إناء

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Hebrew אֳנִיָּה (ʾŏnīyá, “ship”), Aramaic מָאנָא / ܡܳܐܢܳܐ (mānā, “vessel, container; ship”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐𐎊𐎚 (ảnyt, “ship”), Akkadian 𒃻𒄘𒈾 (/⁠unūtu, anūtu⁠/, “household, palace; ship; utensils, instruments, tools, wares, gear”) – whence Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אנותא, אנתא (“a type of jar for oil, cruse”) and Old Armenian անօթ (anōtʻ, “container”) –, Ge'ez ንዋይ (nəway, “vessel, utensil, instrument, item; goods, possessions, property, wealth, estate”). It is generally assumed that there has been an accumulation of dissimilations in all these forms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔi.naːʔ/

Noun

إِنَاء • (ʔināʔ) m (plural آنِيَة (ʔāniya) or أَوَانٍ (ʔawānin))

vessel, receptacle, utensil, dish
اِمْلَإِ الْإِنَاءَ مَاءً.
imlaʔi al-ʔināʔa māʔan.
Fill the vessel with water.

Declension

Declension of noun إِنَاء (ʔināʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنَاء ʔināʔ	الْإِنَاء al-ʔināʔ	إِنَاء ʔināʔ
Nominative	إِنَاءٌ ʔināʔun	الْإِنَاءُ al-ʔināʔu	إِنَاءُ ʔināʔu
Accusative	إِنَاءً ʔināʔan	الْإِنَاءَ al-ʔināʔa	إِنَاءَ ʔināʔa
Genitive	إِنَاءٍ ʔināʔin	الْإِنَاءِ al-ʔināʔi	إِنَاءِ ʔināʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنَاءَيْن ʔināʔayn	الْإِنَاءَيْن al-ʔināʔayn	إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay
Nominative	إِنَاءَانِ ʔināʔāni	الْإِنَاءَانِ al-ʔināʔāni	إِنَاءَا ʔināʔā
Accusative	إِنَاءَيْنِ ʔināʔayni	الْإِنَاءَيْنِ al-ʔināʔayni	إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay
Genitive	إِنَاءَيْنِ ʔināʔayni	الْإِنَاءَيْنِ al-ʔināʔayni	إِنَاءَيْ ʔināʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آنِيَة‎; أَوَانِي ʔāniya‎; ʔawānī	الْآنِيَة‎; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniya‎; al-ʔawānī	آنِيَة‎; أَوَانِي ʔāniyat‎; ʔawānī
Nominative	آنِيَةٌ‎; أَوَانٍ ʔāniyatun‎; ʔawānin	الْآنِيَةُ‎; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniyatu‎; al-ʔawānī	آنِيَةُ‎; أَوَانِي ʔāniyatu‎; ʔawānī
Accusative	آنِيَةً‎; أَوَانِيَ ʔāniyatan‎; ʔawāniya	الْآنِيَةَ‎; الْأَوَانِيَ al-ʔāniyata‎; al-ʔawāniya	آنِيَةَ‎; أَوَانِيَ ʔāniyata‎; ʔawāniya
Genitive	آنِيَةٍ‎; أَوَانٍ ʔāniyatin‎; ʔawānin	الْآنِيَةِ‎; الْأَوَانِي al-ʔāniyati‎; al-ʔawānī	آنِيَةِ‎; أَوَانِي ʔāniyati‎; ʔawānī

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “ንዋይ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 674
Freytag, Georg (1830) “إناء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 67
Lane, Edward William (1863) “إناء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 119
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 410