استنى

See also: استني

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā).

Verb

استنى • (istanna) X (non-past يستنى (yistanna))

1. to wait (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of استنى

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّى (istanna)		استنّينا (istannēna)	استنّيتوا (istannētu)	استنّوا (istannu)
	f		استنّيتي (istannēti)	استنّت (istannat)
present subjunctive	m	أستنّى (astanna)	تستنّى (tistanna)	يستنّى (yistanna)		نستنّى (nistanna)	تستنّوا (tistannu)	يستنّوا (yistannu)
	f		تستنّي (tistanni)	تستنّى (tistanna)
present indicative	m	بستنّى (bastanna)	بتستنّى (bitistanna)	بيستنّى (biyistanna)		بنستنّى (binistanna)	بتستنّوا (bitistannu)	بيستنّوا (biyistannu)
	f		بتستنّي (bitistanni)	بتستنّى (bitistanna)
future1	m	هستنّى (hastanna)	هتستنّى (hatistanna)	هيستنّى (hayistanna)		هنستنّى (hanistanna)	هتستنّوا (hatistannu)	هيستنّوا (hayistannu)
	f		هتستنّي (hatistanni)	هتستنّى (hatistanna)
imperative	m		استنّى (istanna)				استنّوا (istannu)
	f		استنّي (istanni)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ء ن ى 1”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 42

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tan.na/

Verb

استنى • (astanna) X (non-past يِسْتَنَّى (yistanna))

1. to wait (for)

   Synonym: اَنْتَظَر (antaẓar)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan.na/

• Audio:

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Verb

استنى • (stanna) X (non-past يستنى (yistanna))

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait

   Synonyms: اتسنى (tsanna), ساين (sāyin), سانى (sāna), عاين (ʕāyin)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tan.na/, [ɪsˈtan.na]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

استنّى • (istanna) X (present بستنّى (bistanna))

1. to wait

   خلّينا نستنّى نشوف شو بتحكي المسّ

   ḵallīna nistanna nšūf šū btiḥki l-miss

   Let's wait to see what the teacher says.

Conjugation

Conjugation of استنى

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّى (istanna)		استنّينا (istannēna)	استنّيتو (istannētu)	استنّو (istannu)
	f		استنّيتي (istannēti)	استنّت (istannat)
present	m	بستنّى (bastanna)	بتستنّى (btistanna)	بستنّى (bistanna)		منستنّى (mnistanna)	بتستنّو (btistannu)	بستنّو (bistannu)
	f		بتستنّي (btistanni)	بتستنّى (btistanna)
subjunctive	m	أستنّى (ʾastanna)	تستنّى (tistanna)	يستنّى (yistanna)		نستنّى (nistanna)	تستنّو (tistannu)	يستنّو (yistanna)
	f		تستنّي (tistanni)	تستنّى (tistanna)
imperative	m		استنّى (istanna)				استنّو (istannu)
	f		استنّي (istanni)