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حَقِيقِيّ
real /ħaqiːˈqijj/
adjectiveA1#225 most common
Also: true, genuine, authentic
Example sentences
هَذا صَديقٌ حَقيقيٌّ.
This is a real friend.
هَل هَذِهِ قِصّةٌ حَقيقيّةٌ؟
Is this a real story?
نُريدُ تَغييراً حَقيقيّاً في حَياتِنا.
We want a real change in our lives.
الفَرقُ الحَقيقيُّ بَينَ النَّجاحِ والفَشَلِ هو المُحاوَلَة.
The real difference between success and failure is trying.
لَم يَكُنِ اعتِذارُهُ حَقيقيّاً، بَل كانَ كَلاماً فارِغاً.
His apology was not genuine; it was empty talk.
إنَّ القيمَةَ الحَقيقيّةَ لِلمَرءِ تَكمُنُ فيما يَفعَلُهُ حينَ لا يَراهُ أَحَد.
A person's true value lies in what he does when no one is watching.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَقيقِيٌّ (ḥaqīqiyyun) | حَقيقِيّونَ (ḥaqīqiyyūna) |
| Genitive | حَقيقِيٍّ (ḥaqīqiyyin) | حَقيقِيّينَ (ḥaqīqiyyīna) |
| Accusative | حَقيقِيّاً (ḥaqīqiyyan) | حَقيقِيّينَ (ḥaqīqiyyīna) |
| Vocative | يا حَقيقِيُّ (yā ḥaqīqiyyu) | يا حَقيقِيّونَ (yā ḥaqīqiyyūna) |
Word family
حَقيقة (ḥaqīqa)truth, reality, fact
حَقّ (ḥaqq)right, truth, due
حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa)to achieve, verify, realize
تَحقيق (taḥqīq)investigation, realization
حَقّاً (ḥaqqan)truly, indeed
Etymology
حَقِيقِيّ is the relational adjective of حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa), meaning truth or reality. Both go back to the triliteral root ح-ق-ق, which carries the sense of what is fixed, due, and true. The nisba suffix -iyy turns the noun into 'belonging to truth,' that is, real.
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