عربي

See also: عربی‎, عربى‎, غربی, and غربي

ArabicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَرَب(ʕarab, Arabs) +‎ ـِيّ(-iyy).

Alternative formsEdit

  • عربى(ʿarabī) (Nile Valley, traditional spelling)

AdjectiveEdit

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyym, feminine عَرَبِيَّة(ʕarabiyya), masculine plural عَرَب(ʕarab), feminine plural عَرَبِيَّات(ʕarabiyyāt)

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic
    اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة‎ ― al-luḡa l-ʿarabiyyathe Arabic language
  3. Arabian
DeclensionEdit
AntonymsEdit

NounEdit

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyym, plural عَرَب(ʕarab), feminine عَرَبِيَّة(ʕarabiyya)

  1. Arab
  2. (colloquial) Arabic (language)
    لَا أَتَكَلَّم عَرَبِي.‎‎ ― lā ʔatakallam ʕarabī.I don't speak Arabic.
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Maltese: Għarbi
  • Moroccan Arabic: عربي(ʕarbi)
  • Persian: عربی('arabi)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अरबी (arabī)
    Urdu: عربی('arabī)

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

عَرِّبِي (ʕarribī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of عَرَّبَ(ʕarraba)

ReferencesEdit

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

Moroccan ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ(ʕarabiyy).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.bi/
  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

عربي (ʕarbi) (feminine عربية(ʕarbiyya), common plural عرب(ʕrab), feminine plural عربيات(ʕarbiyyāt))

  1. Arab

NounEdit

عربي (ʕarbim (plural عرب(ʕrab), feminine عربية(ʕarbiyya))

  1. Arab (person)

South Levantine ArabicEdit

Root
ع ر ب

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ(ʕarabiyy).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.bi/, [ˈʕɑ.rˤɑ.bi]
  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

عربي (ʕarabi) (feminine عربيّة(ʕarabiyye), common plural عرب(ʕarab))

  1. Arab, Arabic

NounEdit

عربي (ʕarabim (plural عرب(ʕarab), feminine عربيّة(ʕarabiyye))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic