صليبي

Arabic

Root
ص ل ب (ṣ-l-b)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of صَلِيب (ṣalīb, cross) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Noun

صَلِيبِيّ • (ṣalībiyy) m (plural صَلِيبِيُّون (ṣalībiyyūn) or صَلِيبِيَّة (ṣalībiyya))

  1. (historical) crusader
  2. (Islam, religious slur) any Christian, or any militant from a Western country regardless of his religion

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.