See ي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ی"
}
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"canonical"
]
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"letter",
"letter"
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[
"alphabet",
"alphabet"
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[
"و",
"و#Arabic"
]
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{
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"canonical"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"The tenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ك (k)."
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[
"ط",
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[
"ك",
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]
]
}
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},
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},
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],
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{
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},
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],
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{
"text": "لِـ (li-, “to”) + ـِي (-ī) → لِي (lī, “to me”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
53,
59
]
],
"ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:105:",
"roman": "qad jiʔtukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum faʔarsil maʕiya banī ʔisrāʔīla",
"text": "قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ",
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}
],
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],
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"me",
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],
[
"my",
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]
],
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{
"roman": "ʔanā",
"word": "أَنَا"
},
{
"roman": "naḥnu",
"word": "نَحْنُ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔanta",
"word": "أَنْتَ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔantumā",
"word": "أَنْتُمَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔantum",
"word": "أَنْتُمْ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔantumu",
"word": "أَنْتُمُ2"
},
{
"roman": "ʔanti",
"word": "أَنْتِ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔantunna",
"word": "أَنْتُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "huwa",
"word": "هُوَ"
},
{
"roman": "humā",
"word": "هُمَا"
},
{
"english": "hum",
"translation": "hum",
"word": "هُمْ"
},
{
"roman": "humu",
"word": "هُمُ2"
},
{
"roman": "hiya",
"word": "هِيَ"
},
{
"roman": "hunna",
"word": "هُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāya",
"word": "إِيَّايَ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyānā",
"word": "إِيَّانَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāka",
"word": "إِيَّاكَ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyākumā",
"word": "إِيَّاكُمَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyākum",
"word": "إِيَّاكُم"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyākumu",
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},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāki",
"word": "إِيَّاكِ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyākunna",
"word": "إِيَّاكُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhu",
"word": "إِيَّاهُ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhumā",
"word": "إِيَّاهُمَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhum",
"word": "إِيَّاهُمْ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhumu",
"word": "إِيَّاهُمُ2"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhā",
"word": "إِيَّاهَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔiyyāhunna",
"word": "إِيَّاهُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "-nī",
"word": "ـنِي"
},
{
"roman": "-niya",
"word": "ـنِيَ"
},
{
"roman": "-y",
"word": "ـي"
},
{
"roman": "-ya",
"word": "ـيَ3"
},
{
"roman": "-nā",
"word": "ـنَا"
},
{
"roman": "-ka",
"word": "ـكَ"
},
{
"roman": "-kumā",
"word": "ـكُمَا"
},
{
"roman": "-kum",
"word": "ـكُم"
},
{
"roman": "-kumu",
"word": "ـكُمُ2"
},
{
"roman": "-ki",
"word": "ـكِ"
},
{
"roman": "-kunna",
"word": "ـكُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "-hu",
"word": "ـهُ"
},
{
"roman": "-hi",
"word": "ـهِ4"
},
{
"roman": "-humā",
"word": "ـهُمَا"
},
{
"roman": "-himā",
"word": "ـهِمَا4"
},
{
"roman": "-hum",
"word": "ـهُم"
},
{
"roman": "-humu",
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},
{
"roman": "-him",
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},
{
"roman": "-himi",
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},
{
"word": "4"
},
{
"roman": "-hā",
"word": "ـهَا"
},
{
"roman": "-hunna",
"word": "ـهُنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "-hinna",
"word": "ـهِنَّ4"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
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"tree": "+"
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},
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}
],
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],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"text": "فَنّ (fann, “art”) + ي (y) → فَنِّيّ (fanniyy, “artistic, artist”)",
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},
{
"text": "عِرَاق (ʕirāq, “Iraq”) + ي (y) → عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi, an Iraqi”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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53,
59
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],
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"text": "قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ",
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],
"senseid": [
"ar:nisba"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "ي"
}
{
"categories": [
"Abjad numerals",
"Arabic adjective-forming suffixes",
"Arabic entries with etymon",
"Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Arabic lemmas",
"Arabic letters",
"Arabic noun-forming suffixes",
"Arabic particles",
"Arabic pronouns",
"Character list templates",
"Pages with 12 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Pages with raw sortkeys"
],
"etymology_number": "4",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"id": "vocative"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "يَٰـ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yā-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "particle",
"head": "يَٰـ"
},
"expansion": "يَٰـ • (yā-)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "particle",
"related": [
{
"word": "ى"
},
{
"alt": "ʔ",
"word": "ئ"
},
{
"roman": "Persian ye, Urdu ćho.tī yé",
"word": "ی"
},
{
"word": "Search for entries beginning with ي"
},
{
"word": "Search for entries beginning with ى"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(yā) (vocative particle)",
"word": "يَا"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative spelling of يَا (yā) (vocative particle)"
],
"links": [
[
"يَا",
"يا#Arabic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Classical Arabic) alternative spelling of يَا (yā) (vocative particle)"
],
"tags": [
"Arabic",
"Classical",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaː/"
}
],
"word": "ي"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ي meaning in Arabic (14.2kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: no case",
"path": [
"ي"
],
"section": "Arabic",
"subsection": "letter",
"title": "ي",
"trace": ""
}
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