عنصري

Arabic

Root
ع ن ص ر (ʕ-n-ṣ-r)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.sˤu.rijj/

Adjective

عُنْصُرِيّ • (ʕunṣuriyy) (feminine عُنْصُرِيَّة (ʕunṣuriyya), masculine plural عُنْصُرِيُّونَ (ʕunṣuriyyūna), feminine plural عُنْصُرِيَّات (ʕunṣuriyyāt))

1. racial, ethnic
2. racist
3. elementary

Declension

Declension of adjective عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُنْصُرِي ʕunṣurī	الْعُنْصُرِي al-ʕunṣurī	عُنْصُرِيَّة ʕunṣuriyya	الْعُنْصُرِيَّة al-ʕunṣuriyya
Nominative	عُنْصُرِيٌّ ʕunṣuriyyun	الْعُنْصُرِيُّ al-ʕunṣuriyyu	عُنْصُرِيَّةٌ ʕunṣuriyyatun	الْعُنْصُرِيَّةُ al-ʕunṣuriyyatu
Accusative	عُنْصُرِيًّا ʕunṣuriyyan	الْعُنْصُرِيَّ al-ʕunṣuriyya	عُنْصُرِيَّةً ʕunṣuriyyatan	الْعُنْصُرِيَّةَ al-ʕunṣuriyyata
Genitive	عُنْصُرِيٍّ ʕunṣuriyyin	الْعُنْصُرِيِّ al-ʕunṣuriyyi	عُنْصُرِيَّةٍ ʕunṣuriyyatin	الْعُنْصُرِيَّةِ al-ʕunṣuriyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُنْصُرِيَّيْن ʕunṣuriyyayn	الْعُنْصُرِيَّيْن al-ʕunṣuriyyayn	عُنْصُرِيَّتَيْن ʕunṣuriyyatayn	الْعُنْصُرِيَّتَيْن al-ʕunṣuriyyatayn
Nominative	عُنْصُرِيَّانِ ʕunṣuriyyāni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّانِ al-ʕunṣuriyyāni	عُنْصُرِيَّتَانِ ʕunṣuriyyatāni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّتَانِ al-ʕunṣuriyyatāni
Accusative	عُنْصُرِيَّيْنِ ʕunṣuriyyayni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّيْنِ al-ʕunṣuriyyayni	عُنْصُرِيَّتَيْنِ ʕunṣuriyyatayni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕunṣuriyyatayni
Genitive	عُنْصُرِيَّيْنِ ʕunṣuriyyayni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّيْنِ al-ʕunṣuriyyayni	عُنْصُرِيَّتَيْنِ ʕunṣuriyyatayni	الْعُنْصُرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʕunṣuriyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُنْصُرِيِّين ʕunṣuriyyīn	الْعُنْصُرِيِّين al-ʕunṣuriyyīn	عُنْصُرِيَّات ʕunṣuriyyāt	الْعُنْصُرِيَّات al-ʕunṣuriyyāt
Nominative	عُنْصُرِيُّونَ ʕunṣuriyyūna	الْعُنْصُرِيُّونَ al-ʕunṣuriyyūna	عُنْصُرِيَّاتٌ ʕunṣuriyyātun	الْعُنْصُرِيَّاتُ al-ʕunṣuriyyātu
Accusative	عُنْصُرِيِّينَ ʕunṣuriyyīna	الْعُنْصُرِيِّينَ al-ʕunṣuriyyīna	عُنْصُرِيَّاتٍ ʕunṣuriyyātin	الْعُنْصُرِيَّاتِ al-ʕunṣuriyyāti
Genitive	عُنْصُرِيِّينَ ʕunṣuriyyīna	الْعُنْصُرِيِّينَ al-ʕunṣuriyyīna	عُنْصُرِيَّاتٍ ʕunṣuriyyātin	الْعُنْصُرِيَّاتِ al-ʕunṣuriyyāti

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “عنصري”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عنصري”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “عنصري”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عُنْصُرِيّ (ʕunṣuriyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.sˤu.ri/, [ˈʕʊn.sˤʊ.ri]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Adjective

عنصري • (ʕonṣori) (feminine عنصريّة (ʕonsoriyye), common plural عنصريّين (ʕonsoriyyīn))

1. racial
2. racist