خيري
Arabic
Etymology
Relative adjective (nisba) composed of خَيْر (ḵayr, “good”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). Flower-name from Middle Persian hylyk' (/hērīg/, “wallflower”) (Classical Persian خیری (xêri)).
Adjective
خَيْرِيّ • (ḵayriyy) m, feminine خَيْرِيَّة (ḵayriyya), masculine plural خَيْرِيُّون (ḵayriyyūn), feminine plural خَيْرِيَّات (ḵayriyyāt)
Declension
Declension of adjective خَيْرِيّ (ḵayriyy)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَيْرِي ḵayrī |
الْخَيْرِي al-ḵayrī |
خَيْرِيَّة ḵayriyya |
الْخَيْرِيَّة al-ḵayriyya |
| Nominative | خَيْرِيٌّ ḵayriyyun |
الْخَيْرِيُّ al-ḵayriyyu |
خَيْرِيَّةٌ ḵayriyyatun |
الْخَيْرِيَّةُ al-ḵayriyyatu |
| Accusative | خَيْرِيًّا ḵayriyyan |
الْخَيْرِيَّ al-ḵayriyya |
خَيْرِيَّةً ḵayriyyatan |
الْخَيْرِيَّةَ al-ḵayriyyata |
| Genitive | خَيْرِيٍّ ḵayriyyin |
الْخَيْرِيِّ al-ḵayriyyi |
خَيْرِيَّةٍ ḵayriyyatin |
الْخَيْرِيَّةِ al-ḵayriyyati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَيْرِيَّيْن ḵayriyyayn |
الْخَيْرِيَّيْن al-ḵayriyyayn |
خَيْرِيَّتَيْن ḵayriyyatayn |
الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْن al-ḵayriyyatayn |
| Nominative | خَيْرِيَّانِ ḵayriyyāni |
الْخَيْرِيَّانِ al-ḵayriyyāni |
خَيْرِيَّتَانِ ḵayriyyatāni |
الْخَيْرِيَّتَانِ al-ḵayriyyatāni |
| Accusative | خَيْرِيَّيْنِ ḵayriyyayni |
الْخَيْرِيَّيْنِ al-ḵayriyyayni |
خَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ ḵayriyyatayni |
الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḵayriyyatayni |
| Genitive | خَيْرِيَّيْنِ ḵayriyyayni |
الْخَيْرِيَّيْنِ al-ḵayriyyayni |
خَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ ḵayriyyatayni |
الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḵayriyyatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَيْرِيِّين ḵayriyyīn |
الْخَيْرِيِّين al-ḵayriyyīn |
خَيْرِيَّات ḵayriyyāt |
الْخَيْرِيَّات al-ḵayriyyāt |
| Nominative | خَيْرِيُّونَ ḵayriyyūna |
الْخَيْرِيُّونَ al-ḵayriyyūna |
خَيْرِيَّاتٌ ḵayriyyātun |
الْخَيْرِيَّاتُ al-ḵayriyyātu |
| Accusative | خَيْرِيِّينَ ḵayriyyīna |
الْخَيْرِيِّينَ al-ḵayriyyīna |
خَيْرِيَّاتٍ ḵayriyyātin |
الْخَيْرِيَّاتِ al-ḵayriyyāti |
| Genitive | خَيْرِيِّينَ ḵayriyyīna |
الْخَيْرِيِّينَ al-ḵayriyyīna |
خَيْرِيَّاتٍ ḵayriyyātin |
الْخَيْرِيَّاتِ al-ḵayriyyāti |
Noun
خَيْرِيّ • (ḵayriyy) m
- wallflower (Erysimum spp.)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 27, Art. 1, page 269:
- والخيري يشبه البنفسج في تدبيره وإفلاحه إلا أنه أقوى وأصبر وقد يبقي الأصفر منه ثلاث سنين وينفع الخيري كلما بنفع البنفسج.
- The wallflower is similar to the violet in its regimen and cultivation except that it is stronger and more enduring. The yellow one may persist three years. Everything is useful for the wallflower what is also useful for the violet.
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Declension
Declension of noun خَيْرِيّ (ḵayriyy)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خَيْرِي ḵayrī |
الْخَيْرِي al-ḵayrī |
خَيْرِي ḵayrī |
| Nominative | خَيْرِيٌّ ḵayriyyun |
الْخَيْرِيُّ al-ḵayriyyu |
خَيْرِيُّ ḵayriyyu |
| Accusative | خَيْرِيًّا ḵayriyyan |
الْخَيْرِيَّ al-ḵayriyya |
خَيْرِيَّ ḵayriyya |
| Genitive | خَيْرِيٍّ ḵayriyyin |
الْخَيْرِيِّ al-ḵayriyyi |
خَيْرِيِّ ḵayriyyi |
Descendants
- Translingual: Cheiranthus cheiri
- Translingual: Erysimum cheiri
- → Spanish: alhelí
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “خيري”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 416
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “خيري”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 541
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “خيري”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 371
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