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مِلْكِيَّة

ownership /mil.kijˈja/

nounB1#2048 most common

Also: property, proprietorship, possession

Example sentences

هٰذِهِ مِلْكِيَّة خاصّة.
This is private property.
مِلْكِيَّة البَيْت لِأَبي.
Ownership of the house belongs to my father.
نَقَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِلْكِيَّة السَّيّارة إلى أخيه.
The man transferred ownership of the car to his brother.
حُقوق المِلْكِيَّة الفِكْرِيَّة مَحْمِيَّة بِالقانون.
Intellectual property rights are protected by law.
تُثيرُ مِلْكِيَّة الأراضي الزِراعِيَّة نِزاعاتٍ كَثيرة بَيْنَ القَبائل.
Ownership of agricultural land raises many disputes among the tribes.
أَسْفَرَتْ إعادةُ توزيعِ المِلْكِيَّة عَنْ تَحَوُّلاتٍ عَميقة في بُنْيةِ المُجْتَمَعِ الاقتِصادِيَّة.
The redistribution of ownership produced deep changes in the economic structure of society.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمِلْكِيَّةٌمِلْكِيّاتٌ
Genitiveمِلْكِيَّةٍمِلْكِيّاتٍ
Accusativeمِلْكِيَّةًمِلْكِيّاتٍ
Vocativeيا مِلْكِيَّةُيا مِلْكِيّاتُ

Word family

مِلْكproperty, possessionمالِكowner
مَلَكَto own, possess
مَمْلَكةkingdom
مَلِكking

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic root م-ل-ك, which carries the linked ideas of owning, possessing, and ruling. The base noun مِلْك means property or possession. Adding the abstract suffix ـِيَّة turns it into an abstract noun for the state of ownership itself.

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