شعبية

Arabic

Etymology

Feminine of شَعْبِيّ (šaʿbiyy), the nisba adjective of شَعْب (šaʿb, people, nation, tribe).

As a noun, introduced for the top-level administrative division of Gaddafi's Libya in 1995, replacing the earlier baladiyya (بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya)) system.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʕ.bij.ja/

Adjective

شَعْبِيَّة (šaʿbiyya) f

  1. feminine singular of شَعْبِيّ (šaʿbiyy)

Noun

شَعْبِيَّة (šaʿbiyya) f (plural شَعْبِيَّات (šaʿbiyyāt))

  1. popularity
  2. top-level administrative subdivision of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Declension

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