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شَعْبِيّ
popular (of the common people, folk) /ʃaʕˈbiː/
adjectiveB1#2522 most common
Also: folk, working-class, colloquial/vernacular
Example sentences
هذا مطعمٌ شعبيٌّ.
This is a popular local restaurant.
تعجبني الملابس الشعبية.
I like traditional folk clothes.
نشأتُ في حيٍّ شعبيٍّ في القاهرة.
I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Cairo.
تُعتبر الأغاني الشعبية جزءًا مهمًا من التراث الثقافي.
Folk songs are considered an important part of the cultural heritage.
يتحدث كثير من المصريين باللهجة الشعبية في حياتهم اليومية بدلاً من الفصحى.
Many Egyptians speak in the colloquial dialect in daily life instead of Classical Arabic.
رغم خطابه الشعبي الذي استهدف الطبقة العاملة، اتُّهم الزعيم السياسي بتبني سياسات نخبوية في الخفاء.
Despite his populist rhetoric aimed at the working class, the political leader was accused of secretly adopting elitist policies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَعْبِيٌّ | شَعْبِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | شَعْبِيٍّ | شَعْبِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | شَعْبِيًّا | شَعْبِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا شَعْبِيُّ | يَا شَعْبِيُّونَ |
Word family
شَعْبpeople, nation
شَعْبِيَّةpopularity, populism
شُعْبَةbranch, division, departmentتَشَعَّبَto branch out, diverge
شُعُوبpeoples, nations (plural of شعب)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root sh-ʕ-b, tied to the noun شَعْب (shaʿb), meaning people or nation. Adding the nisba suffix -iyy turns the noun into an adjective, giving the sense of pertaining to the common people. Over time the word extended from a plain relational meaning to cultural connotations: folk, traditional, and working-class.
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