دنيء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ن ء‎ (d-n-ʔ); compare دَنَأَ‎ (danaʔa, “to be low, mean, vile”).

Adjective

دَنِيء • (danīʔ) (feminine دَنِيئَة‎ (danīʔa), masculine plural أَدْنِيَاء‎ (ʔadniyāʔ) or أَدْنَاء‎ (ʔadnāʔ) or دُنَآء‎ (dunaʔāʔ) or أَدَانٍ‎ (ʔadānin), elative أَدْنَأ‎ (ʔadnaʔ))

  1. low, mean, vile, despicable
  2. inferior, worthless, of poor quality
  3. weak-minded, cowardly

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دنيء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دنيء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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