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طَبِيعِيّ
natural /tˤaˈbiːʕijj/
adjectiveA1#603 most common
Also: physical, normal
Example sentences
هَذا أَمرٌ طَبِيعِيّ.
This is a normal thing.
أَشرَبُ عَصِيرًا طَبِيعِيًّا كُلَّ صَباح.
I drink natural juice every morning.
المَنظَرُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ في القَريَةِ خَلّاب.
The natural scenery in the village is stunning.
مِنَ الطَّبِيعِيِّ أَن تَشعُرَ بِالتَّوَتُّرِ قَبلَ المُقابَلَة.
It is natural to feel tense before the interview.
تَملِكُ البِلادُ ثَرَواتٍ طَبِيعِيَّةً هائِلَةً مِنَ النِّفطِ والغاز.
The country holds enormous natural resources of oil and gas.
يَرى الفَلاسِفَةُ أَنَّ القانونَ الطَّبِيعِيَّ يَعلو عَلى القانونِ الوَضعِيّ.
Philosophers hold that natural law stands above positive law.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَبِيعِيٌّ | طَبِيعِيّونَ |
| Genitive | طَبِيعِيٍّ | طَبِيعِيّينَ |
| Accusative | طَبِيعِيًّا | طَبِيعِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا طَبِيعِيُّ | يا طَبِيعِيّونَ |
Word family
طَبِيعة (ṭabīʿa)nature
طَبِيعِيًّا (ṭabīʿiyyan)naturally
غَير طَبِيعِيّ (ghayr ṭabīʿiyy)unnatural, abnormal
طابِع (ṭābiʿ)stamp; character
طَبَعَ (ṭabaʿa)to print, to stamp
Etymology
This is a nisba adjective built from طَبِيعة (ṭabīʿa), meaning nature, plus the relational suffix ـِيّ. The base traces to the root ط ب ع, which means to stamp, imprint, or mould. Nature is understood as the form stamped into things, so what bears that stamp is طَبِيعِيّ, natural.
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