سعودي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of سُعُود‎ (suʕūd, “the House of Saud”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ʕuː.dijj/, /sa.ʕuː.dijj/

Adjective

سُعُودِيّ or سَعُودِيّ • (suʕūdiyy or saʕūdiyy), feminine سُعُودِيَّة‎ (suʕūdiyya) or سَعُودِيَّة‎ (saʕūdiyya), masculine plural سُعُودِيُّون‎ (suʕūdiyyūn) or سَعُودِيُّون‎ (saʕūdiyyūn), feminine plural سُعُودِيَّات‎ (suʕūdiyyāt) or سَعُودِيَّات‎ (saʕūdiyyāt)

  1. Saudi
    ‏الْحُكُومَةُ السُّعُودِيَّة‎ ― al-ḥukūmatu s-suʕūdiyya ― the Saudi government

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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