Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of يَسَار (yasār, left (side, direction), left hand) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

يَسَارِيّ (yasāriyy) (feminine يَسَارِيَّة (yasāriyya), masculine plural يَسَارِيُّونَ (yasāriyyūna), feminine plural يَسَارِيَّات (yasāriyyāt))

  1. (politics) leftist

Declension edit

References edit

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

Noun edit

يَسَارِيّ (yasāriyym, plural يَسَارِيُّون (yasāriyyūn), feminine يَسَارِيَّة (yasāriyya)

  1. (politics) leftist

Declension edit

References edit

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