آية
Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *awayat-. Cognate with Hebrew אוֹת (ʾōṯ, “sign”) and Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯā, “sign”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editآيَة • (ʔāya) f (plural آيَات (ʔāyāt))
- sign, token
- آيَةُ ٱللّٰه
- ʔāyatu llāh
- ayatollah
- (literally, “sign of God”)
- verse (of a holy book, such as the Quran or Bible)
- prodigy, marvel
Declension
editDeclension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | آيَة ʔāya |
الْآيَة al-ʔāya |
آيَة ʔāyat |
Nominative | آيَةٌ ʔāyatun |
الْآيَةُ al-ʔāyatu |
آيَةُ ʔāyatu |
Accusative | آيَةً ʔāyatan |
الْآيَةَ al-ʔāyata |
آيَةَ ʔāyata |
Genitive | آيَةٍ ʔāyatin |
الْآيَةِ al-ʔāyati |
آيَةِ ʔāyati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | آيَتَيْن ʔāyatayn |
الْآيَتَيْن al-ʔāyatayn |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
Nominative | آيَتَانِ ʔāyatāni |
الْآيَتَانِ al-ʔāyatāni |
آيَتَا ʔāyatā |
Accusative | آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni |
الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
Genitive | آيَتَيْنِ ʔāyatayni |
الْآيَتَيْنِ al-ʔāyatayni |
آيَتَيْ ʔāyatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | آيَات ʔāyāt |
الْآيَات al-ʔāyāt |
آيَات ʔāyāt |
Nominative | آيَاتٌ ʔāyātun |
الْآيَاتُ al-ʔāyātu |
آيَاتُ ʔāyātu |
Accusative | آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin |
الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti |
آيَاتِ ʔāyāti |
Genitive | آيَاتٍ ʔāyātin |
الْآيَاتِ al-ʔāyāti |
آيَاتِ ʔāyāti |
Descendants
edit- → Afar: ayyáat
- → Bashkir: аят (ayat)
- → Dutch: aja
- → English: ayah
- → Pashto: آيات (âyât)
- → Classical Persian: آیَه (āya), آیَة (āya(t)), آیَت (āyat)
- → Spanish: aleya
- → Swahili: aya
- → Tausug: ayat
- → Ottoman Turkish: آیت (âyet)
- → Turkish: ayet
- → Turkmen: aýat
- → Uyghur: ئايەت (ayet)
- → Uzbek: oyat
Proper noun
editآية • (ʔāya) f
- a female given name
Declension
editDeclension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)
Singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | آيَة ʔāya |
— |
Nominative | — | آيَةُ ʔāyatu |
— |
Accusative | — | آيَةَ ʔāyata |
— |
Genitive | — | آيَةَ ʔāyata |
— |
References
edit- Wehr, Hans (1979) “آية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 46
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- Arabic proper nouns
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