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أَساسِيّ
basic /ʔa.saːˈsiːj/
adjectiveB1#1573 most common
Also: fundamental, essential, primary
Example sentences
هٰذا أَمْرٌ أَساسِيٌّ.
This is a basic matter.
الماءُ أَساسِيٌّ لِلْحَياةِ.
Water is essential for life.
التَّعْليمُ حَقٌّ أَساسِيٌّ لِكُلِّ طِفْلٍ.
Education is a basic right for every child.
يَلْعَبُ هٰذا اللاعِبُ دَوْراً أَساسِيّاً في الفَريقِ.
This player plays a key role in the team.
تُعَدُّ هٰذِهِ المَبادِئُ الأَساسِيَّةُ ركيزةً لِلدُّستورِ كُلِّهِ.
These fundamental principles are regarded as the cornerstone of the whole constitution.
لا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ الأَزْمَةِ دونَ إدْراكِ الأَسْبابِ الأَساسِيَّةِ الكامِنَةِ وَراءَها.
The crisis cannot be understood without grasping the underlying basic causes behind it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَساسِيٌّ | أَساسِيّونَ |
| Genitive | أَساسِيٍّ | أَساسِيّينَ |
| Accusative | أَساسِيّاً | أَساسِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا أَساسِيُّ | يا أَساسِيّونَ |
Word family
أَساسfoundation, basis
أَسَّسَto found, to establish
تَأْسيسfounding, establishment
مُؤَسَّسَةinstitution, foundation
أَساسِيّاًbasically, fundamentally
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root أ-س-س, which carries the sense of founding or laying a base. The noun أَساس means foundation or basis. Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ turns it into an adjective meaning pertaining to the foundation, that is, basic or fundamental.
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