صقلية

See also: صقلیه and صقلیہ

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤi.qil.lij.ja/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Proper noun

صِقِلِّيَّة • (ṣiqilliyya) f

1. Sicily

Declension

Declension of noun صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	صِقِلِّيَّة ṣiqilliyya	—
Nominative	—	صِقِلِّيَّةُ ṣiqilliyyatu	—
Accusative	—	صِقِلِّيَّةَ ṣiqilliyyata	—
Genitive	—	صِقِلِّيَّةَ ṣiqilliyyata	—

Descendants

• Maltese: Sqallija
• → Azerbaijani: Siqilliyyə
• → Ottoman Turkish: صقلیه (sıkılliye)
  • Turkish: Sıkılliye
• → Persian: صقلیه (seqelliyye)
• → Tajik: Сиқиллия (Siqilliya)
• → Urdu: صقلیہ
• → Uzbek: Siqilliya

Etymology 2

Noun

صِقِلِّيَّة • (ṣiqilliyya) f (plural صِقِلِّيَّات (ṣiqilliyyāt), masculine صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy))

1. female equivalent of صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)

Declension

Declension of noun صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقِلِّيَّة ṣiqilliyya	الصِّقِلِّيَّة aṣ-ṣiqilliyya	صِقِلِّيَّة ṣiqilliyyat
Nominative	صِقِلِّيَّةٌ ṣiqilliyyatun	الصِّقِلِّيَّةُ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatu	صِقِلِّيَّةُ ṣiqilliyyatu
Accusative	صِقِلِّيَّةً ṣiqilliyyatan	الصِّقِلِّيَّةَ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyata	صِقِلِّيَّةَ ṣiqilliyyata
Genitive	صِقِلِّيَّةٍ ṣiqilliyyatin	الصِّقِلِّيَّةِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyati	صِقِلِّيَّةِ ṣiqilliyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْن ṣiqilliyyatayn	الصِّقِلِّيَّتَيْن aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatayn	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْ ṣiqilliyyatay
Nominative	صِقِلِّيَّتَانِ ṣiqilliyyatāni	الصِّقِلِّيَّتَانِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatāni	صِقِلِّيَّتَا ṣiqilliyyatā
Accusative	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْنِ ṣiqilliyyatayni	الصِّقِلِّيَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatayni	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْ ṣiqilliyyatay
Genitive	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْنِ ṣiqilliyyatayni	الصِّقِلِّيَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatayni	صِقِلِّيَّتَيْ ṣiqilliyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقِلِّيَّات ṣiqilliyyāt	الصِّقِلِّيَّات aṣ-ṣiqilliyyāt	صِقِلِّيَّات ṣiqilliyyāt
Nominative	صِقِلِّيَّاتٌ ṣiqilliyyātun	الصِّقِلِّيَّاتُ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyātu	صِقِلِّيَّاتُ ṣiqilliyyātu
Accusative	صِقِلِّيَّاتٍ ṣiqilliyyātin	الصِّقِلِّيَّاتِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyāti	صِقِلِّيَّاتِ ṣiqilliyyāti
Genitive	صِقِلِّيَّاتٍ ṣiqilliyyātin	الصِّقِلِّيَّاتِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyāti	صِقِلِّيَّاتِ ṣiqilliyyāti

Adjective

صِقِلِّيَّة • (ṣiqilliyya) f

1. feminine singular of صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)

Etymology 3

Short for لُغَة صِقِلِّيَّة (luḡa siqilliyya, “Sicilian language”).

Noun

صِقِلِّيَّة • (ṣiqilliyya) f

1. (usually definite) Sicilian language

Declension

Declension of noun صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقِلِّيَّة ṣiqilliyya	الصِّقِلِّيَّة aṣ-ṣiqilliyya	صِقِلِّيَّة ṣiqilliyyat
Nominative	صِقِلِّيَّةٌ ṣiqilliyyatun	الصِّقِلِّيَّةُ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyatu	صِقِلِّيَّةُ ṣiqilliyyatu
Accusative	صِقِلِّيَّةً ṣiqilliyyatan	الصِّقِلِّيَّةَ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyata	صِقِلِّيَّةَ ṣiqilliyyata
Genitive	صِقِلِّيَّةٍ ṣiqilliyyatin	الصِّقِلِّيَّةِ aṣ-ṣiqilliyyati	صِقِلِّيَّةِ ṣiqilliyyati

Further reading

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