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جِنْسِيّ
sexual /d͡ʒɪnˈsijj/
adjectiveA2#1168 most common
Also: carnal, gender-related, generic (relating to a genus or kind)
Example sentences
هٰذا مَوْضوعٌ جِنْسِيّ.
This is a sexual topic.
التَّرْبِيَةُ الجِنْسِيَّةُ مُهِمَّةٌ.
Sex education is important.
تَحَدَّثْنا عَنِ الصِّحَّةِ الجِنْسِيَّةِ في الدَّرْسِ.
We talked about sexual health in the lesson.
يُعاني بَعْضُ المَرْضى مِنِ اضْطِراباتٍ جِنْسِيَّةٍ.
Some patients suffer from sexual disorders.
تَناوَلَ الكِتابُ الجَوانِبَ النَّفْسِيَّةَ والجِنْسِيَّةَ لِلْعَلاقَةِ.
The book addressed the psychological and sexual aspects of the relationship.
تَتَطَلَّبُ مُناقَشَةُ العُنْفِ الجِنْسِيِّ حَساسِيَّةً ثَقافِيَّةً ودِقَّةً قانونِيَّةً.
Discussing sexual violence requires cultural sensitivity and legal precision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِنْسِيٌّ | جِنْسِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | جِنْسِيٍّ | جِنْسِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | جِنْسِيًّا | جِنْسِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | جِنْسِيُّ | جِنْسِيُّونَ |
Word family
جِنْسkind, type, sex, gender, genus
جِنْسِيَّةnationality; sexuality
جِنْسَانِيَّةsexuality (as a field or trait)
مُتَجَانِسhomogeneous
تَجْنِيسnaturalization; paronomasia
Etymology
جِنْسِيّ is a relative adjective built from the noun جِنْس, meaning 'kind, type, sex,' plus the nisba suffix ـِيّ. Arabic borrowed جِنْس from Greek γένος, 'race, kind, genus,' probably through Syriac, during the early translation of Greek logic and philosophy. The suffix turns the noun into an adjective for 'relating to kind or sex,' which settled into the modern sense 'sexual.' The Greek source itself goes back to the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-, 'to beget,' which also gave Latin genus and English 'gender.'
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