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شَخْصِيَّة
personality /ʃaxˈsˤijja/
nounA2#850 most common
Also: character (in a story or play), public figure, personage, persona, identity
Example sentences
لَها شَخْصِيَّة جَميلة.
She has a nice personality.
أَحْمَد شَخْصِيَّة مَشْهورة في المَدينة.
Ahmad is a famous figure in the city.
شَخْصِيَّتي تَغَيَّرَتْ بَعْدَ السَّفَر.
My personality changed after the trip.
تَتَمَيَّزُ هَذِهِ الرِّوايَة بِشَخْصِيَّاتٍ مُعَقَّدَة.
This novel is distinguished by complex characters.
يُحاوِلُ الكاتِبُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ شَخْصِيَّةَ البَطَلِ بِعِنايَةٍ فائِقَة.
The writer tries to build the protagonist's character with great care.
إِنَّ ازْدِواجِيَّةَ الشَّخْصِيَّةِ مَوْضوعٌ مُتَكَرِّرٌ في الأَدَبِ النَّفْسِيِّ الحَديث.
Split personality is a recurring theme in modern psychological literature.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَخْصِيَّةٌ | شَخْصِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | شَخْصِيَّةٍ | شَخْصِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | شَخْصِيَّةً | شَخْصِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شَخْصِيَّةُ | يا شَخْصِيَّاتُ |
Word family
شَخْصperson, individualشَخْصِيّpersonal, private
شَخْصِيًّاpersonally, in person
تَشْخيصdiagnosis
أَشْخاصpeople, individuals
Etymology
شَخْصِيَّة derives from شَخْص (shakhṣ), meaning person or individual figure, built on the Semitic root sh-kh-ṣ. Arabic adds the relational suffix -iyy to form an adjective, then the feminine ending -a to make an abstract noun, literally person-ness. The word names the whole set of traits a person shows. The same root also yields شَخَّصَ, to diagnose, and تَشْخيص, diagnosis.
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