استثنائي

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Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْتِثْنَاء (istiṯnāʔ, exception) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy). The sense of "extraordinary" is a semantic loan from English exceptional.[1]

Adjective

اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy) (feminine اِسْتِثْنَائِيَّة (istiṯnāʔiyya), masculine plural اِسْتِثْنَائِيُّونَ (istiṯnāʔiyyūna), feminine plural اِسْتِثْنَائِيَّات (istiṯnāʔiyyāt))

  1. exceptional, extraordinary

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