إنجليزي

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of إِنْجْلِيز (ʾinglīz, Englishmen) + ـِيّ (-iyy), likely from Italian inglese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔinɡliː.zijj/
  • IPA(key): /ʔin.d͡ʒi.liː.zijj/

Adjective

إِنْجْلِيزِيّ (ʾinglīziyy) m, feminine إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة (ʾinglīziyya), masculine plural إِنْجْلِيز (ʾinglīz), feminine plural إِنْجْلِيزِيَّات (ʾinglīziyyāt)

  1. (Egypt) Pertaining to England
  2. (Egypt) Pertaining to English-speaking countries
  3. (Egypt) Pertaining to the English language

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), إنجليز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

إِنْجْلِيزِيّ (ʾinglīziyy) m, plural إِنْجْلِيز (ʾinglīz), feminine إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة (ʾinglīziyya)

  1. (Egypt) Englishman
  2. (Egypt) English language

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), إنجليز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.