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نامِي
growing (a developing one) /ˈnaː.miː/
nounB2#3417 most common
Also: developing, increasing, on the rise
Example sentences
هذا نبات نامي في الحديقة.
This is a growing plant in the garden.
بلدنا بلد نامي يحتاج إلى تطوير.
Our country is a developing country that needs development.
يعمل أخي في قطاع نامي بسرعة، وهو التكنولوجيا الرقمية.
My brother works in a fast-growing sector, digital technology.
الاقتصاد النامي في هذه المنطقة يجذب المستثمرين الأجانب.
The developing economy in this region attracts foreign investors.
تسعى الحكومة إلى دعم الصناعات النامية لتقليل الاعتماد على الاستيراد.
The government seeks to support the growing industries to reduce reliance on imports.
يُنظر إلى الوعي البيئي النامي بين الشباب كمؤشر على تغيّر ثقافي عميق.
The growing environmental awareness among young people is seen as a sign of deep cultural change.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نامٍ | نامون |
| Genitive | نامٍ | نامين |
| Accusative | نامياً | نامين |
| Vocative | يا نامي | يا نامون |
Word family
نماto grow, increase
نموgrowth
تنميةdevelopment
ناميةdeveloping, growing (feminine form)
إنماءthe act of fostering growth or development
Etymology
نامي comes from the Arabic root ن-م-و, whose verb نَمَا means to grow or increase. نامي is the active participle, built on the فاعل pattern, so it literally names the one doing the growing. The root is native Semitic, not a loanword, and it surfaces widely in Modern Standard Arabic economic and social writing, most famously in الدول النامية, developing nations.
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