هوية

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of هُوَ (huwa, “he”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Compare ماهِيّة (māhiyya).

Noun

هُوِيَّة • (huwiyya) f (plural هُوِيَّات (huwiyyāt))

  1. identity
  2. substance, essence, existence
  3. divine substance
  4. identification documents
Declension
Declension of noun هُوِيَّة (huwiyya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هُوِيَّة
huwiyya 		الْهُوِيَّة
al-huwiyya 		هُوِيَّة
huwiyyat
Nominative هُوِيَّةٌ
huwiyyatun 		الْهُوِيَّةُ
al-huwiyyatu 		هُوِيَّةُ
huwiyyatu
Accusative هُوِيَّةً
huwiyyatan 		الْهُوِيَّةَ
al-huwiyyata 		هُوِيَّةَ
huwiyyata
Genitive هُوِيَّةٍ
huwiyyatin 		الْهُوِيَّةِ
al-huwiyyati 		هُوِيَّةِ
huwiyyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هُوِيَّتَيْن
huwiyyatayn 		الْهُوِيَّتَيْن
al-huwiyyatayn 		هُوِيَّتَيْ
huwiyyatay
Nominative هُوِيَّتَانِ
huwiyyatāni 		الْهُوِيَّتَانِ
al-huwiyyatāni 		هُوِيَّتَا
huwiyyatā
Accusative هُوِيَّتَيْنِ
huwiyyatayni 		الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ
al-huwiyyatayni 		هُوِيَّتَيْ
huwiyyatay
Genitive هُوِيَّتَيْنِ
huwiyyatayni 		الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ
al-huwiyyatayni 		هُوِيَّتَيْ
huwiyyatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هُوِيَّات
huwiyyāt 		الْهُوِيَّات
al-huwiyyāt 		هُوِيَّات
huwiyyāt
Nominative هُوِيَّاتٌ
huwiyyātun 		الْهُوِيَّاتُ
al-huwiyyātu 		هُوِيَّاتُ
huwiyyātu
Accusative هُوِيَّاتٍ
huwiyyātin 		الْهُوِيَّاتِ
al-huwiyyāti 		هُوِيَّاتِ
huwiyyāti
Genitive هُوِيَّاتٍ
huwiyyātin 		الْهُوِيَّاتِ
al-huwiyyāti 		هُوِيَّاتِ
huwiyyāti
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: hüviyyət
  • → Persian: هویت
  • → Ottoman Turkish: هویت

Etymology 2

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
14 terms

Noun

هَوِيَّة • (hawiyya) f (plural هَوِيَّات (hawiyyāt))

  1. a desired thing
  2. a deep well
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) deep terrain, bottomland
Declension
Declension of noun هَوِيَّة (hawiyya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هَوِيَّة
hawiyya 		الْهَوِيَّة
al-hawiyya 		هَوِيَّة
hawiyyat
Nominative هَوِيَّةٌ
hawiyyatun 		الْهَوِيَّةُ
al-hawiyyatu 		هَوِيَّةُ
hawiyyatu
Accusative هَوِيَّةً
hawiyyatan 		الْهَوِيَّةَ
al-hawiyyata 		هَوِيَّةَ
hawiyyata
Genitive هَوِيَّةٍ
hawiyyatin 		الْهَوِيَّةِ
al-hawiyyati 		هَوِيَّةِ
hawiyyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هَوِيَّتَيْن
hawiyyatayn 		الْهَوِيَّتَيْن
al-hawiyyatayn 		هَوِيَّتَيْ
hawiyyatay
Nominative هَوِيَّتَانِ
hawiyyatāni 		الْهَوِيَّتَانِ
al-hawiyyatāni 		هَوِيَّتَا
hawiyyatā
Accusative هَوِيَّتَيْنِ
hawiyyatayni 		الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ
al-hawiyyatayni 		هَوِيَّتَيْ
hawiyyatay
Genitive هَوِيَّتَيْنِ
hawiyyatayni 		الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ
al-hawiyyatayni 		هَوِيَّتَيْ
hawiyyatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هَوِيَّات
hawiyyāt 		الْهَوِيَّات
al-hawiyyāt 		هَوِيَّات
hawiyyāt
Nominative هَوِيَّاتٌ
hawiyyātun 		الْهَوِيَّاتُ
al-hawiyyātu 		هَوِيَّاتُ
hawiyyātu
Accusative هَوِيَّاتٍ
hawiyyātin 		الْهَوِيَّاتِ
al-hawiyyāti 		هَوِيَّاتِ
hawiyyāti
Genitive هَوِيَّاتٍ
hawiyyātin 		الْهَوِيَّاتِ
al-hawiyyāti 		هَوِيَّاتِ
hawiyyāti

References

  • جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964) “هوية”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy‎, 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 847
  • Francis Johnson (1852), “هوية”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1406

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.wij.je/,
  • IPA(key): /ha.wij.ja/,
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Noun

هويّة • (hawiyye) f

  1. identity
  2. (metonymically) identity card
    بطاقة الهويّة ― biṭāqat il-hawiyye ― identity card
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
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