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أَنِيق
elegant /ʔaˈniːq/
adjectiveB1#2900 most common
Also: stylish, chic, neat (in dress or taste)
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ أَنِيقٌ.
He is an elegant man.
هِيَ فَتَاةٌ أَنِيقَةٌ جِدًّا.
She is a very elegant girl.
يَرْتَدِي مُحَمَّدٌ مَلَابِسَ أَنِيقَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
Muhammad wears elegant clothes every day.
أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَبْدُوَ أَنِيقًا فِي المُنَاسَبَاتِ الرَّسْمِيَّةِ.
I like to look elegant at formal occasions.
كَانَ البَيْتُ مُؤَثَّثًا بِذَوْقٍ أَنِيقٍ يَعْكِسُ شَخْصِيَّةَ صَاحِبِهِ.
The house was furnished with an elegant taste that reflected its owner's personality.
رَغْمَ بَسَاطَةِ الحَفْلِ، بَدَا الحُضُورُ أَنِيقِينَ بِأُسْلُوبٍ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الكَلَاسِيكِيَّةِ وَالحَدَاثَةِ.
Despite the simplicity of the party, the guests looked elegant in a style that mixed the classic with the modern.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَنِيقٌ | أَنِيقُونَ |
| Genitive | أَنِيقٍ | أَنِيقِينَ |
| Accusative | أَنِيقًا | أَنِيقِينَ |
| Vocative | أَنِيقُ | أَنِيقُونَ |
Word family
إِنَاقَةelegance, stylishness
أَنِيقَةelegant (feminine singular)
مُؤنِقcharming, delightful
آنَقَto please or delight someone visually
Etymology
أَنِيق comes from the Arabic triliteral root ء-ن-ق, tied to the verb أَنِقَ, meaning to please or delight the eye. The فَعِيل (fa'īl) pattern here turns that root into a quality adjective, much like جميل (beautiful) or كريم (generous) are built the same way. The word has kept a stable meaning across Classical and Modern Standard Arabic: something or someone that is tastefully put together. As a Semitic root, it has no Indo-European origin.
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