خصوصي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ, particularity) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χu.sˁuː.sˁijj/
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Adjective

خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy) m, fem خُصُوصِيَّة (ḵuṣūṣiyya), masc pl خُصُوصِيُّون (ḵuṣūṣiyyūn), fem pl خُصُوصِيَّات (ḵuṣūṣiyyāt)

  1. particular, peculiar, special
  2. private, confidential

Declension

References

  • خصوصي” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خصوصي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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