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عادِيّ
ordinary, normal /ʕaːˈdijj/
adjectiveA2#863 most common
Also: usual, regular, standard, plain, average, fine / no big deal (colloquial)
Example sentences
هٰذا يَوْمٌ عادِيّ.
This is an ordinary day.
السِّعْرُ عادِيّ، لَيْسَ غالِيًا.
The price is normal, not expensive.
لا تَقْلَقْ، ما حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ عادِيّ تَمامًا.
Don't worry, what happened is completely normal.
يَعيشُ في بَيْتٍ عادِيّ ويَقودُ سَيّارَةً عادِيّةً مِثْلَ أَيِّ شَخْصٍ آخَر.
He lives in an ordinary house and drives an ordinary car like anyone else.
بِالنِّسْبَةِ لَهُ، العَمَلُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ ساعَةً في اليَوْمِ صارَ شَيْئًا عادِيًّا.
For him, working fourteen hours a day has become an ordinary thing.
رَدَّ بِبُرودٍ: «عادِيّ»، وكَأَنَّ الخَبَرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْنيهِ في شَيْء.
He replied coldly, 'No big deal,' as if the news did not concern him at all.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عادِيٌّ | عادِيّونَ |
| Genitive | عادِيٍّ | عادِيّينَ |
| Accusative | عادِيًّا | عادِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا عادِيُّ | يا عادِيّونَ |
Word family
عادة (ʿāda)habit, custom
عادَةً (ʿādatan)usually, normally
اِعْتادَ (iʿtāda)to grow accustomed to
مُعْتاد (muʿtād)usual, accustomed
غَيْر عادِيّ (ghayr ʿādī)unusual, extraordinary
Etymology
عادِيّ is a relational (nisba) adjective built from عادة, meaning custom or habit. عادة in turn comes from the Semitic root ع-و-د, whose core sense is to return or recur. A thing that keeps recurring becomes a habit, and what fits habit is felt as ordinary.
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