See also: غني, عني, غنى, and غنی

Arabic

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Root
ع ن ي (ʕ-n-y)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕa.naː/
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Verb

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عَنَى (ʕanā) I, non-past يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī)

  1. to mean, to signify
  2. to concern, to refer to

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Derived terms

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  • يَعْنِي (yaʕnī) (see there for borrowings into other languages)

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عَنَى (ʕanā) I, non-past يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī)

  1. to fill with anxiety, to engross, to trouble

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عَنَى (ʕanā) I, non-past يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī)

  1. to happen, to occur, to befall
  2. to produce
  3. to do good, to agree with

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عَنَى (ʕanā) I, non-past يَعْنِي‎ (yaʕnī)

  1. to be a captive
  2. to do good, to agree with

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ع ن ي
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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عنى (ʕana) I (present بعني (biʕni) or بيعني (byaʕni))

  1. to mean, to intend, to indicate
  2. to concern

Usage notes

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  • The non-past forms may use the vowel “a” in the prefix.
  • The subjunctive form يعني (yaʕni) is also used as an interjection or filler word.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of عنى (ʕana)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عنيت (ʕanēt) عنيت (ʕanēt) عنى (ʕana) عنينا (ʕanēna) عنيتو (ʕanētu) عنو (ʕanu)
f عنيتي (ʕanēti) عنت (ʕanat)
present m بعني (baʕni) بتعني (btiʕni) بيعني (biʕni) منعني (mniʕni) بتعنو (btiʕnu) بعنو (biʕnu)
f بتعني (btiʕni) بتعني (btiʕni)
subjunctive m اعني (aʕni) تعني (tiʕni) يعني (yiʕni) نعني (niʕni) تعنو (tiʕnu) يعنو (yiʕnu)
f تعني (tiʕni) تعني (tiʕni)
imperative m اعني (iʕni) اعنو (iʕnu)
f اعني (iʕni)