صومالي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of الصُّومَال (aṣ-ṣomāl, Somalia, Somaliland) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

صُومَالِيّ • (ṣūmāliyy) (feminine صُومَالِيَّة (ṣūmāliyya), masculine plural صُومَالِيُّونَ (ṣūmāliyyūna), feminine plural صُومَالِيَّات (ṣūmāliyyāt))

  1. Somali

Declension

Noun

صُومَالِيّ • (ṣūmāliyy) m, plural صُومَالِيُّون (ṣūmāliyyūn), feminine صُومَالِيَّة (ṣūmāliyya)

  1. Somali

Declension

References

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