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رَسْمِيّ
official /rasˈmijj/
adjectiveA2#948 most common
Also: formal, ceremonial, governmental
Example sentences
هَذِهِ وَثيقَة رَسْمِيّة.
This is an official document.
اللُّغَة الرَّسْمِيّة لِلبِلاد هِيَ العَرَبِيّة.
The country's official language is Arabic.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَرْتَدِيَ زِيّاً رَسْمِيّاً في الحَفْل.
You must wear formal dress at the ceremony.
أَصْدَرَتِ الحُكومَة بَياناً رَسْمِيّاً حَوْلَ الأَزْمَة.
The government issued an official statement about the crisis.
لَمْ يَصْدُرْ أَيُّ تَأْكيدٍ رَسْمِيّ مِنَ المَصادِرِ المُخْتَصَّة حَتّى الآن.
No official confirmation has been issued by the relevant sources so far.
تَتَّسِمُ اللُّغَةُ الرَّسْمِيّةُ في المُراسَلاتِ الدِّبلوماسِيّةِ بِطابَعٍ بالِغِ التَّحَفُّظِ.
Official language in diplomatic correspondence has an extremely reserved character.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَسْمِيٌّ (rasmiyyun) | رَسْمِيّونَ (rasmiyyūna) |
| Genitive | رَسْمِيٍّ (rasmiyyin) | رَسْمِيّينَ (rasmiyyīna) |
| Accusative | رَسْمِيّاً (rasmiyyan) | رَسْمِيّينَ (rasmiyyīna) |
| Vocative | يا رَسْمِيُّ (yā rasmiyyu) | يا رَسْمِيّونَ (yā rasmiyyūna) |
Word family
رَسْم (rasm)drawing; fee; decree
رَسَمَ (rasama)to draw, to prescribe
مَرْسوم (marsūm)official decree
رَسّام (rassām)painter, draftsman
رَسْمِيّاً (rasmiyyan)officially
Etymology
رَسْمِيّ is a relational adjective built from the noun رَسْم ('drawing, mark, prescribed form, decree'), which derives from the Semitic root ر-س-م meaning to draw, trace, or prescribe. The nisba suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into 'pertaining to a prescribed form,' giving the sense 'official, formal.' The meaning runs from a marked or decreed thing to whatever is sanctioned by authority.
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