أذكى

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy, “smart, intelligent; fragrant; tasty”), from the roots ذ ك و (ḏ-k-w) and ذ ك ي (ḏ-k-y).

Adjective

أَذْكَى • (ʔaḏkā)

elative degree of ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy):
1. smarter, more intelligent; smartest, most intelligent
2. more fragrant; most fragrant
3. tastier; tastiest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَذْكَى (ʔaḏkā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَذْكَى ʔaḏkā	الْأَذْكَى al-ʔaḏkā	ذُكْيَا ḏukyā	الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā
Nominative	أَذْكَى ʔaḏkā	الْأَذْكَى al-ʔaḏkā	ذُكْيَا ḏukyā	الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā
Accusative	أَذْكَى ʔaḏkā	الْأَذْكَى al-ʔaḏkā	ذُكْيَا ḏukyā	الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā
Genitive	أَذْكَى ʔaḏkā	الْأَذْكَى al-ʔaḏkā	ذُكْيَا ḏukyā	الذُّكْيَا aḏ-ḏukyā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَذْكَيَيْن ʔaḏkayayn	الْأَذْكَيَيْن al-ʔaḏkayayn	ذُكْيَيَيْن ḏukyayayn	الذُّكْيَيَيْن aḏ-ḏukyayayn
Nominative	أَذْكَيَانِ ʔaḏkayāni	الْأَذْكَيَانِ al-ʔaḏkayāni	ذُكْيَيَانِ ḏukyayāni	الذُّكْيَيَانِ aḏ-ḏukyayāni
Accusative	أَذْكَيَيْنِ ʔaḏkayayni	الْأَذْكَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḏkayayni	ذُكْيَيَيْنِ ḏukyayayni	الذُّكْيَيَيْنِ aḏ-ḏukyayayni
Genitive	أَذْكَيَيْنِ ʔaḏkayayni	الْأَذْكَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḏkayayni	ذُكْيَيَيْنِ ḏukyayayni	الذُّكْيَيَيْنِ aḏ-ḏukyayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَذْكَيْن ʔaḏkayn	الْأَذْكَيْن al-ʔaḏkayn	ذُكَيَّات ḏukayyāt	الذُّكَيَّات aḏ-ḏukayyāt
Nominative	أَذْكَوْنَ ʔaḏkawna	الْأَذْكَوْنَ al-ʔaḏkawna	ذُكَيَّاتٌ ḏukayyātun	الذُّكَيَّاتُ aḏ-ḏukayyātu
Accusative	أَذْكَيْنَ ʔaḏkayna	الْأَذْكَيْنَ al-ʔaḏkayna	ذُكَيَّاتٍ ḏukayyātin	الذُّكَيَّاتِ aḏ-ḏukayyāti
Genitive	أَذْكَيْنَ ʔaḏkayna	الْأَذْكَيْنَ al-ʔaḏkayna	ذُكَيَّاتٍ ḏukayyātin	الذُّكَيَّاتِ aḏ-ḏukayyāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أذكى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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