Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of سُعُود (suʕūd, the House of Saud) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /su.ʕuː.dijj/, /sa.ʕuː.dijj/

Adjective edit

سُعُودِيّ or سَعُودِيّ (suʕūdiyy or saʕūdiyy) (feminine سُعُودِيَّة (suʕūdiyya) or سَعُودِيَّة (saʕūdiyya), masculine plural سُعُودِيُّونَ (suʕūdiyyūna) or سَعُودِيُّونَ (saʕūdiyyūna), feminine plural سُعُودِيَّات (suʕūdiyyāt) or سَعُودِيَّات (saʕūdiyyāt))

  1. Saudi
    الْحُكُومَةُ السُّعُودِيَّةal-ḥukūmatu s-suʕūdiyyathe Saudi government

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN