إنجيلي

Arabic

Etymology

Nisba of إِنْجِيل‎ (ʔinjīl, “gospel”), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܐ‎ (ʾesṭrangēlā, “gospel”).

Noun

إِنْجِيلِيّ • (ʔinjīliyy) m (plural إِنْجِيلِيُّون‎ (ʔinjīliyyūn))

  1. (Christianity) evangelist
    ‏الْإِنْجِيلِيُّون الْأَرْبَعَة‎ ― al-ʔinjīliyyūn al-ʔarbaʕa ― the Four Evangelists
  2. (Christianity) Evangelical (adherent of evangelical Protestant Christianity)

Declension

Adjective

إِنْجِيلِيّ • (ʔinjīliyy) (feminine إِنْجِيلِيَّة‎ (ʔinjīliyya), masculine plural إِنْجِيلِيُّونَ‎ (ʔinjīliyyūna), feminine plural إِنْجِيلِيَّات‎ (ʔinjīliyyāt))

  1. evangelical, related to the gospels
  2. Evangelical, related to evangelicalism
  3. evangelistic, related to evangelism

Declension

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