Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جَهَنَّم (jahannam) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.han.na.mijj/

Adjective

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جَهَنَّمِيّ (jahannamiyy) (feminine جَهَنَّمِيَّة (jahannamiyya), masculine plural جَهَنَّمِيُّونَ (jahannamiyyūna), feminine plural جَهَنَّمِيَّات (jahannamiyyāt))

  1. evil, immoral
  2. hellish, ungodly
    • 2013, Doctor Mostafa Mahmoud, chapter 5, in العَنْكَبُوت, page 57:
      وَلَٰكِنْ أَيَّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَشِعَّةِ يُطْلِقُهُ هَٰذَا ٱلْجِهَازُ ٱلْجَهَنَّمِيُّ؟
      walākin ʔayya nawʕin mina l-ʔašiʕʕati yuṭliquhu hāḏā l-jihāzu l-jahannamiyyu?
      But what type of radiation does this evil machine release?

Declension

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  NODES
Note 1