لغوي

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Irregularly formed relative adjective (nisba) composed of لُغَة (luḡa, language) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ل غ و (l-ḡ-w).

Adjective

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لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy) (feminine لُغَوِيَّة (luḡawiyya), masculine plural لُغَوِيُّونَ (luḡawiyyūna), feminine plural لُغَوِيَّات (luḡawiyyāt))

  1. linguistic
  2. philologic, philological
  3. lexicographic, lexicographical

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Noun

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لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyym (plural لُغَوِيُّونَ (luḡawiyyūna), feminine لُغَوِيَّة (luḡawiyya))

  1. linguist
  2. philologist
  3. lexicographer

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References

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