اني

From Arabic ـَانـ (-ān-) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈaːni/, (regional) /-ˈaːne/
• (regional, Lebanon) IPA^(key): /-ˈeːni/, /-ˈeːne/

ـَانِي • (-āni)

2. creates adjectives denoting position; -er
4. creates demonyms

   Synonyms: ـِي (-i), ـوِي (-wi)

• Sense 1 often tries to force the base word into the voweling pattern فَُِعْلـ (CvCC-). Notice the derived terms below that vary between this pattern and a form closer to the voweling of the original base word.

• Sense 1:

  • أًَوْلَانِي (ʔawlāni) ~ أَوَّلَانِي (ʔawwalāni, “first”)
  • بَرَّانِي (barrāni, “outer, exterior”)
  • تَحْتَانِي (taḥtāni, “lower”)
  • جُوَّانِي (juwwāni, “inner, interior”)
  • طَرْفَاني (ṭarfāni, “peripheral”)
  • فَوْقَانِي (fawʔāni) ~ فُوقَانِي (fūʔāni, “upper”)
  • قِدْمَانِي (ʔidmāni) ~ قِدَّامَانِي (ʔiddamāni, ʔiddāmāni, “front, fore-”)
  • وَرَّانِي (warrāni, “rear”)
  • وَسْطَانِي (wasṭāni, “middle, medial”)

• Sense 2:

  • حَصْبَانِي (ḥaṣbāni, “Hasbani; from or relating to Hasbayya”)

• unsorted:

  • (South Lebanon) أَمْسَانِي (ʔamsāni, “lately, recently”)
  • خْلَيْفَانِي (ḵlayfāni, “backwards”)
  • عَمَلَانِي (ʕamalāni, “practical”)