لغوي

Arabic

Etymology

Irregularly formed relative adjective (nisba) composed of لُغَة (luḡa, language) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w).

Adjective

لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy) m, feminine لُغَوِيَّة (luḡawiyya), masculine plural لُغَوِيُّون (luḡawiyyūn), feminine plural لُغَوِيَّات (luḡawiyyāt)

  1. linguistic
  2. philologic, philological
  3. lexicographic, lexicographical
Declension

Noun

لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy) m, plural لُغَوِيُّون (luḡawiyyūn), feminine لُغَوِيَّة (luḡawiyya)

  1. linguist
  2. philologist
  3. lexicographer
Declension

References

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