إناء
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic. Compare Hebrew אֳנִיָּה (ʾŏnīyá, “ship”), Aramaic מָאנָא / ܡܳܐܢܳܐ (mānā, “vessel, container; ship”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐𐎊𐎚 (ảnyt, “ship”), Akkadian 𒃻𒄘𒈾 (/unūtu, anūtu/, “household, palace; ship; utensils, instruments, tools, wares, gear”) – whence Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אנותא, אנתא (“a type of jar for oil, cruse”) and Old Armenian անօթ (anōtʻ, “container”) –, Ge'ez ንዋይ (nəway, “vessel, utensil, instrument, item; goods, possessions, property, wealth, estate”). It is generally assumed that there has been an accumulation of dissimilations in all these forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔi.naːʔ/
Noun
إِنَاء • (ʔināʔ) m (plural آنِيَة (ʔāniya) or أَوَانٍ (ʔawānin))
- vessel, receptacle, utensil, dish
- اِمْلَإِ الْإِنَاءَ مَاءً. ― imlaʔi al-ʔināʔa māʔan. ― Fill the vessel with water.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِنَاء ʔināʔ |
الْإِنَاء al-ʔināʔ |
إِنَاء ʔināʔ |
| nominative | إِنَاءٌ ʔināʔun |
الْإِنَاءُ al-ʔināʔu |
إِنَاءُ ʔināʔu |
| accusative | إِنَاءً ʔināʔan |
الْإِنَاءَ al-ʔināʔa |
إِنَاءَ ʔināʔa |
| genitive | إِنَاءٍ ʔināʔin |
الْإِنَاءِ al-ʔināʔi |
إِنَاءِ ʔināʔi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِنَاءَيْن ʔināʔayn |
الْإِنَاءَيْن al-ʔināʔayn |
إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay |
| nominative | إِنَاءَانِ ʔināʔāni |
الْإِنَاءَانِ al-ʔināʔāni |
إِنَاءَا ʔināʔā |
| accusative | إِنَاءَيْنِ ʔināʔayni |
الْإِنَاءَيْنِ al-ʔināʔayni |
إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay |
| genitive | إِنَاءَيْنِ ʔināʔayni |
الْإِنَاءَيْنِ al-ʔināʔayni |
إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | آنِيَة; أَوَانِي ʔāniya; ʔawānī |
الْآنِيَة; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniya; al-ʔawānī |
آنِيَة; أَوَانِي ʔāniyat; ʔawānī |
| nominative | آنِيَةٌ; أَوَانٍ ʔāniyatun; ʔawānin |
الْآنِيَةُ; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniyatu; al-ʔawānī |
آنِيَةُ; أَوَانِي ʔāniyatu; ʔawānī |
| accusative | آنِيَةً; أَوَانِيَ ʔāniyatan; ʔawāniya |
الْآنِيَةَ; الْأَوَانِيَ al-ʔāniyata; al-ʔawāniya |
آنِيَةَ; أَوَانِيَ ʔāniyata; ʔawāniya |
| genitive | آنِيَةٍ; أَوَانٍ ʔāniyatin; ʔawānin |
الْآنِيَةِ; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniyati; al-ʔawānī |
آنِيَةِ; أَوَانِي ʔāniyati; ʔawānī |
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ንዋይ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 674
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “إناء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 67
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “إناء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 119.
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 410