أناس

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָשָׁא (ʾănāšā), Classical Syriac ܐܲܢܵܫܵܐ, ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾanāšā, nāšā), Biblical Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnōš) (whence English Enos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.naːs/

Noun

أُنَاس • (ʔunās) pl (plural only)

1. persons, people

   Synonym: نَاس (nās)

2. a group of people
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:71:

     يَوْمَ نَدْعُو كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

     yawma nadʕū kulla ʔunāsin biʔimāmihim faman ʔūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi faʔūlāʔika yaqraʔūna kitābahum walā yuẓlamūna fatīlan

     A day when We would call every people along with their leader and chief, and the one given their book in their right hand would read their book, and injustice would not be done to them [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

Declension

Declension of noun أُنَاس (ʔunās)

Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُنَاس ʔunās	الْأُنَاس al-ʔunās	أُنَاس ʔunās
Nominative	أُنَاسٌ ʔunāsun	الْأُنَاسُ al-ʔunāsu	أُنَاسُ ʔunāsu
Accusative	أُنَاسًا ʔunāsan	الْأُنَاسَ al-ʔunāsa	أُنَاسَ ʔunāsa
Genitive	أُنَاسٍ ʔunāsin	الْأُنَاسِ al-ʔunāsi	أُنَاسِ ʔunāsi