تحتاني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of تَحْتُ (taḥtu, “below”) +‎ ـَانـ (-ān-) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ت ح ت (t-ḥ-t).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taħ.taː.nijj/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /taħˈtaː.ni/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /taħ.taː.ni/

Adjective

تَحْتَانِيّ • (taḥtāniyy) (feminine تَحْتَانِيَّة (taḥtāniyya), masculine plural تَحْتَانِيُّونَ (taḥtāniyyūna), feminine plural تَحْتَانِيَّات (taḥtāniyyāt))

lower, inferior, under-
Synonym: سُفْلِيّ (sufliyy)

Antonyms: فَوْقَانِيّ (fawqāniyy), عُلْوِيّ (ʕulwiyy)

Declension

Declension of adjective تَحْتَانِيّ (taḥtāniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	تَحْتَانِي taḥtānī	التَّحْتَانِي at-taḥtānī	تَحْتَانِيَّة taḥtāniyya	التَّحْتَانِيَّة at-taḥtāniyya
Nominative	تَحْتَانِيٌّ taḥtāniyyun	التَّحْتَانِيُّ at-taḥtāniyyu	تَحْتَانِيَّةٌ taḥtāniyyatun	التَّحْتَانِيَّةُ at-taḥtāniyyatu
Accusative	تَحْتَانِيًّا taḥtāniyyan	التَّحْتَانِيَّ at-taḥtāniyya	تَحْتَانِيَّةً taḥtāniyyatan	التَّحْتَانِيَّةَ at-taḥtāniyyata
Genitive	تَحْتَانِيٍّ taḥtāniyyin	التَّحْتَانِيِّ at-taḥtāniyyi	تَحْتَانِيَّةٍ taḥtāniyyatin	التَّحْتَانِيَّةِ at-taḥtāniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	تَحْتَانِيَّيْن taḥtāniyyayn	التَّحْتَانِيَّيْن at-taḥtāniyyayn	تَحْتَانِيَّتَيْن taḥtāniyyatayn	التَّحْتَانِيَّتَيْن at-taḥtāniyyatayn
Nominative	تَحْتَانِيَّانِ taḥtāniyyāni	التَّحْتَانِيَّانِ at-taḥtāniyyāni	تَحْتَانِيَّتَانِ taḥtāniyyatāni	التَّحْتَانِيَّتَانِ at-taḥtāniyyatāni
Accusative	تَحْتَانِيَّيْنِ taḥtāniyyayni	التَّحْتَانِيَّيْنِ at-taḥtāniyyayni	تَحْتَانِيَّتَيْنِ taḥtāniyyatayni	التَّحْتَانِيَّتَيْنِ at-taḥtāniyyatayni
Genitive	تَحْتَانِيَّيْنِ taḥtāniyyayni	التَّحْتَانِيَّيْنِ at-taḥtāniyyayni	تَحْتَانِيَّتَيْنِ taḥtāniyyatayni	التَّحْتَانِيَّتَيْنِ at-taḥtāniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	تَحْتَانِيِّين taḥtāniyyīn	التَّحْتَانِيِّين at-taḥtāniyyīn	تَحْتَانِيَّات taḥtāniyyāt	التَّحْتَانِيَّات at-taḥtāniyyāt
Nominative	تَحْتَانِيُّونَ taḥtāniyyūna	التَّحْتَانِيُّونَ at-taḥtāniyyūna	تَحْتَانِيَّاتٌ taḥtāniyyātun	التَّحْتَانِيَّاتُ at-taḥtāniyyātu
Accusative	تَحْتَانِيِّينَ taḥtāniyyīna	التَّحْتَانِيِّينَ at-taḥtāniyyīna	تَحْتَانِيَّاتٍ taḥtāniyyātin	التَّحْتَانِيَّاتِ at-taḥtāniyyāti
Genitive	تَحْتَانِيِّينَ taḥtāniyyīna	التَّحْتَانِيِّينَ at-taḥtāniyyīna	تَحْتَانِيَّاتٍ taḥtāniyyātin	التَّحْتَانِيَّاتِ at-taḥtāniyyāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “تحت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1979) “تحت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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