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شُيُوعِيّ

communist /ʃuju:ˈʕij:/

adjectiveB2#4267 most common

Also: Communist Party member (as a noun), of or relating to communism

Example sentences

هُوَ شُيُوعِيٌّ.
He is a communist.
صَدِيقِي شُيُوعِيٌّ يُؤْمِنُ بِالْمُسَاوَاةِ.
My friend is a communist who believes in equality.
كَانَ جَدِّي شُيُوعِيًّا فِي شَبَابِهِ.
My grandfather was a communist in his youth.
اِنْضَمَّتْ إِلَى الْحِزْبِ الشُّيُوعِيِّ بَعْدَ تَخَرُّجِهَا.
She joined the Communist Party after she graduated.
يُنَاقِشُ الْكِتَابُ تَارِيخَ الْحَرَكَةِ الشُّيُوعِيَّةِ فِي أُورُوبَّا الشَّرْقِيَّةِ خِلَالَ الْحَرْبِ الْبَارِدَةِ.
The book discusses the history of the communist movement in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
يَخْتَلِفُ الْمُفَكِّرُونَ الشُّيُوعِيُّونَ حَوْلَ كَيْفِيَّةِ تَطْبِيقِ مَبَادِئِ الْمُلْكِيَّةِ الْجَمَاعِيَّةِ فِي الِاقْتِصَادَاتِ الْمُعَاصِرَةِ.
Communist thinkers disagree over how to apply the principles of collective ownership in contemporary economies.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeشُيُوعِيٌّشُيُوعِيُّونَ
Genitiveشُيُوعِيٍّشُيُوعِيِّينَ
Accusativeشُيُوعِيًّاشُيُوعِيِّينَ
Vocativeيَا شُيُوعِيُّيَا شُيُوعِيُّونَ

Word family

شُيُوعِيَّةcommunism
شَاعَto spread, become widely known
شُيُوعprevalence, spreading, publicity
شَائِعcommon, widespread, prevalent

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root ش ي ع (sh-y-ʕ), whose verb شاع (shā'a) means to spread or become widely known. From this root comes شُيُوع (shuyū'), a noun meaning prevalence or commonality, and the nisba suffix ـيّ turns it into an adjective. Nineteenth and twentieth century Arabic writers chose this root to translate communism, since the ideology centers on common or shared ownership. The choice mirrors the European word itself, which derives from Latin communis, meaning common.

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