جماهيرية

Arabic

Root
ج م ه ر (j-m-h-r)

Etymology

The adjective is the usual feminine form of جَمَاهِيرِيّ (jamāhīriyy), the nisba adjective of جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr).


The noun is a neologism coined by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977 based on جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya, republic), by changing the first element, جُمْهُور (jumhūr, public), to its plural form, جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr, the masses)

Noun

جَمَاهِيرِيَّة • (jamāhīriyya) f

  1. "state of the masses", People's Republic, Jamahiriya

Declension

Adjective

جَمَاهِيرِيَّة • (jamāhīriyya) f

  1. feminine singular of جَمَاهِيرِيّ (jamāhīriyy, pertaining to the masses, mass-)
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