Arabic edit

Root
ج م ه ر (j-m-h-r)
 
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Etymology edit

The adjective is the usual feminine form of جَمَاهِيرِيّ (jamāhīriyy), the nisba adjective of جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr).


The noun is a neologism coined by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977 based on جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya, republic), by changing the first element, جُمْهُور (jumhūr, public), to its plural form, جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr, the masses)

Noun edit

جَمَاهِيرِيَّة (jamāhīriyyaf

  1. "state of the masses", People's Republic, Jamahiriya

Declension edit

Adjective edit

جَمَاهِيرِيَّة (jamāhīriyyaf

  1. feminine singular of جَمَاهِيرِيّ (jamāhīriyy, pertaining to the masses, mass-)