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حَرْبِيّ
military /ħarˈbiːj/
adjectiveB2#3919 most common
Also: martial, warlike, of war
Example sentences
هَذِهِ سَفِينَةٌ حَرْبِيَّةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
This is a big warship.
شَاهَدْنَا طَائِرَاتٍ حَرْبِيَّةً فِي السَّمَاءِ.
We saw military planes in the sky.
يَعْمَلُ أَخِي فِي قَاعِدَةٍ حَرْبِيَّةٍ قُرْبَ الحُدُودِ.
My brother works at a military base near the border.
أَعْلَنَتِ الحُكُومَةُ الأَحْكَامَ الحَرْبِيَّةَ بَعْدَ الانْقِلَابِ.
The government declared martial law after the coup.
تَدْرُسُ الجَامِعَةُ تَارِيخَ الاسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّاتِ الحَرْبِيَّةِ القَدِيمَةِ.
The university studies the history of ancient military strategies.
أَدَّى التَّصْعِيدُ الحَرْبِيُّ بَيْنَ الدَّوْلَتَيْنِ إِلَى أَزْمَةٍ دِبْلُومَاسِيَّةٍ خَطِيرَةٍ.
The military escalation between the two countries led to a serious diplomatic crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَرْبِيٌّ | حَرْبِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | حَرْبِيٍّ | حَرْبِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | حَرْبِيًّا | حَرْبِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا حَرْبِيُّ | يَا حَرْبِيُّونَ |
Word family
حَرْبwar
مُحَارِبwarrior, combatant
حَارَبَto fight, wage war
حَرْبَةspear, lance
مُحَارَبَةcombat, fighting
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ح ر ب (ḥ-r-b), tied to the noun حَرْب (ḥarb), meaning war. Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ (-iyy), which works much like English -ic or -al, turns the noun into a relative adjective meaning of war or pertaining to war. This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE ancestor.
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