أجنبي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أَجْنَب (ʔajnab, foreign) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ج ن ب (j-n-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.na.bijj/

Adjective

أَجْنَبِيّ • (ʔajnabiyy) (feminine أَجْنَبِيَّة (ʔajnabiyya), common plural أَجَانِب (ʔajānib), masculine plural أَجْنَبِيُّونَ (ʔajnabiyyūna), feminine plural أَجْنَبِيَّات (ʔajnabiyyāt))

  1. foreign, strange, from outside the land

Declension

Descendants

Noun

أَجْنَبِيّ • (ʔajnabiyy) m (plural أَجَانِب (ʔajānib) or أَجْنَبِيُّونَ (ʔajnabiyyūna), feminine أَجْنَبِيَّة (ʔajnabiyya))

  1. foreigner

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أجنبي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أجنبي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن ب
4 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʒ.na.bi/, [ˈʔaʒ.na.bi], [ˈʔad͡ʒ.na.bi]
  • (file)

Adjective

أجنبي • (ʔajnabi) (feminine أجنبيّة (ʔajnabiyye), common plural أجانب (ʔajāneb))

  1. foreign
    لغة أجنبيّةluḡa ʔajnabiyyeforeign language
    (file)

See also

  • غريب (ḡarīb, foreign, alien, strange)

Noun

أجنبي • (ʔajnabi) m (plural أجانب (ʔajāneb), feminine أجنبيّة (ʔajnabiyye))

  1. foreigner
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