عامي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “common people, the public”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ع م م (ʕ-m-m); compare عَامّ (ʕāmm, “general”).

Adjective

عَامِّيّ • (ʕāmmiyy) (feminine عَامِّيَّة (ʕāmmiyya), masculine plural عَامِّيُّونَ (ʕāmmiyyūna), feminine plural عَامِّيَّات (ʕāmmiyyāt))

1. public, concerning all
2. general
3. common, vulgar
4. (linguistics) colloquial
5. plebeian
6. ignorant

Declension

Declension of adjective عَامِّيّ (ʕāmmiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَامِّي ʕāmmī	الْعَامِّي al-ʕāmmī	عَامِّيَّة ʕāmmiyya	الْعَامِّيَّة al-ʕāmmiyya
Nominative	عَامِّيٌّ ʕāmmiyyun	الْعَامِّيُّ al-ʕāmmiyyu	عَامِّيَّةٌ ʕāmmiyyatun	الْعَامِّيَّةُ al-ʕāmmiyyatu
Accusative	عَامِّيًّا ʕāmmiyyan	الْعَامِّيَّ al-ʕāmmiyya	عَامِّيَّةً ʕāmmiyyatan	الْعَامِّيَّةَ al-ʕāmmiyyata
Genitive	عَامِّيٍّ ʕāmmiyyin	الْعَامِّيِّ al-ʕāmmiyyi	عَامِّيَّةٍ ʕāmmiyyatin	الْعَامِّيَّةِ al-ʕāmmiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَامِّيَّيْن ʕāmmiyyayn	الْعَامِّيَّيْن al-ʕāmmiyyayn	عَامِّيَّتَيْن ʕāmmiyyatayn	الْعَامِّيَّتَيْن al-ʕāmmiyyatayn
Nominative	عَامِّيَّانِ ʕāmmiyyāni	الْعَامِّيَّانِ al-ʕāmmiyyāni	عَامِّيَّتَانِ ʕāmmiyyatāni	الْعَامِّيَّتَانِ al-ʕāmmiyyatāni
Accusative	عَامِّيَّيْنِ ʕāmmiyyayni	الْعَامِّيَّيْنِ al-ʕāmmiyyayni	عَامِّيَّتَيْنِ ʕāmmiyyatayni	الْعَامِّيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕāmmiyyatayni
Genitive	عَامِّيَّيْنِ ʕāmmiyyayni	الْعَامِّيَّيْنِ al-ʕāmmiyyayni	عَامِّيَّتَيْنِ ʕāmmiyyatayni	الْعَامِّيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕāmmiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَامِّيِّين ʕāmmiyyīn	الْعَامِّيِّين al-ʕāmmiyyīn	عَامِّيَّات ʕāmmiyyāt	الْعَامِّيَّات al-ʕāmmiyyāt
Nominative	عَامِّيُّونَ ʕāmmiyyūna	الْعَامِّيُّونَ al-ʕāmmiyyūna	عَامِّيَّاتٌ ʕāmmiyyātun	الْعَامِّيَّاتُ al-ʕāmmiyyātu
Accusative	عَامِّيِّينَ ʕāmmiyyīna	الْعَامِّيِّينَ al-ʕāmmiyyīna	عَامِّيَّاتٍ ʕāmmiyyātin	الْعَامِّيَّاتِ al-ʕāmmiyyāti
Genitive	عَامِّيِّينَ ʕāmmiyyīna	الْعَامِّيِّينَ al-ʕāmmiyyīna	عَامِّيَّاتٍ ʕāmmiyyātin	الْعَامِّيَّاتِ al-ʕāmmiyyāti

Derived terms

• الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʕāmmiyya)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عامي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen