غِنًى
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Highlights
Present tense
يُغَنِّي
Verbal nouns
غِنَاء، تَغْنِيَة
Active participle
مُغَنٍّ
Passive participle
مُغَنًّى
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مُغَنٍّ
singer
Verb · Form I
غَنِيَ
to be free from want
Verb · Form I
غَنِيَ
to marry
Noun
غِنَاء
singing
غَنَّى in English
Verb · Form II
- to sing
مِن فَضْلِكِ، غَنِّي أُغْنِيَةً.Please sing a song.
- to sing about someone, describe someone in verse (whether with praise or with blame)
- to coo (of pigeons)
- to say compliments to a woman
Word origin
Possibly cognate with Hebrew עָנָה ('aná, “to sing”).
Words from the root غ-ن-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
غَنِيَ
· present يَغْنَى
Form I · The plain action
to be free from want; to be content, to be satisfied; to be rich, to be wealthy
غَنِيَ
· present يَغْنَى
Form I · The plain action
to marry; to inhabit, dwell, settle; to remain, continue to be
غِنًى
غَانٍ
مَغْنِيّ
غَنَّى
· present يُغَنِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to sing; to sing about someone, describe someone in verse (whether with praise or with blame); to coo (of pigeons)
غِنَاء
singing
تَغْنِيَة
مُغَنٍّ
singer
مُغَنًّى
أَغْنَى
· present يُغْنِي
Form IV · Causative
to enrich; to avail, to benefit, to be of use; to replace, take the place of
إِغْنَاء
مُغْنٍ
مُغْنًى
تَغَنَّى
· present يَتَغَنَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to praise, extol, laud, emblazon, sing praises to
تَغَنٍّ
مُتَغَنٍّ
مُتَغَنًّى
اِغْتَنَى
· present يَغْتَنِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be or become rich
اِغْتِنَاء
مُغْتَنٍ
اِسْتَغْنَى
· present يَسْتَغْنِي
Form X · Seeking or considering
to be or become rich; to ask (someone, esp. God) to make one rich; to do without, to manage without, to get along without, to dispense with
اِسْتِغْنَاء
مُسْتَغْنٍ
مُسْتَغْنًى
song
أَغْنَى
elative degree of غَنِيّ
غَنَّى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | غَنَّيْتُ | أُغَنِّي | أُغَنِّيَ | أُغَنِّ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | غَنَّيْتَ | تُغَنِّي | تُغَنِّيَ | تُغَنِّ | غَنِّ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | غَنَّيْتِ | تُغَنِّينَ | تُغَنِّي | تُغَنِّي | غَنِّي |
| هُوَ he | غَنَّى | يُغَنِّي | يُغَنِّيَ | يُغَنِّ | — |
| هِيَ she | غَنَّتْ | تُغَنِّي | تُغَنِّيَ | تُغَنِّ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | غَنَّيْتُمَا | تُغَنِّيَانِ | تُغَنِّيَا | تُغَنِّيَا | غَنِّيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | غَنَّيَا | يُغَنِّيَانِ | يُغَنِّيَا | يُغَنِّيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | غَنَّتَا | تُغَنِّيَانِ | تُغَنِّيَا | تُغَنِّيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | غَنَّيْنَا | نُغَنِّي | نُغَنِّيَ | نُغَنِّ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | غَنَّيْتُمْ | تُغَنُّونَ | تُغَنُّوا | تُغَنُّوا | غَنُّوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | غَنَّيْتُنَّ | تُغَنِّينَ | تُغَنِّينَ | تُغَنِّينَ | غَنِّينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | غَنَّوْا | يُغَنُّونَ | يُغَنُّوا | يُغَنُّوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | غَنَّيْنَ | يُغَنِّينَ | يُغَنِّينَ | يُغَنِّينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | غِنَاء، تَغْنِيَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُغَنٍّ |
| Passive participle | مُغَنًّى |
غَنَّى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to sing
مِن فَضْلِكِ، غَنِّي أُغْنِيَةً.Please sing a song.
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