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فَرَنْسِيّ
French /fa.ranˈsiːj/
adjectiveB1#1476 most common
Also: Frenchman, French person, the French language (in the feminine form)
Example sentences
هُوَ فَرَنْسِيّ.
He is French.
هَذَا طَالِبٌ فَرَنْسِيّ.
This is a French student.
أُحِبُّ الْجُبْنَ الْفَرَنْسِيّ.
I like French cheese.
صَدِيقِي الْفَرَنْسِيّ يَدْرُسُ فِي بَارِيس.
My French friend studies in Paris.
يُعَدُّ الْمَطْبَخُ الْفَرَنْسِيّ مِنْ أَشْهَرِ الْمَطَابِخِ فِي الْعَالَمِ.
French cuisine is considered among the most famous in the world.
تَرَكَ الْأَدَبُ الْفَرَنْسِيّ أَثَرًا عَمِيقًا فِي الثَّقَافَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ.
French literature left a deep mark on modern Arabic culture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَرَنْسِيٌّ | فَرَنْسِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | فَرَنْسِيٍّ | فَرَنْسِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | فَرَنْسِيًّا | فَرَنْسِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا فَرَنْسِيُّ | يَا فَرَنْسِيُّونَ |
Word family
فَرَنْساFrance
فَرَنْسِيَّةthe French language; a Frenchwoman
الفَرَنْسِيُّونthe French (people)
تَفَرْنَسَto become Frenchified, adopt French ways
Etymology
The word joins the borrowed place name فَرَنْسا (Faransā, "France") to the Arabic nisba suffix ـِيّ, which forms relational adjectives meaning "belonging to" or "-ish." The European name France itself comes from Latin Francia, "land of the Franks," after the Germanic Frankish people. So the stem is a loan while the ending is native Arabic.
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