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أَيِّلِيّ
cervine (relating to deer) /ʔajːɪˈliːj/
adjectiveB1#2943 most common
Also: deer-like, of the deer family, hart-related
Example sentences
هذا القرنُ أَيِّلِيٌّ.
This antler is cervine (a deer's antler).
وجدنا جلدًا أَيِّلِيًّا في الغابة.
We found a cervine hide in the forest.
يدرسُ العالِمُ السلوكَ الأَيِّلِيَّ في فصل الشتاء.
The scientist studies cervine behavior in winter.
تتميزُ الفصيلةُ الأَيِّلِيَّةُ بقرونٍ متفرعة تتساقط سنويًا.
The cervine family is marked by branched antlers that shed every year.
نشرت المجلةُ العلميةُ بحثًا عن التنوعِ الأَيِّلِيِّ في غابات أوروبا.
The scientific journal published research on cervine diversity in Europe's forests.
تُصنَّفُ الرنةُ ضمن الفصيلةِ الأَيِّلِيَّةِ رغم تكيّفها الفريد مع المناخ القطبي.
The reindeer is classified within the cervine family despite its unique adaptation to the polar climate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَيِّلِيٌّ | أَيِّلِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | أَيِّلِيٍّ | أَيِّلِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | أَيِّلِيًّا | أَيِّلِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | أَيِّلِيُّ | أَيِّلِيُّونَ |
Word family
أَيِّلstag, hart, male deer
أَيَائِلdeer, stags (plural)
الأَيِّلِيَّاتCervidae, the deer family (zoological order)
أَيِّلِيَّةcervine (feminine form)
Etymology
The word builds on the classical Arabic noun أَيِّل, meaning a stag or hart, a male deer. Arabic grammar forms relative adjectives by adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ, meaning roughly "of or pertaining to," onto a noun. Attaching this suffix to أَيِّل gives أَيِّلِيّ, an adjective meaning cervine, used mainly in zoological classification such as الفصيلة الأَيِّلِيَّة, the deer family Cervidae.
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