رجعي

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ر ج ع (r-j-ʕ)

Etymology[edit]

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رَجْع (rajʕ, return) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

رَجْعِيّ (rajʕiyy) (feminine رَجْعِيَّة (rajʕiyya), masculine plural رَجْعِيُّونَ (rajʕiyyūna), feminine plural رَجْعِيَّات (rajʕiyyāt))

  1. reactionary
  2. retroactive
  3. backwards, backward

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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