أنانية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, “egotistical”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyya) f

1. selfishness, egoism

   Synonym: أَثَرَة (ʔaṯara)

   Antonym: إِيثَار (ʔīṯār)

Declension

Declension of noun أَنَانِيَّة (ʔanāniyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنَانِيَّة ʔanāniyya	الْأَنَانِيَّة al-ʔanāniyya	أَنَانِيَّة ʔanāniyyat
Nominative	أَنَانِيَّةٌ ʔanāniyyatun	الْأَنَانِيَّةُ al-ʔanāniyyatu	أَنَانِيَّةُ ʔanāniyyatu
Accusative	أَنَانِيَّةً ʔanāniyyatan	الْأَنَانِيَّةَ al-ʔanāniyyata	أَنَانِيَّةَ ʔanāniyyata
Genitive	أَنَانِيَّةٍ ʔanāniyyatin	الْأَنَانِيَّةِ al-ʔanāniyyati	أَنَانِيَّةِ ʔanāniyyati

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: انانیت
  • Turkish: enaniyet

References

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyya) f

1. feminine singular of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy)