Libyan

English

Etymology

Libya +‎ -an. English since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

enPR: lĭbʹē-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ən/
Hyphenation: Lib‧y‧an
Rhymes: -ɪbiən

Adjective

Libyan (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

Derived terms

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language

Afrikaans: Libies
Arabic: لِيبِيّ (lībiyy)
Armenian: լիբիական (libiakan)
Catalan: libi (ca), líbic
Czech: libyjský (cs)
Danish: libysk (da)
Dutch: Libisch (nl)
Esperanto: libia
Finnish: libyalainen (fi)
French: libyen (fr), libyque (fr) m or f
Galician: libio
German: libysch (de)
Italian: libico (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: libysk

Nynorsk: libysk (nn)
Polish: libijski (pl)
Portuguese: líbio (pt)
Romanian: libian (ro)
Russian: ливи́йский (ru) (livíjskij)
Spanish: libio (es)
Swahili: Kilibya
Swedish: libysk (sv)

Noun

Libyan (plural Libyans)

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

Translations

person

Afrikaans: Libiër
Arabic: لِيبِيّ m (lībiyy), لِيبِيَّة f (lībiyya)
Armenian: լիբիացի (libiacʻi)
Catalan: libi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 利比亚人, 利比亞人／利比亚人
Coptic: ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ (phaiat)
Czech: Libyjec (cs) m
Danish: libyer (da) c
Dutch: Libiër (nl) m, Libische (nl) f
Egyptian:

(ṯmḥ)
Finnish: libyalainen (fi)
French: Libyen (fr) m, Libyenne (fr) f
Galician: libio m
German: Libyer (de) m, Libyerin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: Λιβύς m (Libús)
Italian: libico (it) m, libica (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: libyer m

Nynorsk: libyar (nn) m
Polish: Libijczyk (pl) m, Libijka (pl) f
Portuguese: líbio (pt) m
Romanian: libian (ro) m, libiană (ro) f
Russian: ливи́ец (ru) m (livíjec), ливи́йка (ru) f (livíjka)
Spanish: libio (es) m
Swahili: Mlibya (sw)
Turkish: Libyalı (tr)
Ukrainian: ліві́єць m (livíjecʹ), ліві́йка f (livíjka)

Proper noun

Libyan

The Libyan Arabic language.

References

“Libyan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Lybian, bainly, bylina

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlibyɑn/, [ˈlibyɑ̝n]
Rhymes: -ibyɑn
Syllabification^(key): Li‧by‧an

Noun

Libyan

genitive singular of Libya

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