ني

See also: نی and نے

Arabic

Pronoun

ـني or ـنِيَ • (-nī or -niya) (enclitic form of أَنَا (ʔanā))

me (bound object pronoun)
أَعْطَيْتُمُونِيهَا ― ʔaʕṭaytumūnīhā ― You gave it to me
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:30:
  قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
  qāla ʔinnī ʕabdu l-lahi ʔātāniya l-kitāba wajaʕalanī nabiyyan
  [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet."

Alternative forms

نِ (ni)

Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative¹ pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1^st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2^nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum)
2^nd person	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3^rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)²
3^rd person	f	هِيَ (hiya)	هُمَا (humā)	هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1^st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2^nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum)
2^nd person	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3^rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum)
3^rd person	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1^st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)³	ـنَا (-nā)
2^nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُم (-kum)
2^nd person	f	ـكِ (-ki)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3^rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)⁴	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)³	ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)⁴
3^rd person	f	ـهَا (-hā)	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)³	ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)³
1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-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 ـِي (-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 (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Egyptian Arabic

Suffix

ني • (-ni)

me (bound object pronoun)

Malay

Determiner

ني

Jawi spelling of ni‎

Pronoun

ني

Jawi spelling of ni‎

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ـنِي (-nī).

Suffix

ـني • (-ni) m or f

Enclitic form of أنا (ʔana) (attached to verbs)
me

Usage notes

This form is only used attached to verbs. Elsewhere the form ـي (-i/-y) is used instead.

Etymology 2

From Arabic نِيء (nīʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /najj/, [nej]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Adjective

نيّ • (neyy) (feminine نيّة (neyye))

raw, uncooked
Antonym: مستوي (mistawi)

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel	Plural
1^st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
1^st person	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)	ـنا (-na)
2^nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
2^nd person	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
3^rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
3^rd person	f	ـها (-ha)		ـهُم (-hom)