آية

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See also: أية, إيه, ايه, and آیه

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *awayat-. Cognate with Hebrew אוֹת (ʾōṯ, “sign”) and Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯā, “sign”).

Pronunciation

Noun

آيَة • (ʔāya) f (plural آيَات (ʔāyāt))

  1. sign, token
    آيَةُ ٱللّٰه
    ʔāyatu llāh
    ayatollah
    (literally, “sign of God”)
  2. verse (of a holy book, such as the Quran or Bible)
  3. prodigy, marvel

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal آيَة
ʔāya 		الْآيَة
al-ʔāya 		آيَة
ʔāyat
Nominative آيَةٌ
ʔāyatun 		الْآيَةُ
al-ʔāyatu 		آيَةُ
ʔāyatu
Accusative آيَةً
ʔāyatan 		الْآيَةَ
al-ʔāyata 		آيَةَ
ʔāyata
Genitive آيَةٍ
ʔāyatin 		الْآيَةِ
al-ʔāyati 		آيَةِ
ʔāyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal آيَتَيْن
ʔāyatayn 		الْآيَتَيْن
al-ʔāyatayn 		آيَتَيْ
ʔāyatay
Nominative آيَتَانِ
ʔāyatāni 		الْآيَتَانِ
al-ʔāyatāni 		آيَتَا
ʔāyatā
Accusative آيَتَيْنِ
ʔāyatayni 		الْآيَتَيْنِ
al-ʔāyatayni 		آيَتَيْ
ʔāyatay
Genitive آيَتَيْنِ
ʔāyatayni 		الْآيَتَيْنِ
al-ʔāyatayni 		آيَتَيْ
ʔāyatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal آيَات
ʔāyāt 		الْآيَات
al-ʔāyāt 		آيَات
ʔāyāt
Nominative آيَاتٌ
ʔāyātun 		الْآيَاتُ
al-ʔāyātu 		آيَاتُ
ʔāyātu
Accusative آيَاتٍ
ʔāyātin 		الْآيَاتِ
al-ʔāyāti 		آيَاتِ
ʔāyāti
Genitive آيَاتٍ
ʔāyātin 		الْآيَاتِ
al-ʔāyāti 		آيَاتِ
ʔāyāti

Descendants

  • → Afar: ayyáat
  • → Dutch: aja
  • → English: ayah
  • → Pashto: آيات (âyât)
  • → Classical Persian: آیَه (āya), آیَة (āya(t)), آیَت (āyat)
  • → Spanish: aleya
  • → Swahili: aya
  • → Tausug: ayat
  • → Turkish: ayet

Proper noun

آية • (ʔāya) f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة (ʔāya)
Singular singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — آيَة
ʔāya 		—
Nominative — آيَةُ
ʔāyatu 		—
Accusative — آيَةَ
ʔāyata 		—
Genitive — آيَةَ
ʔāyata 		—

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “آية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 46
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