جنسي

See also: جنسی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جِنْس (jins, “kind, sort, category, gender, sex, race, nation”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ج ن س (j-n-s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒin.sijj/

Adjective

جِنْسِيّ • (jinsiyy) (feminine جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya), masculine plural جِنْسِيُّونَ (jinsiyyūna), feminine plural جِنْسِيَّات (jinsiyyāt))

1. generic
2. sexual
3. racial

Declension

Declension of adjective جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِنْسِي jinsī	الْجِنْسِي al-jinsī	جِنْسِيَّة jinsiyya	الْجِنْسِيَّة al-jinsiyya
Nominative	جِنْسِيٌّ jinsiyyun	الْجِنْسِيُّ al-jinsiyyu	جِنْسِيَّةٌ jinsiyyatun	الْجِنْسِيَّةُ al-jinsiyyatu
Accusative	جِنْسِيًّا jinsiyyan	الْجِنْسِيَّ al-jinsiyya	جِنْسِيَّةً jinsiyyatan	الْجِنْسِيَّةَ al-jinsiyyata
Genitive	جِنْسِيٍّ jinsiyyin	الْجِنْسِيِّ al-jinsiyyi	جِنْسِيَّةٍ jinsiyyatin	الْجِنْسِيَّةِ al-jinsiyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِنْسِيَّيْن jinsiyyayn	الْجِنْسِيَّيْن al-jinsiyyayn	جِنْسِيَّتَيْن jinsiyyatayn	الْجِنْسِيَّتَيْن al-jinsiyyatayn
Nominative	جِنْسِيَّانِ jinsiyyāni	الْجِنْسِيَّانِ al-jinsiyyāni	جِنْسِيَّتَانِ jinsiyyatāni	الْجِنْسِيَّتَانِ al-jinsiyyatāni
Accusative	جِنْسِيَّيْنِ jinsiyyayni	الْجِنْسِيَّيْنِ al-jinsiyyayni	جِنْسِيَّتَيْنِ jinsiyyatayni	الْجِنْسِيَّتَيْنِ al-jinsiyyatayni
Genitive	جِنْسِيَّيْنِ jinsiyyayni	الْجِنْسِيَّيْنِ al-jinsiyyayni	جِنْسِيَّتَيْنِ jinsiyyatayni	الْجِنْسِيَّتَيْنِ al-jinsiyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِنْسِيِّين jinsiyyīn	الْجِنْسِيِّين al-jinsiyyīn	جِنْسِيَّات jinsiyyāt	الْجِنْسِيَّات al-jinsiyyāt
Nominative	جِنْسِيُّونَ jinsiyyūna	الْجِنْسِيُّونَ al-jinsiyyūna	جِنْسِيَّاتٌ jinsiyyātun	الْجِنْسِيَّاتُ al-jinsiyyātu
Accusative	جِنْسِيِّينَ jinsiyyīna	الْجِنْسِيِّينَ al-jinsiyyīna	جِنْسِيَّاتٍ jinsiyyātin	الْجِنْسِيَّاتِ al-jinsiyyāti
Genitive	جِنْسِيِّينَ jinsiyyīna	الْجِنْسِيِّينَ al-jinsiyyīna	جِنْسِيَّاتٍ jinsiyyātin	الْجِنْسِيَّاتِ al-jinsiyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cinsi
• → Chagatai: جنسی
  • Uyghur: جىنسىي (jinsiy)
  • Uzbek: jinsiy
• → Northern Kurdish: cinsî
• → Ottoman Turkish: جنسی (cinsî)
  • Turkish: cinsî
• → Persian: جنسی (jensi)
• → Punjabi: جِنْسی (jinsī)
• → Sindhi: جنسي
• → Urdu: جِنْسی (jinsī)

Etymology 2

Verb

جَنِّسِي • (jannisī) (form II) /d͡ʒan.ni.siː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of جَنَّسَ (jannasa)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن س
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy).

Adjective

جنسي • (jinsi) (feminine جنسيّة (jinsiyye))

1. sexual