زي

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See also: زی, ری, ري, and ژی

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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زَيّ (zayym

  1. verbal noun of زَوَى (zawā) (form I)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Disputed; either:

Noun

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زِيّ (ziyym (plural أَزْيَاء (ʔazyāʔ))

  1. costume, uniform, suit, dress
  2. (in the plural) fashion, vogue
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Derived terms
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References

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  • زي” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 55
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 538

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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Probably from Arabic زِيّ (ziyy, clothing, way of dressing, appearance), thus originally “in the dress or appearance of”. Compare Algerian Arabic بحال (bḥal, like, literally in the state of) from بِ (bi) and حَال (ḥāl), Iraqi Arabic شلون (šlōn, how, literally [in] what colour) from شَيْء (šayʔ) and لَوْن (lawn).

Preposition

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زَيّ (zayy)

  1. like
    زيّ الفل
    zayy al-ful
    like the jasmine flower

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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Probably from Arabic زِيّ (ziyy, clothing, way of dressing, appearance), thus originally “in the dress or appearance of”.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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زَيّ (zayy)

  1. like
    جِبْ / جيب لي قلم زي هذا
    jib-li galam zayy hāda
    bring me a pen like this one

Inflection

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Inflected forms of زي
Base form زَيّ (zayy)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person زَيِّي (zayyi) زَيَّنا (zayyana)
2nd person زَيَّك (zayyak) زَيِّك (zayyik) زَيَّكُم (zayyakum)
3rd person زَيُّه (zayyu) زَيَّها (zayyaha) زَيَّهُم (zayyahum)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Probably from Arabic زِيّ (ziyy, clothing, way of dressing, appearance), thus originally “in the dress or appearance of”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zajj/, [zaj]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Preposition

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زيّ (zayy)

  1. like, as
    Synonym: متل (mitl)

Inflection

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    Inflected forms of زي
Base form زيّ (zayy)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person زيّي (zayyi) زيّنا (zayyna)
2nd person زيّك (zayyak) زيّك (zayyek) زيّكم (zayykom)
3rd person زيّه (zayyo) زيّها (zayyha) زيّهم (zayyhom)