جماهيرية

Arabic

Root
⁧ج م ه ر⁩ (j-m-h-r)

Etymology

The adjective is the usual feminine form of ⁧جَمَاهِيرِيّ⁩ (jamāhīriyy), the nisba adjective of ⁧جَمَاهِير⁩ (jamāhīr).


The noun is a neologism coined by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977 based on ⁧جُمْهُورِيَّة⁩ (jumhūriyya, “republic”), by changing the first element, ⁧جُمْهُور⁩ (jumhūr, “public”), to its plural form, ⁧جَمَاهِير⁩ (jamāhīr, “the masses”)

Noun

⁧جَمَاهِيرِيَّة⁩ • (jamāhīriyya) f

  1. "state of the masses", People's Republic, Jamahiriya

Declension

Adjective

⁧جَمَاهِيرِيَّة⁩ • (jamāhīriyya) f

  1. feminine singular of ⁧جَمَاهِيرِيّ⁩ (jamāhīriyy, “pertaining to the masses, mass-”)
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