أناس

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָשָׁא (ʾănāšā), Classical Syriac ܐܲܢܵܫܵܐ, ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾanāšā, nāšā), Biblical Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnōš) (whence English Enos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔu.naːs/

Noun

أُنَاس • (ʔunās) pl (plural only)

  1. persons, people
    Synonym: نَاس (nās)
  2. a group of people
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:71:
      يَوْمَ نَدْعُو كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
      yawma nadʕū kulla ʔunāsin biʔimāmihim faman ʔūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi faʔūlāʔika yaqraʔūna kitābahum walā yuẓlamūna fatīlan
      A day when We would call every people along with their leader and chief, and the one given their book in their right hand would read their book, and injustice would not be done to them [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

Declension
Declension of noun أُنَاس (ʔunās)
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُنَاس
ʔunās		 الْأُنَاس
al-ʔunās		 أُنَاس
ʔunās
Nominative أُنَاسٌ
ʔunāsun		 الْأُنَاسُ
al-ʔunāsu		 أُنَاسُ
ʔunāsu
Accusative أُنَاسًا
ʔunāsan		 الْأُنَاسَ
al-ʔunāsa		 أُنَاسَ
ʔunāsa
Genitive أُنَاسٍ
ʔunāsin		 الْأُنَاسِ
al-ʔunāsi		 أُنَاسِ
ʔunāsi
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