Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ل ج ء (l-j-ʔ)

Derived from the active participle of لَجَأَ (lajaʔa, to take refuge).

Noun edit

لَاجِئ (lājiʔm (plural لَاجِئُونَ (lājiʔūna), feminine لَاجِئَة (lājiʔa))

  1. refugee

Declension edit

References edit

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