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نِسائِيّ
women's /niˈsaːʔijː/
adjectiveB2#3657 most common
Also: feminine, gynecological, womanly
Example sentences
هذه مجلة نسائية.
This is a women's magazine.
أمي تعمل في قسم الملابس النسائية.
My mother works in the women's clothing department.
ذهبت إلى طبيب نسائي لإجراء فحص.
She went to a gynecologist for a checkup.
تدافع الجمعيات النسائية عن حقوق المرأة في العمل.
Women's associations advocate for women's rights at work.
نظمت الحركة النسائية مؤتمرا لمناقشة قضايا المساواة.
The women's movement organized a conference to discuss equality issues.
تناولت الدراسة الأدب النسائي العربي في القرن العشرين وتأثيره على الوعي الاجتماعي.
The study examined Arabic women's literature in the twentieth century and its effect on social consciousness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِسائِيٌّ / نِسائِيَّةٌ | نِسائِيّونَ / نِسائِيّاتٌ |
| Genitive | نِسائِيٍّ / نِسائِيَّةٍ | نِسائِيّينَ / نِسائِيّاتٍ |
| Accusative | نِسائِيًّا / نِسائِيَّةً | نِسائِيّينَ / نِسائِيّاتٍ |
| Vocative | نِسائِيّ / نِسائِيّة | نِسائِيّون / نِسائِيّات |
Word family
نساءwomen
امرأةwoman
نسويةfeminism
نسويfeminist
أنثىfemale
Etymology
نِسائِيّ is built from نِساء, the irregular plural noun meaning 'women' that also serves as the plural of امرأة (woman). Adding the nisba suffix ي, which marks 'relating to' or 'of', turns the noun into a relative adjective meaning 'of or relating to women'. This nisba pattern is one of the most productive ways Arabic turns nouns into adjectives. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root to trace here.
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