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-ness in Arabic

ـِيَّة -iyya

/nəs/

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dialectal/nɛs/

-ness in Arabic: ـِيَّة (-iyya). In English, -ness means appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.

Arabic words for -ness

appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being..."
ـِيَّة -iyya

English meaning of -ness

  1. suffix Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.
  2. suffix Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
  3. suffix Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.

Full definition of -ness

-ness in a sentence

  • calm + -ness → calmness
  • eerie + -ness → eeriness
  • kind + -ness → kindness

Synonyms of -ness

-ness in other languages

Questions about -ness in Arabic

What is the meaning of -ness in Arabic?
-ness in Arabic is ـِيَّة (-iyya).
ما معنى كلمة -ness؟
-ness: ـِيَّة (-iyya).
What does -ness mean in English?
-ness means appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.

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