أميركي

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَمْرِيكِيّ (ʔamrīkiyy)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَمِيرِكَا (ʾamērikā, “America”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.meː.ri.kijj/

Adjective

أَمِيرِكِيّ • (ʾamērikiyy) (feminine أَمِيرِكِيَّة (ʾamērikiyya), masculine plural أَمِيرِكِيُّونَ (ʾamērikiyyūna), feminine plural أَمِيرِكِيَّات (ʾamērikiyyāt))

1. American

Declension

Declension of adjective أَمِيرِكِيّ (ʔamīrikiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَمِيرِكِي ʔamīrikī	الْأَمِيرِكِي al-ʔamīrikī	أَمِيرِكِيَّة ʔamīrikiyya	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّة al-ʔamīrikiyya
Nominative	أَمِيرِكِيٌّ ʔamīrikiyyun	الْأَمِيرِكِيُّ al-ʔamīrikiyyu	أَمِيرِكِيَّةٌ ʔamīrikiyyatun	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةُ al-ʔamīrikiyyatu
Accusative	أَمِيرِكِيًّا ʔamīrikiyyan	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّ al-ʔamīrikiyya	أَمِيرِكِيَّةً ʔamīrikiyyatan	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةَ al-ʔamīrikiyyata
Genitive	أَمِيرِكِيٍّ ʔamīrikiyyin	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّ al-ʔamīrikiyyi	أَمِيرِكِيَّةٍ ʔamīrikiyyatin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةِ al-ʔamīrikiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْن ʔamīrikiyyayn	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْن al-ʔamīrikiyyayn	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْن ʔamīrikiyyatayn	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْن al-ʔamīrikiyyatayn
Nominative	أَمِيرِكِيَّانِ ʔamīrikiyyāni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّانِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَانِ ʔamīrikiyyatāni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَانِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatāni
Accusative	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyayni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyatayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatayni
Genitive	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyayni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyatayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَمِيرِكِيِّين ʔamīrikiyyīn	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّين al-ʔamīrikiyyīn	أَمِيرِكِيَّات ʔamīrikiyyāt	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّات al-ʔamīrikiyyāt
Nominative	أَمِيرِكِيُّونَ ʔamīrikiyyūna	الْأَمِيرِكِيُّونَ al-ʔamīrikiyyūna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٌ ʔamīrikiyyātun	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتُ al-ʔamīrikiyyātu
Accusative	أَمِيرِكِيِّينَ ʔamīrikiyyīna	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّينَ al-ʔamīrikiyyīna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٍ ʔamīrikiyyātin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāti
Genitive	أَمِيرِكِيِّينَ ʔamīrikiyyīna	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّينَ al-ʔamīrikiyyīna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٍ ʔamīrikiyyātin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāti

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أميركا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN