إنية

From إِنِّي (ʔinnī, “Indeed, I am”), composed of إِنَّ (ʔinna, an emphasizing sentence particle) +‎ ـنِي (-nī, “me”). Also often hypothesized to be from Ancient Greek εἶναι (eînai, “be, exist”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.nij.ja/

إِنِّيَّة • (ʔinniyya) f (plural إِنِّيَّات (ʔinniyyāt))

1. (philosophy) ipseity

   Alternative forms: أَنَوِيَّة (ʔanawiyya), أَنَيَّة (ʔanayya)

   • 801-873, Al-Kindi, رسالة إلى المعتصم بالله في الفلسفة الأولى:

     لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا لَهُ أَنَيَّةٌ لَهُ حَقِيقَةٌ، فَٱلْحَقُّ ٱضْطِرَارًا مَوْجُودٌ إِذَنِ ٱلْأَنَيَّاتُ مَوْجُودَةٌ

     liʔanna kulla mā lahu ʔanayyatun lahu ḥaqīqatun, fal-ḥaqqu ḍṭirāran mawjūdun ʔiḏani l-ʔanayyātu mawjūdatun

     For everything that has ipseity has a truth [in it], and [we know] the truth necessarily exists. Thus ipseities surely exist.