أغلبية

Arabic

Root
غ ل ب (ḡ-l-b)

Etymology

Relative noun (nisba) composed of أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab) + ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaɣ.la.bij.ja/

Noun

أَغْلَبِيَّة • (ʔaḡlabiyya) f (plural أَغْلَبِيَّات (ʔaḡlabiyyāt))

  1. majority
    Synonym: أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya)
    Antonym: أَقَلِّيَّة (ʔaqalliyya)

Declension

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “أغلبية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَغْلَبِيَّة (ʔaḡlabiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaɣ.la.bij.je/, [ʔaɣ.laˈbij.je]
  • IPA(key): /ʔaɣ.la.bij.ja/, [ʔaɣ.laˈbij.ja]
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Noun

أغلبيّة • (ʔaḡlabiyye) f

  1. majority
    Synonym: أكترية (ʔaktariyye)
    Antonym: أقلية (ʔaʔalliyye)

See also

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