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آنِيّ
instantaneous /ˈʔaː.nijj/
adjectiveA2#1337 most common
Also: immediate, momentary, present, current
Example sentences
هذا شعور آنِيّ.
This is a momentary feeling.
كانت ردة فعله آنِيّة.
His reaction was instantaneous.
نحتاج إلى حلّ آنِيّ لهذه المشكلة.
We need an immediate solution to this problem.
قدّمت المنظمة مساعدة آنِيّة للمتضررين من الفيضان.
The organization provided immediate aid to those affected by the flood.
تقيس هذه الأجهزة السرعة الآنِيّة للسيارة بدقة عالية.
These devices measure the car's instantaneous velocity with high precision.
قد تخدعنا اللذة الآنِيّة فتنسينا عواقبها البعيدة.
Momentary pleasure may deceive us and make us forget its distant consequences.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | آنِيٌّ | آنِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | آنِيٍّ | آنِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | آنِيّاً | آنِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | آنِيُّ | آنِيُّونَ |
Word family
آنmoment, instant, point in time
الآنnow, at present
أوان(due) time, season
آنِيّاًimmediately, at present
آونةtimes, periods (plural of آن)
Etymology
آنِيّ is a relative adjective (nisba) built on آن, meaning 'moment' or 'instant.' The noun آن belongs to the root ء-و-ن, which also gives أوان, 'due time,' and the adverb الآن, 'now.' Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ turns 'the instant' into 'of the instant,' that is, instantaneous or immediate. The word is Semitic in origin and has no Indo-European root.
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