مزية
Arabic
Etymology
From the root م ز ي (m z y) meaning to set apart, to sit far from someone, to eulogize or praise, to be distinguished or privileged, to be elegant or possessing beautification or adornment. Interrelated with and likely developed from the root ز و ي (z w y) also denoting to set aside or apart, to invest with accoutrements, to supply, to deck or adorn, to place as a cornerstone, the most desirable looking stone of all a building's pieces.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.zij.ja/
Noun
مَزِيّة • (maziyya) f (plural مَزَايَا (mazāyā) or مَزِيَّات (maziyyāt))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَزِيّة maziyya |
الْمَزِيّة al-maziyya |
مَزِيّة maziyyat |
| nominative | مَزِيّةٌ maziyyatun |
الْمَزِيّةُ al-maziyyatu |
مَزِيّةُ maziyyatu |
| accusative | مَزِيّةً maziyyatan |
الْمَزِيّةَ al-maziyyata |
مَزِيّةَ maziyyata |
| genitive | مَزِيّةٍ maziyyatin |
الْمَزِيّةِ al-maziyyati |
مَزِيّةِ maziyyati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَزِيّتَيْن maziyyatayn |
الْمَزِيّتَيْن al-maziyyatayn |
مَزِيّتَيْ maziyyatay |
| nominative | مَزِيّتَانِ maziyyatāni |
الْمَزِيّتَانِ al-maziyyatāni |
مَزِيّتَا maziyyatā |
| accusative | مَزِيّتَيْنِ maziyyatayni |
الْمَزِيّتَيْنِ al-maziyyatayni |
مَزِيّتَيْ maziyyatay |
| genitive | مَزِيّتَيْنِ maziyyatayni |
الْمَزِيّتَيْنِ al-maziyyatayni |
مَزِيّتَيْ maziyyatay |
| plural | broken plural invariable; sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّات mazāyā; maziyyāt |
الْمَزَايَا; الْمَزِيَّات al-mazāyā; al-maziyyāt |
مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّات mazāyā; maziyyāt |
| nominative | مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتٌ mazāyā; maziyyātun |
الْمَزَايَا; الْمَزِيَّاتُ al-mazāyā; al-maziyyātu |
مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتُ mazāyā; maziyyātu |
| accusative | مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتٍ mazāyā; maziyyātin |
الْمَزَايَا; الْمَزِيَّاتِ al-mazāyā; al-maziyyāti |
مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتِ mazāyā; maziyyāti |
| genitive | مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتٍ mazāyā; maziyyātin |
الْمَزَايَا; الْمَزِيَّاتِ al-mazāyā; al-maziyyāti |
مَزَايَا; مَزِيَّاتِ mazāyā; maziyyāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: məziyyət
- → Persian: مزیت (maziyyat)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مزیت (meziyyet)
- > Turkish: meziyet (inherited)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مزية”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 587–588
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “مزية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 176
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مزية”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1101
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مزية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1203