عصبية

Arabic

Root
ع ص ب (ʕ-ṣ-b)

Etymology

عَصَبَة (ʕaṣaba) + ـِيَّة (-iyya)

Noun

عَصَبِيَّة • (ʕaṣabiyya) f

  1. tribalism, clannishness
    • مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ، وَفَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ، فَمَاتَ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، وَمَنْ خَرَجَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي يَضْرِبُ بَرَّهَا وَفَاجِرَهَا لَا يَتَحَاشَى مِنْ مُؤْمِنِهَا وَلَا يَفِي لِذِي عَهْدِهَا فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي، وَمَنْ قَاتَلَ تَحْتَ رَايَةٍ عُمِّيَّةٍ يَدْعُو إِلَى عَصَبِيَّةٍ أَوْ يَغْضَبُ لِعَصَبِيَّةٍ فَقُتِلَ، فَقِتْلَةٌ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ
      man ḵaraja mina ṭ-ṭāʕati, wafāraqa l-jamāʕata, famāta māta mītatan jāhiliyyatan, waman ḵaraja ʕalā ʔummatī yaḍribu barrahā wafājirahā lā yataḥāšā min muʔminihā walā yafī liḏī ʕahdihā falaysa minnī, waman qātala taḥta rāyatin ʕummiyyatin yadʕū ʔilā ʕaṣabiyyatin ʔaw yaḡḍabu liʕaṣabiyyatin faqutila, faqitlatun jāhiliyyatun
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  2. solidarity, community, asabiyyah

Declension

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North Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ص ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَصَبِيّ (ʕaṣabiyy).

Noun

عصبية • (ʕaṣabiyye) f

  1. being irritable, being touchy, being oversensitive
  2. being aggressive (in discussing or arguing)
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