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أَخْلاقِيّ

moral, ethical /ʔax.laːˈqijː/

adjectiveB1#2914 most common

Also: ethical, moralistic, relating to ethics

Example sentences

هُوَ شَخْصٌ أَخْلاقِيٌّ.
He is a moral person.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتَصَرَّفَ بِشَكْلٍ أَخْلاقِيٍّ.
We must behave in an ethical way.
هَذَا الْقَرَارُ غَيْرُ أَخْلاقِيٍّ فِي نَظَرِي.
This decision is unethical in my view.
الطَّبِيبُ مُلْتَزِمٌ بِمَبَادِئَ أَخْلاقِيَّةٍ صَارِمَةٍ.
The doctor is committed to strict ethical principles.
تُثِيرُ التَّجَارِبُ عَلَى الْحَيَوَانَاتِ أَسْئِلَةً أَخْلاقِيَّةً كَثِيرَةً.
Animal testing raises many ethical questions.
يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَخْضَعَ الذَّكَاءُ الِاصْطِنَاعِيُّ لِمُعَايِيرَ أَخْلاقِيَّةٍ صَارِمَةٍ لِضَمَانِ اسْتِخْدَامِهِ بِمَسْؤُولِيَّةٍ.
Artificial intelligence should be subject to strict ethical standards to ensure it is used responsibly.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeأَخْلاقِيٌّأَخْلاقِيُّونَ
Genitiveأَخْلاقِيٍّأَخْلاقِيِّينَ
Accusativeأَخْلاقِيًّاأَخْلاقِيِّينَ
Vocativeيا أَخْلاقِيُّيا أَخْلاقِيُّونَ

Word family

أَخْلاقmorals, ethics
خُلُقcharacter, moral nature
لَاأَخْلاقِيّimmoral, amoral
خَلَقَto create
خَالِقcreator

Etymology

أَخْلاقِيّ is a nisba (relational) adjective built on أَخْلاق, the broken plural of خُلُق (khuluq, "innate character, moral disposition"). Classical lexicographers paired khuluq with خَلْق (khalq, "physical creation, form"), treating them as the inner and outer faces of the same root خ-ل-ق. Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into an adjective meaning "of or relating to character and morals." As a Semitic root, it has no Indo-European ancestor.

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