Difference between عربي and عربية ?
I have seen the word written both ways...so which is the correct spelling? I'm very confused about this.
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العربية is used with feminine words
العربي is used with masculine words
أتعلم العربية
=أتعلم اللغة العربية
*But in colloquial we say عربي not العربية
For example:
أتكلم العربية
بتكلم عربي
Both mean "I speak Arabic", but the first is in standard and the second one is colloquial.
شخص عربي
=Arabian person
Because شخص is masculine.
الثقافة العربية
=The Arabian culture
Because الثقافة is feminine.
Hope this helps.
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(عربي ʻarabī) and (عربية ʻarabiyyah) are an adjectival nisba of the noun ʕarab
A nisba "relation" is a grammatical term referring to the suffixation of masculine -iyy(or ī), feminine -iyyah to a word to make it an adjective.
As an example, the word ‘Arabiyy (عربي) means "Arab, related to Arabic, Arabian". Nisba forms are very common in Arabic names.
In Arabic, nouns and adjectives are declined according to the following properties:
State (indefinite, definite or construct)
Gender (masculine or feminine)
Number (singular, dual or plural)
Case (حالات ḥālāt) (nominative, genitive, and accusative)
So:
عربي = Arab, related to Arabic, Arabian (masculine)
عربية = Arab, related to Arabic, Arabian (feminine)
Examples:
هو عربي "huwa ʻarabī" = He is an Arab
هي عربية "hiya ʻarabiyyah" = She is an Arab
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both of them are correct
عربى for male
عربى(ة) for female
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عربي means Arabian man
عربية means Arabian Woman it's also means Arabic Language
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العربية لها معنى سيارة كمان
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