أذكى
Arabic
Etymology
Elative of ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy, “smart, intelligent; fragrant; tasty”), from the roots ذ ك و (ḏ-k-w) and ذ ك ي (ḏ-k-y).
Adjective
أَذْكَى • (ʾaḏkā)
- elative degree of ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy):
- smarter, more intelligent; smartest, most intelligent
- more fragrant; most fragrant
- tastier; tastiest
Declension
Declension of adjective أَذْكَى (ʾaḏkā)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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singular invariable | singular invariable | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَذْكَى ʾaḏkā | الْأَذْكَى al-ʾaḏkā | ذُكْيَا ḏukyā | الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā |
Nominative | أَذْكَى ʾaḏkā | الْأَذْكَى al-ʾaḏkā | ذُكْيَا ḏukyā | الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā |
Accusative | أَذْكَى ʾaḏkā | الْأَذْكَى al-ʾaḏkā | ذُكْيَا ḏukyā | الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā |
Genitive | أَذْكَى ʾaḏkā | الْأَذْكَى al-ʾaḏkā | ذُكْيَا ḏukyā | الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَذْكَيَيْن ʾaḏkayayn | الْأَذْكَيَيْن al-ʾaḏkayayn | ذُكْيَيَيْن ḏukyayayn | الذُّكْيَيَيْن aḏ-ḏukyayayn |
Nominative | أَذْكَيَانِ ʾaḏkayāni | الْأَذْكَيَانِ al-ʾaḏkayāni | ذُكْيَيَانِ ḏukyayāni | الذُّكْيَيَانِ aḏ-ḏukyayāni |
Accusative | أَذْكَيَيْنِ ʾaḏkayayni | الْأَذْكَيَيْنِ al-ʾaḏkayayni | ذُكْيَيَيْنِ ḏukyayayni | الذُّكْيَيَيْنِ aḏ-ḏukyayayni |
Genitive | أَذْكَيَيْنِ ʾaḏkayayni | الْأَذْكَيَيْنِ al-ʾaḏkayayni | ذُكْيَيَيْنِ ḏukyayayni | الذُّكْيَيَيْنِ aḏ-ḏukyayayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna) | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَذْكَيْن ʾaḏkayn | الْأَذْكَيْن al-ʾaḏkayn | ذُكْيَيَات ḏukyayāt | الذُّكْيَيَات aḏ-ḏukyayāt |
Nominative | أَذْكَوْنَ ʾaḏkawna | الْأَذْكَوْنَ al-ʾaḏkawna | ذُكْيَيَاتٌ ḏukyayātun | الذُّكْيَيَاتُ aḏ-ḏukyayātu |
Accusative | أَذْكَيْنَ ʾaḏkayna | الْأَذْكَيْنَ al-ʾaḏkayna | ذُكْيَيَاتٍ ḏukyayātin | الذُّكْيَيَاتِ aḏ-ḏukyayāti |
Genitive | أَذْكَيْنَ ʾaḏkayna | الْأَذْكَيْنَ al-ʾaḏkayna | ذُكْيَيَاتٍ ḏukyayātin | الذُّكْيَيَاتِ aḏ-ḏukyayāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أذكى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen