سلبي

See also: سلتی

Arabic

Root
س ل ب (s-l-b)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of سَلْب (salb, negation) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root س ل ب (s-l-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sal.bijj/

Adjective

سَلْبِيّ • (salbiyy) (feminine سَلْبِيَّة (salbiyya), masculine plural سَلْبِيُّونَ (salbiyyūna), feminine plural سَلْبِيَّات (salbiyyāt))

  1. negative (not positive or neutral)
  2. (physics, chemistry) negative, electronegative (of electrical charge)
    Synonym: سَالِب (sālib)
    Antonym: مُوجَب (mūjab)
    شُحْنَة سَلْبِيَّةšuḥna(t) salbiyyanegative charge
  3. negative, damaging, unfavourable
    Antonym: إِيجَابِيّ (ʔījābiyy)
    هٰذَا ٱلْاِقْتِرَاحُ لَهُ نِقَاطٌ سَلْبِيَّةٌ وَإِيجَابِيَّةٌhāḏā l-iqtirāḥu lahu niqāṭun salbiyyatun waʔījābiyyatunThis proposal has negative and positive aspects.
  4. (often used pejoratively) negative, pessimistic
    Antonym: إِيجَابِيّ (ʔījābiyy)
    إِنْسَان سَلْبِيَّʔinsān salbiyyaa negative person

Declension

Descendants

  • Uyghur: سەلبىي (selbiy)
  • Uzbek: salbiy

References

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