Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْتِفْهَام (istifhām) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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اِسْتِفْهَامِيّ (istifhāmiyy) (feminine اِسْتِفْهَامِيَّة (istifhāmiyya), masculine plural اِسْتِفْهَامِيُّونَ (istifhāmiyyūna), feminine plural اِسْتِفْهَامِيَّات (istifhāmiyyāt))

  1. (grammar) interrogative
    جُمْلَةٌ ٱسْتِفْهَامِيَّةٌjumlatun stifhāmiyyatuninterrogative sentence

Declension

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