شبه الجزيرة العربية

Arabic

Etymology

Composed of شِبْه (šibh, “quasi-”) +‎ جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”) +‎ عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya, “Arab, Arabian”). شِبْه جَزِيرَة (šibh jazīra) by itself means "peninsula"; note, however, that عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya, “Arabian”) modifies جَزِيرَة (jazīra) rather than شِبْه (šibh).

Proper noun

شِبْه ٱلْجَزِيرَة ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة • (šibh al-jazīra l-ʿarabiyya) f

1. Arabian Peninsula

Declension

In fully declined Classical Arabic, شِبْهُ الجَزِيرَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ (šibhu l-jazīrati l-ʕarabiyyati). شِبْه (šibh, “quasi-”) is in the construct state, and both following terms are in the genitive case, with عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya, “Arabian”) an adjectival modifier of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), as described above.