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, fem إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة (ʾinglīziyya), masc pl إِنْجْلِيز (ʾinglīz), fem pl 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, pl إِنْجْلِيز (ʾinglīz), fem إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة (ʾinglīziyya)

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

Declension

  • تَأَنْجَلَ (taʾangala, to anglicise)
  • أَنْجَلَة (ʾangala, anglicisation)
  • إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʾingilterā, England or UK)

References

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