دني

See also: دنى

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the roots د ن و (d-n-w) and د ن ي (d-n-y).

Adjective

دَنِيّ • (daniyy) (feminine دَنِيَّة (daniyya), masculine plural أَدْنِيَاء (ʔadniyāʔ), feminine plural دَنِيَّات (daniyyāt) or دَنَايَا (danāyā), elative أَدْنَى (ʔadnā))

Declension

Declension of adjective دَنِيّ (daniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَنِي danī	الدَّنِي ad-danī	دَنِيَّة daniyya	الدَّنِيَّة ad-daniyya
Nominative	دَنِيٌّ daniyyun	الدَّنِيُّ ad-daniyyu	دَنِيَّةٌ daniyyatun	الدَّنِيَّةُ ad-daniyyatu
Accusative	دَنِيًّا daniyyan	الدَّنِيَّ ad-daniyya	دَنِيَّةً daniyyatan	الدَّنِيَّةَ ad-daniyyata
Genitive	دَنِيٍّ daniyyin	الدَّنِيِّ ad-daniyyi	دَنِيَّةٍ daniyyatin	الدَّنِيَّةِ ad-daniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَنِيَّيْن daniyyayn	الدَّنِيَّيْن ad-daniyyayn	دَنِيَّتَيْن daniyyatayn	الدَّنِيَّتَيْن ad-daniyyatayn
Nominative	دَنِيَّانِ daniyyāni	الدَّنِيَّانِ ad-daniyyāni	دَنِيَّتَانِ daniyyatāni	الدَّنِيَّتَانِ ad-daniyyatāni
Accusative	دَنِيَّيْنِ daniyyayni	الدَّنِيَّيْنِ ad-daniyyayni	دَنِيَّتَيْنِ daniyyatayni	الدَّنِيَّتَيْنِ ad-daniyyatayni
Genitive	دَنِيَّيْنِ daniyyayni	الدَّنِيَّيْنِ ad-daniyyayni	دَنِيَّتَيْنِ daniyyatayni	الدَّنِيَّتَيْنِ ad-daniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْنِيَاء ʔadniyāʔ	الْأَدْنِيَاء al-ʔadniyāʔ	دَنِيَّات‎; دَنَايَا daniyyāt‎; danāyā	الدَّنِيَّات‎; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāt‎; ad-danāyā
Nominative	أَدْنِيَاءُ ʔadniyāʔu	الْأَدْنِيَاءُ al-ʔadniyāʔu	دَنِيَّاتٌ‎; دَنَايَا daniyyātun‎; danāyā	الدَّنِيَّاتُ‎; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyātu‎; ad-danāyā
Accusative	أَدْنِيَاءَ ʔadniyāʔa	الْأَدْنِيَاءَ al-ʔadniyāʔa	دَنِيَّاتٍ‎; دَنَايَا daniyyātin‎; danāyā	الدَّنِيَّاتِ‎; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāti‎; ad-danāyā
Genitive	أَدْنِيَاءَ ʔadniyāʔa	الْأَدْنِيَاءِ al-ʔadniyāʔi	دَنِيَّاتٍ‎; دَنَايَا daniyyātin‎; danāyā	الدَّنِيَّاتِ‎; الدَّنَايَا ad-daniyyāti‎; ad-danāyā

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دني”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

دُنِيَ • (duniya) (form I) /du.ni.ja/

third-person masculine singular past passive of دَنَا (danā)

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

دنيي (dinyi), دنيا (dinya)

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Noun

دني • (dini) f

world; earth
صار عمرك خمسين وانتي بعدك أحلى مرة بالدني!
ṣār ʕumrik ḵamsīn w ʔinti baʕdik ʔaḥla mara bi d-dini!
You’ve turned fifty and you’re still the most beautiful woman in the world!
One's environment and surroundings as a whole; the extent of what one is experiencing
الدني مشمسة اليوم. ― d-dini mšammse l-yawm. ― It’s sunny today. (literally, “The world is sunny today.”)

الدني وقتا كانت حرب عندهن. ― d-dini waʾta kānit ḥarb ʕand(h)on. ― There was war all around them at the time. (literally, “The world at the time was war for them.”)

خلاص! ليك عم تجوي الدني! ― ḵalāṣ! layk ʕam tijwi d-dini! ― Stop! Look, you’re getting everything dirty! (literally, “Stop! Look, you’re sullying the world.”)

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