قومية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of قَوْمِيّ (qawmiyy, “national, nationalist”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaw.mij.ja/

Noun

قَوْمِيَّة • (qawmiyya) f (plural قَوْمِيَّات (qawmiyyāt))

  1. (countable) a people, a nationality; a race
    Synonyms: شَعْب (šaʕb, “a people”), أُمَّة (ʔumma, “a nation; a race”), عِرْق (ʕirq, “a race”), قَبِيلَة (qabīla, “a tribe”), إِثْنِيَّة (ʔiṯniyya, “an ethnicity”)
  2. (uncountable) nationalism
    Antonym: (derogatory) إِقْلِمِيَّة (ʔiqlimiyya, “regionalism”)
    Coordinate term: وَطَنِيَّة (waṭaniyya, “patriotism”)
Declension

Adjective

قَوْمِيَّة • (qawmiyya) f

  1. feminine singular of قَوْمِيّ (qawmiyy)

Noun

قَوْمِيَّة • (qawmiyya) f (plural قَوْمِيَّات (qawmiyyāt), masculine قَوْمِيّ (qawmiyy))

  1. female equivalent of قَوْمِيّ (qawmiyy)
Declension
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