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سَنَوِيّ
annual /sa.naˈwijː/
adjectiveB1#2699 most common
Also: yearly, of the year
Example sentences
عِنْدِي اِجْتِمَاعٌ سَنَوِيٌّ.
I have an annual meeting.
الرَّاتِبُ السَّنَوِيُّ جَيِّدٌ فِي هٰذِهِ الشَّرِكَةِ.
The annual salary is good at this company.
تُقَامُ الحَفْلَةُ السَّنَوِيَّةُ لِلْمَدْرَسَةِ فِي شَهْرِ دِيسَمْبِرَ.
The school's annual party is held in December.
يَحْتَاجُ كُلُّ مُوَظَّفٍ إِلَى فَحْصٍ طِبِّيٍّ سَنَوِيٍّ.
Every employee needs an annual medical checkup.
نَشَرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ تَقْرِيرَهَا السَّنَوِيَّ الَّذِي يُوَضِّحُ نُمُوَّ الأَرْبَاحِ.
The company published its annual report, which shows the growth in profits.
يُعَدُّ الاِشْتِرَاكُ السَّنَوِيُّ فِي المَجَلَّةِ أَرْخَصَ مِنْ مَجْمُوعِ الاِشْتِرَاكَاتِ الشَّهْرِيَّةِ عَلَى مَدَارِ العَامِ.
An annual subscription to the magazine costs less than the sum of monthly subscriptions over the year.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَنَوِيٌّ | سَنَوِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | سَنَوِيٍّ | سَنَوِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | سَنَوِيًّا | سَنَوِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا سَنَوِيُّ | يَا سَنَوِيُّونَ |
Word family
سَنَةyear
سَنَوَاتyears (plural)
سَنَوِيًّاannually, yearly
نِصْف سَنَوِيّsemi-annual
مُسِنّelderly, agedEtymology
سَنَوِيّ is built from سَنَة, the Arabic word for 'year', plus the nisba suffix -ِيّ, which turns nouns into relational adjectives meaning 'pertaining to X'. The weak root letter و resurfaces in this form, since the underlying root is س-ن-و (or س-ن-ي in some dialects). This is a native Semitic derivation, not a borrowing.
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