غني

غني

See also: عنى‎, عني‎, غنى‎, and غنی‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root غ ن ي‎ (ḡ-n-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣa.nijj/

Adjective

غَنِيّ • (ḡaniyy) (feminine غَنِيَّة‎ (ḡaniyya), masculine plural غَنِيُّونَ‎ (ḡaniyyūna) or أَغْنِيَاء‎ (ʾaḡniyāʾ), feminine plural غَنِيَّات‎ (ḡaniyyāt), elative أَغْنَى‎ (ʾaḡnā))

1. rich, wealthy

   Antonym: فَقِير‎ (faqīr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:273:

     ‏لِلْفُقَرَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ‎

     li-l-fuqarāʾi llaḏīna ʾuḥṣirū fī sabīli llāhi lā yastaṭīʿūna ḍarban fī l-ʾarḍi yaḥsabuhumu l-jāhilu ʾaḡniyāʾa mina t-taʿaffufi taʿrifuhum bi-sīmāhum lā yasʾalūna n-nāsa ʾilḥāfan wa-mā tunfiqū min ḵayrin fa-ʾinna llāha bihi ʿalīmun

     [Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of God, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant one would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their sign. They do not ask people persistently. And whatever you spend of good: indeed, God is Knowing of it.

2. in no need [+ عَن‎ (object) = of]
   • a. 1344 C.E., أَبُو حَيَّان الْأَنْدَلُسِيّ (ʾAbū Ḥayyān al-ʾAndalusīyy), البحر المحيط في التفسير ("The Encompassing Sea within Exegesis [of the Holy Qur'an]")‎, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Al-Fikr, published 1999/2000, page 116:

     ‏وَكَذَلِكَ ﴿لِنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا﴾ يُرِيدُ بَعْضَ بِلَادِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُتَبَاعِدِينَ عَنْ مَظَانِّ الْمَاءِ بِخِلَافِ سُكَّانِ الْمُدُنِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَرِيبُونَ مِنَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَالْأَنْهَارِ وَالْعُيُونِ فَهُمْ غَنِيُّونَ غَالِبًا عَنْ سَقْيِ مَاءِ الْمَطَرِ […] ‎

     wakaḏalika ﴾linuḥyiya bihi baldatan maytan﴿ yurīdu baʿḍa bilādi haʾulāʾi l-mutabāʿidīna ʿan maẓānni l-māʾi biḵilāfi sukkāni l-muduni faʾinnahum qarībūna mina l-ʾawdiyati wālʾanhāri wālʿuyūni fahum ḡaniyyūna ḡāliban ʿan saqyi māʾi l-maṭari […]

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     And as it is [said in the verse:] "So that We might revive [by sending the rain] a lifeless land..."; some nations would like those who are far from a habitat with water, as opposed to the inhabitants of jurisdictions because [the latter] are [already] near the stream-beds and the rivers and the springs, so they are in no need of [and have already] overcome [the dependency upon] irrigation of rainwater [...]

Declension

Declension of adjective غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَنِي ḡanī	الْغَنِي‎ al-ḡanī	غَنِيَّة‎ ḡaniyya	الْغَنِيَّة‎ al-ḡaniyya
Nominative	غَنِيٌّ ḡaniyyun	الْغَنِيُّ‎ al-ḡaniyyu	غَنِيَّةٌ‎ ḡaniyyatun	الْغَنِيَّةُ‎ al-ḡaniyyatu
Accusative	غَنِيًّا‎ ḡaniyyan	الْغَنِيَّ‎ al-ḡaniyya	غَنِيَّةً‎ ḡaniyyatan	الْغَنِيَّةَ‎ al-ḡaniyyata
Genitive	غَنِيٍّ ḡaniyyin	الْغَنِيِّ‎ al-ḡaniyyi	غَنِيَّةٍ‎ ḡaniyyatin	الْغَنِيَّةِ‎ al-ḡaniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَنِيَّيْن‎ ḡaniyyayn	الْغَنِيَّيْن‎ al-ḡaniyyayn	غَنِيَّتَيْن‎ ḡaniyyatayn	الْغَنِيَّتَيْن‎ al-ḡaniyyatayn
Nominative	غَنِيَّانِ‎ ḡaniyyāni	الْغَنِيَّانِ‎ al-ḡaniyyāni	غَنِيَّتَانِ‎ ḡaniyyatāni	الْغَنِيَّتَانِ‎ al-ḡaniyyatāni
Accusative	غَنِيَّيْنِ‎ ḡaniyyayni	الْغَنِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ḡaniyyayni	غَنِيَّتَيْنِ‎ ḡaniyyatayni	الْغَنِيَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḡaniyyatayni
Genitive	غَنِيَّيْنِ‎ ḡaniyyayni	الْغَنِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ḡaniyyayni	غَنِيَّتَيْنِ‎ ḡaniyyatayni	الْغَنِيَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ḡaniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَنِيِّين‎‎; أَغْنِيَاء‎ ḡaniyyīn‎; ʾaḡniyāʾ	الْغَنِيِّين‎‎; الْأَغْنِيَاء‎ al-ḡaniyyīn‎; al-ʾaḡniyāʾ	غَنِيَّات‎ ḡaniyyāt	الْغَنِيَّات‎ al-ḡaniyyāt
Nominative	غَنِيُّونَ‎‎; أَغْنِيَاءُ‎ ḡaniyyūna‎; ʾaḡniyāʾu	الْغَنِيُّونَ‎‎; الْأَغْنِيَاءُ‎ al-ḡaniyyūna‎; al-ʾaḡniyāʾu	غَنِيَّاتٌ‎ ḡaniyyātun	الْغَنِيَّاتُ‎ al-ḡaniyyātu
Accusative	غَنِيِّينَ‎‎; أَغْنِيَاءَ‎ ḡaniyyīna‎; ʾaḡniyāʾa	الْغَنِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَغْنِيَاءَ‎ al-ḡaniyyīna‎; al-ʾaḡniyāʾa	غَنِيَّاتٍ‎ ḡaniyyātin	الْغَنِيَّاتِ‎ al-ḡaniyyāti
Genitive	غَنِيِّينَ‎‎; أَغْنِيَاءَ‎ ḡaniyyīna‎; ʾaḡniyāʾa	الْغَنِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَغْنِيَاءِ‎ al-ḡaniyyīna‎; al-ʾaḡniyāʾi	غَنِيَّاتٍ‎ ḡaniyyātin	الْغَنِيَّاتِ‎ al-ḡaniyyāti

Descendants

• → Persian: غنی‎ (ğani)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “غني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ɣan.niː/

Verb

غَنِّي • (ḡannī) (form II)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of غَنَّى‎ (ḡannā)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ɣun.ni.ja/

Verb

غُنِّيَ • (ḡunniya) (form II)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of غَنَّى‎ (ḡannā)