جنسي

See also: جنسی‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جِنْس‎ (jins, “kind, sort, category, gender, sex, race, nation”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy), from the root ج ن س‎ (j-n-s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒin.sijj/

Adjective

جِنْسِيّ • (jinsiyy) (feminine جِنْسِيَّة‎ (jinsiyya), masculine plural جِنْسِيُّون‎ (jinsiyyūn), feminine plural جِنْسِيَّات‎ (jinsiyyāt))

  1. generic
  2. sexual
  3. racial
Declension
Descendants

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒan.ni.siː/

Verb

جَنِّسِي • (jannisī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of جَنَّسَ‎ (jannasa)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن س‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جِنْسِيّ‎ (jinsiyy).

Adjective

جنسي • (jinsi) (feminine جنسيّة‎ (jinsiyye))

  1. sexual
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