Arabic

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Etymology

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Feminine of شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy), the nisba adjective of شَعْب (šaʕb, people, nation, tribe).

As a noun, introduced for the top-level administrative division of Gaddafi's Libya in 1995, replacing the earlier baladiyya (بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya)) system.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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شَعْبِيَّة (šaʕbiyyaf

  1. feminine singular of شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy)

Noun

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شَعْبِيَّة (šaʕbiyyaf (plural شَعْبِيَّات (šaʕbiyyāt))

  1. popularity
  2. top-level administrative subdivision of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Declension

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