"أي" meaning in Arabic

See أي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʔaj/ Forms: أَيْ [canonical], ʔay [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-con|أَيْ}} أَيْ • (ʔay)
  1. that is to say, namely, i.e.
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-conj-bjpOezfl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ʔajj/ Audio: Ar-أي.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*ʔayy-}} Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- Head templates: {{ar-pron|أَيّ|m|g2=f}} أَيّ • (ʔayy) m or f Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|أَيٌّ|pos=pronoun|state=ind,con}} Forms: أَيّ [canonical], ʔayy [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], أَيّ [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], - [definite, informal, singular, triptote], أَيّ [construct, informal, singular, triptote], أَيٌّ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], أَيُّ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], أَيًّا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], أَيَّ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], أَيٍّ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], أَيِّ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. which ...? what ...? what kind of ...? (followed by a noun in the genitive or a personal suffix)
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-Bf8Na1ff
  2. whichever
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-k561rn1~
  3. any
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-1qfNKnNx Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic interrogative pronouns, Arabic jussive particles, Arabic pronouns, Arabic pronouns with basic triptote singular, South Levantine Arabic determiners, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic interrogative determiners, South Levantine Arabic interrogative pronouns, South Levantine Arabic pronouns Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 0 75 Disambiguation of Arabic interrogative pronouns: 14 26 16 44 Disambiguation of Arabic jussive particles: 0 35 0 65 Disambiguation of Arabic pronouns: 27 17 55 Disambiguation of Arabic pronouns with basic triptote singular: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic determiners: 0 10 0 38 29 0 23 0 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 8 0 36 31 0 24 0 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic interrogative determiners: 2 9 3 36 24 0 24 2 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic interrogative pronouns: 3 7 4 55 14 0 14 3 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic pronouns: 3 8 3 48 18 0 18 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: أَيٌّ مَا (ʔayyun mā), أَيَّمَا (ʔayyamā), كَأَيِّنْ (kaʔayyin)
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for أي meaning in Arabic (6.1kB)

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          "english": "Visit me at any time.",
          "roman": "zurnī fī ʔayyi waqtin",
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          "roman": "ʔayyan min hāḏihi l-ʔalʕābi tufaḍḍilu?",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "that is to say, namely, i.e."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "that is to say",
          "that is to say"
        ],
        [
          "namely",
          "namely"
        ],
        [
          "i.e.",
          "i.e."
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔaj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أي"
}

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