اسمي

See also: أسمي, أسمى, and اسمی

Arabic

Etymology 1

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From اِسْم (ism, “name”) +‎ ـِي (-ī, “first-person singular possessive suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /is.miː/

Noun

اِسْمِي or اِسْمِيَ • (ismī or ismiya) m

first-person singular possessive of اِسْم (ism)

Phrase

اِسْمِي ... or اِسْمِيَ ... • (ismī ... or ismiya ...)

my name is ...
Synonym: أُدْعَى ... (ʔudʕā ...)

اِسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― ismī ʔaḥmad. ― My name is Ahmad.

Usage notes

Arabic uses no copular verb in present-tense equative sentences but requires one in the past and the future, e.g.

in the past:
كَانَ ٱسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― kāna smī ʔaḥmad. ― My name was Ahmad.
in the future:
سَيَكُونُ ٱسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― sayakūnu smī ʔaḥmad. ― My name will be Ahmad.

Etymology 2

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْم (ism) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /is.mijj/

Adjective

اِسْمِيّ • (ismiyy) (feminine اِسْمِيَّة (ismiyya), masculine plural اِسْمِيُّونَ (ismiyyūna), feminine plural اِسْمِيَّات (ismiyyāt))

nominal^[1]

Declension

Declension of adjective **اِسْمِيّ** (ismiyy)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	اِسْمِي ismī	الِاسْمِي al-ismī	اِسْمِيَّة ismiyya	الِاسْمِيَّة al-ismiyya
nominative	اِسْمِيٌّ ismiyyun	الِاسْمِيُّ al-ismiyyu	اِسْمِيَّةٌ ismiyyatun	الِاسْمِيَّةُ al-ismiyyatu
accusative	اِسْمِيًّا ismiyyan	الِاسْمِيَّ al-ismiyya	اِسْمِيَّةً ismiyyatan	الِاسْمِيَّةَ al-ismiyyata
genitive	اِسْمِيٍّ ismiyyin	الِاسْمِيِّ al-ismiyyi	اِسْمِيَّةٍ ismiyyatin	الِاسْمِيَّةِ al-ismiyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	اِسْمِيَّيْن ismiyyayn	الِاسْمِيَّيْن al-ismiyyayn	اِسْمِيَّتَيْن ismiyyatayn	الِاسْمِيَّتَيْن al-ismiyyatayn
nominative	اِسْمِيَّانِ ismiyyāni	الِاسْمِيَّانِ al-ismiyyāni	اِسْمِيَّتَانِ ismiyyatāni	الِاسْمِيَّتَانِ al-ismiyyatāni
accusative	اِسْمِيَّيْنِ ismiyyayni	الِاسْمِيَّيْنِ al-ismiyyayni	اِسْمِيَّتَيْنِ ismiyyatayni	الِاسْمِيَّتَيْنِ al-ismiyyatayni
genitive	اِسْمِيَّيْنِ ismiyyayni	الِاسْمِيَّيْنِ al-ismiyyayni	اِسْمِيَّتَيْنِ ismiyyatayni	الِاسْمِيَّتَيْنِ al-ismiyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	اِسْمِيِّين ismiyyīn	الِاسْمِيِّين al-ismiyyīn	اِسْمِيَّات ismiyyāt	الِاسْمِيَّات al-ismiyyāt
nominative	اِسْمِيُّونَ ismiyyūna	الِاسْمِيُّونَ al-ismiyyūna	اِسْمِيَّاتٌ ismiyyātun	الِاسْمِيَّاتُ al-ismiyyātu
accusative	اِسْمِيِّينَ ismiyyīna	الِاسْمِيِّينَ al-ismiyyīna	اِسْمِيَّاتٍ ismiyyātin	الِاسْمِيَّاتِ al-ismiyyāti
genitive	اِسْمِيِّينَ ismiyyīna	الِاسْمِيِّينَ al-ismiyyīna	اِسْمِيَّاتٍ ismiyyātin	الِاسْمِيَّاتِ al-ismiyyāti

Derived terms

جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة (jumla ismiyya, “nominal sentence”)

References

^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “اسمي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Verb

اُسْمِي • (usmī) (form I) /us.miː/

second-person feminine singular imperative of سَمَا (samā)

[1] Wehr, Hans (1979) “اسمي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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