شخصية

Arabic

Root
ش خ ص (š ḵ ṣ)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃax.sˤij.ja/

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, “person”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Noun

شَخْصِيَّة • (šaḵṣiyya) f (plural شَخْصِيَّات (šaḵṣiyyāt))

1. personality
2. rank, nobility
3. character (in a story)
4. figure(?)

Declension

Declension of noun شَخْصِيَّة (šaḵṣiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَخْصِيَّة šaḵṣiyya	الشَّخْصِيَّة aš-šaḵṣiyya	شَخْصِيَّة šaḵṣiyyat
Nominative	شَخْصِيَّةٌ šaḵṣiyyatun	الشَّخْصِيَّةُ aš-šaḵṣiyyatu	شَخْصِيَّةُ šaḵṣiyyatu
Accusative	شَخْصِيَّةً šaḵṣiyyatan	الشَّخْصِيَّةَ aš-šaḵṣiyyata	شَخْصِيَّةَ šaḵṣiyyata
Genitive	شَخْصِيَّةٍ šaḵṣiyyatin	الشَّخْصِيَّةِ aš-šaḵṣiyyati	شَخْصِيَّةِ šaḵṣiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَخْصِيَّتَيْن šaḵṣiyyatayn	الشَّخْصِيَّتَيْن aš-šaḵṣiyyatayn	شَخْصِيَّتَيْ šaḵṣiyyatay
Nominative	شَخْصِيَّتَانِ šaḵṣiyyatāni	الشَّخْصِيَّتَانِ aš-šaḵṣiyyatāni	شَخْصِيَّتَا šaḵṣiyyatā
Accusative	شَخْصِيَّتَيْنِ šaḵṣiyyatayni	الشَّخْصِيَّتَيْنِ aš-šaḵṣiyyatayni	شَخْصِيَّتَيْ šaḵṣiyyatay
Genitive	شَخْصِيَّتَيْنِ šaḵṣiyyatayni	الشَّخْصِيَّتَيْنِ aš-šaḵṣiyyatayni	شَخْصِيَّتَيْ šaḵṣiyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَخْصِيَّات šaḵṣiyyāt	الشَّخْصِيَّات aš-šaḵṣiyyāt	شَخْصِيَّات šaḵṣiyyāt
Nominative	شَخْصِيَّاتٌ šaḵṣiyyātun	الشَّخْصِيَّاتُ aš-šaḵṣiyyātu	شَخْصِيَّاتُ šaḵṣiyyātu
Accusative	شَخْصِيَّاتٍ šaḵṣiyyātin	الشَّخْصِيَّاتِ aš-šaḵṣiyyāti	شَخْصِيَّاتِ šaḵṣiyyāti
Genitive	شَخْصِيَّاتٍ šaḵṣiyyātin	الشَّخْصِيَّاتِ aš-šaḵṣiyyāti	شَخْصِيَّاتِ šaḵṣiyyāti

Descendants

• → Indonesian: syahsiah
• → Malay: شخصية (sahsiah).
• → Persian: شخصیت
  • → Azerbaijani: şəxsiyyət
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: शख़्सियत (śaxsiyat)

    Urdu: شخصیت (śaxsiyat)

• → Ottoman Turkish: شخصیت (şahsiyet)
  • → Turkish: şahsiyet
• → Turkmen: şahsyýet
• → Uyghur: شەخسىيەت (shexsiyet)
• → Uzbek: shaxsiyat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شخصية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شخصية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Adjective

شَخْصِيَّة • (šaḵṣiyya) f

1. feminine singular of شَخْصِيّ (šaḵṣiyy)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic شَخْصِيَّة (šaḵṣiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃax.sˤij.je/, [ʃɑxˈsˤij.je]
• IPA^(key): /ʃax.sˤij.ja/, [ʃɑxˈsˤij.ja]

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Noun

شخصيّة • (šaḵṣiyye) f (plural شخصيّات (šaḵsiyyāt))

1. personality
2. character