيسَيْنِ al-ʔanīsayni	أَنِيسَتَيْنِ ʔanīsatayni	الْأَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-ʔanīsatayni
genitive	أَنِيسَيْنِ ʔanīsayni	الْأَنِيسَيْنِ al-ʔanīsayni	أَنِيسَتَيْنِ ʔanīsatayni	الْأَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-ʔanīsatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	أَنِيسَات ʔanīsāt	الْأَنِيسَات al-ʔanīsāt
nominative	?	?	أَنِيسَاتٌ ʔanīsātun	الْأَنِيسَاتُ al-ʔanīsātu
accusative	?	?	أَنِيسَاتٍ ʔanīsātin	الْأَنِيسَاتِ al-ʔanīsāti
genitive	?	?	أَنِيسَاتٍ ʔanīsātin	الْأَنِيسَاتِ al-ʔanīsāti

Proper noun

أَنِيس • (ʔanīs) m

a male given name, Anis

References

Wehr, Hans (1960) “أنيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz