دني
See also: دنى
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the roots د ن و (d n w) and د ن ي (d n y).
Adjective
دَنِيّ • (daniyy) (feminine دَنِيَّة (daniyya), masculine plural أَدْنِيَاء (ʔadniyāʔ), feminine plural دَنِيَّات (daniyyāt) or دَنَايَا (danāyā), elative أَدْنَى (ʔadnā))
- near, neighboring
- low
- mean
- vile
- worthless, of a bad quality
- weak-minded, cowardly
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | دَنِي danī |
الدَّنِي ad-danī |
دَنِيَّة daniyya |
الدَّنِيَّة ad-daniyya |
| nominative | دَنِيٌّ daniyyun |
الدَّنِيُّ ad-daniyyu |
دَنِيَّةٌ daniyyatun |
الدَّنِيَّةُ ad-daniyyatu |
| accusative | دَنِيًّا daniyyan |
الدَّنِيَّ ad-daniyya |
دَنِيَّةً daniyyatan |
الدَّنِيَّةَ ad-daniyyata |
| genitive | دَنِيٍّ daniyyin |
الدَّنِيِّ ad-daniyyi |
دَنِيَّةٍ daniyyatin |
الدَّنِيَّةِ ad-daniyyati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | دَنِيَّيْن daniyyayn |
الدَّنِيَّيْن ad-daniyyayn |
دَنِيَّتَيْن daniyyatayn |
الدَّنِيَّتَيْن ad-daniyyatayn |
| nominative | دَنِيَّانِ daniyyāni |
الدَّنِيَّانِ ad-daniyyāni |
دَنِيَّتَانِ daniyyatāni |
الدَّنِيَّتَانِ ad-daniyyatāni |
| accusative | دَنِيَّيْنِ daniyyayni |
الدَّنِيَّيْنِ ad-daniyyayni |
دَنِيَّتَيْنِ daniyyatayni |
الدَّنِيَّتَيْنِ ad-daniyyatayni |
| genitive | دَنِيَّيْنِ daniyyayni |
الدَّنِيَّيْنِ ad-daniyyayni |
دَنِيَّتَيْنِ daniyyatayni |
الدَّنِيَّتَيْنِ ad-daniyyatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural; broken plural invariable | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَدْنِيَاء ʔadniyāʔ |
الْأَدْنِيَاء al-ʔadniyāʔ |
دَنِيَّات; دَنَايَا daniyyāt; danāyā |
الدَّنِيَّات; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāt; ad-danāyā |
| nominative | أَدْنِيَاءُ ʔadniyāʔu |
الْأَدْنِيَاءُ al-ʔadniyāʔu |
دَنِيَّاتٌ; دَنَايَا daniyyātun; danāyā |
الدَّنِيَّاتُ; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyātu; ad-danāyā |
| accusative | أَدْنِيَاءَ ʔadniyāʔa |
الْأَدْنِيَاءَ al-ʔadniyāʔa |
دَنِيَّاتٍ; دَنَايَا daniyyātin; danāyā |
الدَّنِيَّاتِ; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāti; ad-danāyā |
| genitive | أَدْنِيَاءَ ʔadniyāʔa |
الْأَدْنِيَاءِ al-ʔadniyāʔi |
دَنِيَّاتٍ; دَنَايَا daniyyātin; danāyā |
الدَّنِيَّاتِ; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāti; ad-danāyā |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دني”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 2
Verb
دُنِيَ • (duniya) (form I) /du.ni.ja/
- third-person masculine singular past passive of دَنَا (danā)
North Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ni/, [dɪ.nɪ], [dɪ.ne]
Noun
دني • (dini) f
- world, this world
- (by extension) society, the people
- dummy subject for weather, seasons & time of day (used with a noun as opposed to an adjective)
- الدني برد ― d-dini barid ― It’s cold
- الدني ليل ― d-dini layl ― It’s night
- this place (used for exaggeration)
- خرّبت الدني! ― ḵarrabt ed-dini! ― You made a mess! (literally, "you destroyed the world")
- الدني ميّ ― d-dini mayy ― This place is wet (literally, "the world is water")
- One's environment and surroundings as a whole; the extent of what one is experiencing
- الدني وقتا كانت حرب عندن.
- d-dini waʾta kānit ḥarb ʕandon.
- There was war all around them at the time.
- (literally, “The world at the time was war for them.”)