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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