Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of نَظَر(naẓar, theory, vision) +‎ ـِيّ(-iyy).

Adjective edit

نَظَرِيّ (naẓariyy) (feminine نَظَرِيَّة(naẓariyya), masculine plural نَظَرِيُّونَ(naẓariyyūna), feminine plural نَظَرِيَّات(naẓariyyāt))

  1. theoretical
    Antonym: عَمَلِيّ(ʕamaliyy)
  2. visual
  3. optical
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “نظر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

نَظِّرِي (naẓẓirī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of نَظَّرَ(naẓẓara)