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قانُونِيّ
legal /qaːnuːˈniːj/
adjectiveA2#1106 most common
Also: lawful, legitimate, statutory
Example sentences
هَذا قانُونِيّ.
This is legal.
هَل هَذا العَمَل قانُونِيّ؟
Is this work legal?
العَقْد قانُونِيّ وَمُوَقَّع مِن الطَّرَفَيْن.
The contract is legal and signed by both parties.
لا يُمكِن تَنفيذ القَرار لأنّه غَيْر قانُونِيّ.
The decision cannot be carried out because it is not legal.
يَتَمَتَّع المُتَّهَم بِحَقّ قانُونِيّ في الاستِعانة بِمُحامٍ.
The accused has a legal right to the assistance of a lawyer.
رَأَت المَحكَمة أنّ الإجراء قانُونِيّ مِن النّاحية الشَّكليّة لَكِنّه يُخالِف رُوح الدُّستور.
The court held that the procedure was legal in formal terms but contravened the spirit of the constitution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قانُونِيٌّ | قانُونِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | قانُونِيٍّ | قانُونِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | قانُونِيًّا | قانُونِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا قانُونِيُّ | يا قانُونِيُّونَ |
Word family
قانونlaw
قانونيّةlegality, lawfulness
قانونيًّاlegally
غير قانونيّillegal, unlawful
تقنينcodification, legalization
Etymology
قانوني is the adjective form of قانون, the Arabic word for law. قانون entered Arabic from the Greek kanōn, meaning a rule or measuring rod. The same Greek word gives English its word canon. The final ـِيّ is the nisba suffix, which turns a noun into an adjective of relation.
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