Attribution Adjectives
The ending y is employed to form adjectives from nouns and prepositions. It is known as the Nisba adjective or adjectives of relationship by Arab grammarians.
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Godly
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nTry
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God
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nTr
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One who belongs to the horizon
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Axty
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Horizon
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Axt
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One who is upon
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Hry
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Upon
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Hr
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Note: the Nisba y is a semi-vowel and is omitted in feminine adjectives and occasionally omitted in prepositional adjectives.
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Who/which is above
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Hr(y)t
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Southern
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rs(y)t
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What is in the mouth (tongue)
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im(y)-r
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One who is upon his mountain
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Tp(y)-Dw.f
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