ني

See also: نی‎ and نے‎

Arabic

Pronoun

ـني or ـنِيَ • (-nī or -niya)

(enclitic form of أَنَا‎ (ʾanā))
  1. me (bound object pronoun)
    ‏أَعْطَيْتُمُونِيهَا‎ ― ʾaʿṭaytumūnīhā ― You gave it to me

See also
Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person أَنَا‎ (ʾanā) نَحْنُ‎ (naḥnu)
2nd person m أَنْتَ‎ (ʾanta) أَنْتُمَا‎ (ʾantumā) أَنْتُمْ‎ (ʾantum)
f أَنْتِ‎ (ʾanti) أَنْتُنَّ‎ (ʾantunna)
3rd person m هُوَ‎ (huwa) هُمَا‎ (humā) هُمْ‎ (hum)
f هِيَ‎ (hiya) هُنَّ‎ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person إِيَّايَ‎ (ʾiyyāya) إِيَّانَا‎ (ʾiyyānā)
2nd person m إِيَّاكَ‎ (ʾiyyāka) إِيَّاكُمَا‎ (ʾiyyākumā) إِيَّاكُم‎ (ʾiyyākum)
f إِيَّاكِ‎ (ʾiyyāki) إِيَّاكُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyākunna)
3rd person m إِيَّاهُ‎ (ʾiyyāhu) إِيَّاهُمَا‎ (ʾiyyāhumā) إِيَّاهُمْ‎ (ʾiyyāhum)
f إِيَّاهَا‎ (ʾiyyāhā) إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ـنِي‎ (-nī), ـي‎ (-ī), ـيَ‎ (-ya)* ـنَا‎ (-nā)
2nd person m ـكَ‎ (-ka) ـكُمَا‎ (-kumā) ـكُم‎ (-kum)
f ـكِ‎ (-ki) ـكُنَّ‎ (-kunna)
3rd person m ـهُ‎ (-hu), ـهِ‎ (-hi)** ـهُمَا‎ (-humā), ـهِمَا‎ (-himā)** ـهُم‎ (-hum), ـهِم‎ (-him)**
f ـهَا‎ (-hā) ـهُنَّ‎ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ‎ (-hinna)**
* Specifically, ـنِي‎ (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ‎ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي‎ (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ‎ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī) or إِنِّي‎ (ʾinnī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī)) is usually preferred.
** ـهِـ‎ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ‎ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Egyptian Arabic

Suffix

ني • (-ni)

  1. me (bound object pronoun)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of اين‎, from Proto-Malayic *(i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ni/
  • Rhymes: -ni, -i

Determiner

ني (ni)

  1. this (the (thing) here)
  2. this (known (thing) just mentioned)
  3. this (known (thing) about to be mentioned)
  4. this (known (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience)

Pronoun

ني (ni)

  1. this (The thing, item, etc. being indicated)
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