Arabic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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References

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