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حُكُومِيّ
governmental /ħu.kuː.ˈmijj/
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Also: state (attributive), public-sector, of the government
Example sentences
هَذِهِ مَدْرَسَةٌ حُكُومِيَّةٌ.
This is a government school.
يَعْمَلُ أَبِي فِي مُسْتَشْفَى حُكُومِيٍّ.
My father works in a government hospital.
حَصَلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ عَلَى عَقْدٍ حُكُومِيٍّ كَبِيرٍ.
The company won a large government contract.
تَزَايَدَ الِاعْتِمَادُ عَلَى الوَظَائِفِ الحُكُومِيَّةِ فِي السَّنَوَاتِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
Reliance on government jobs has grown in recent years.
أَثَارَ القَرَارُ الحُكُومِيُّ الجَدِيدُ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا بَيْنَ المُوَاطِنِينَ.
The new government decision sparked wide controversy among citizens.
يُعَدُّ الإِصْلَاحُ المُؤَسَّسِيُّ لِلْقِطَاعِ الحُكُومِيِّ ضَرُورَةً لِتَعْزِيزِ الشَّفَافِيَّةِ وَمُكَافَحَةِ الفَسَادِ.
Institutional reform of the government sector is necessary to strengthen transparency and fight corruption.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُكُومِيٌّ | حُكُومِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | حُكُومِيٍّ | حُكُومِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | حُكُومِيًّا | حُكُومِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا حُكُومِيُّ | يَا حُكُومِيُّونَ |
Word family
حُكُومَةgovernment
حَاكِمruler, governor
حُكْمrule, judgment, verdictمَحْكَمَةcourt of lawحَكَمreferee, arbitratorEtymology
The Arabic root ح-ك-م carries the sense of ruling, judging, and holding something in check. From it Arabic formed حُكْم (judgment, rule) and حُكُومَة (government, the body that rules). حُكُومِيّ is the nisba, or relational, adjective built from حُكُومَة by adding the ending ـيّ, giving the sense 'of or belonging to the government.' Arabic is a Semitic language, so no Proto-Indo-European root applies here.
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