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رُومانِيّ
Roman, relating to ancient Rome or the Roman Empire /ruː.maːˈniː/
adjectiveB2#4381 most common
Also: Romanian, relating to Romania
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ رُومانِيٌّ.
He is a Roman man.
زارَتْ صَديقَتي رومانيا وَقالَتْ إِنَّ الطَّعامَ الرُّومانِيَّ لَذيذٌ.
My friend visited Romania and said Romanian food is delicious.
بَنى الرُّومانِيُّونَ طُرُقًا طَويلَةً في أَوروبّا.
The Romans built long roads in Europe.
تَتَأَثَّرُ اللُّغَةُ الرُّومانِيَّةُ بِاللاتينِيَّةِ بِشَكْلٍ كَبيرٍ.
The Romanian language is heavily influenced by Latin.
انْهارَتِ الإِمْبراطوريَّةُ الرُّومانِيَّةُ الغَرْبِيَّةُ في القَرْنِ الخامِسِ الميلادِيِّ.
The Western Roman Empire collapsed in the fifth century CE.
يُناقِشُ المُؤَرِّخونَ مَدى تَأْثيرِ القانونِ الرُّومانِيِّ عَلى الأَنْظِمَةِ القانونِيَّةِ الحَديثَةِ في أوروبّا.
Historians discuss the extent of Roman law's influence on modern legal systems in Europe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رُومانِيٌّ | رُومانِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | رُومانِيٍّ | رُومانِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | رُومانِيًّا | رُومانِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا رُومانِيُّ | يا رُومانِيُّونَ |
Word family
رُومِيّByzantine, Greek, or European in classical Arabic usage
رومانياRomania
الرُّومانthe Romans, the Roman people
رُومانِيَّةRoman or Romanian (feminine form)
Etymology
رُومانِيّ is built from the place name روما (Rome) or رومانيا (Romania), both borrowed into Arabic from European languages, plus the Arabic nisba suffix ي/يّ, which turns a noun into an adjective of relation. This is why the same word can mean either Roman or Romanian, since both trace back to the same European root. It is a younger, more specific term than the classical Arabic word رُومِيّ, which in early Islamic usage covered Byzantines, Greeks, and Europeans more broadly.
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