أنى

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See also: انی and أني

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء ن ي (ʔ n y)
8 terms

Verb

أَنَى (ʔanā) I (non-past يَأْنِي (yaʔnī), verbal noun إنًى (ʔinan))

  1. to come, to draw near
Conjugation

Verb

أَنَّى (ʔannā) II (non-past يُؤَنِّي (yuʔannī), verbal noun تَأْنِيَة (taʔniya))

  1. to tarry, to fall short, to flag, to be remiss in respect of the thing
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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Particularly: “Perhaps similar to أَيْنَ (ʔayna)

Adverb

أَنَّى (ʔannā)

  1. (interrogative) how
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:20:
      أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
      ʔannā yakūnu lī ḡulāmun walam yamsasnī bašarun walam ʔaku baḡiyyan
      How can I have a boy if no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?
  2. (interrogative) From where?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:37:
      قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّى لَكِ هَٰذَا
      qāla yā maryamu ʔannā laki hāḏā
      He said, “O Mary, from where is this to you?”
  3. (interrogative) when?
  4. (conjunction) where; wherever
    Synonyms: أَيْنَمَا (ʔaynamā), حَيْثُمَا (ḥayṯumā)
  5. (conjunction) when, whenever
    Synonym: أَيَّانَ (ʔayyāna)