اى

أَيِّىٌّ ذ [a rel. n. of أَىٌّ]. When you ask a man respecting his كُورَة [i. e. district, or city, or town], you say, اَلْأَيِّىُّ [ The person of what district, &c., art thou?]; like as you say, in asking him respecting his قَبِيلَة [or tribe], اَلْمَنِىُّ [from مَنْ]: and you say also, أَيِّىٌّ أَنْتَ [ A person of what district, &c., art thou? ]; and مَنىٌّ (T.) [See also مَنِىٌّ, in art. من.]