Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative noun (nisba) composed of لَائِكِيّ (lāʔikiyy, secular) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لَائِكِيَّة (lāʔikiyyaf

  1. (politics, Maghrib) laicism

Declension

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Adjective

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لَائِكِيَّة (lāʔikiyyaf

  1. feminine singular of لَائِكِيّ (lāʔikiyy)

References

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