برني
Arabic
Etymology 1
Arabic sources claim it is Persian, and Persian ones that it is Arabic (which often means it is from Middle Persian or Early New Persian and reinvigorated in Persian from Arabic).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar.nijj/
Noun
بَرْنِيّ • (barniyy) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْنِي barnī |
الْبَرْنِي al-barnī |
بَرْنِي barnī |
| nominative | بَرْنِيٌّ barniyyun |
الْبَرْنِيُّ al-barniyyu |
بَرْنِيُّ barniyyu |
| accusative | بَرْنِيًّا barniyyan |
الْبَرْنِيَّ al-barniyya |
بَرْنِيَّ barniyya |
| genitive | بَرْنِيٍّ barniyyin |
الْبَرْنِيِّ al-barniyyi |
بَرْنِيِّ barniyyi |
Etymology 2
Apparently after Hibernia rather than after Bornu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bur.nijj/
Noun
بُرْنِيّ • (burniyy) m (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))
- (Morocco, al-Andalus) a kind of falcon
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بُرْنِي burnī |
الْبُرْنِي al-burnī |
بُرْنِي burnī |
| nominative | بُرْنِيٌّ burniyyun |
الْبُرْنِيُّ al-burniyyu |
بُرْنِيُّ burniyyu |
| accusative | بُرْنِيًّا burniyyan |
الْبُرْنِيَّ al-burniyya |
بُرْنِيَّ burniyya |
| genitive | بُرْنِيٍّ burniyyin |
الْبُرْنِيِّ al-burniyyi |
بُرْنِيِّ burniyyi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بُرْنِيَّيْن burniyyayn |
الْبُرْنِيَّيْن al-burniyyayn |
بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay |
| nominative | بُرْنِيَّانِ burniyyāni |
الْبُرْنِيَّانِ al-burniyyāni |
بُرْنِيَّا burniyyā |
| accusative | بُرْنِيَّيْنِ burniyyayni |
الْبُرْنِيَّيْنِ al-burniyyayni |
بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay |
| genitive | بُرْنِيَّيْنِ burniyyayni |
الْبُرْنِيَّيْنِ al-burniyyayni |
بُرْنِيَّيْ burniyyay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرَانِي barānī |
الْبَرَانِي al-barānī |
بَرَانِي barānī |
| nominative | بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu |
بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu |
| accusative | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya |
بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
| genitive | بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya |
الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi |
بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi |
Descendants
Further reading
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 135