أَدْنَى

أَدْنَى in English

Adjective

1. elative degree of دَنِيّ (daniyy, “near, low, mean”):
   1. nearer, closer; nearest, closest
      الشَّرْق الْأَدْنَىthe Near East, as opposed to الشَّرْق الْأَقْصَى (aš-šarq al-ʔaqṣā)
   2. lower; lowest
   3. lowlier; lowliest
   4. of less significance; of least significance
   5. more suitable; most suitable
   6. lesser; least
   7. inferior

Word origin

Elative of دَنِيّ (daniyy, “near, low, mean”), from the roots د ن و (d n w) and د ن ي (d n y).

Words from the root د-ن-و

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أَدْنَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

nearer