Libya

English

Libya

Etymology

Via Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē). English since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Lib‧ya
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Proper noun

Libya

2. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.
3. (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Derived terms

• Libyan
• State of Libya

 

Descendants

• → Korean: 리비아 (Ribia)

Translations

country in Northern Africa

• Afrikaans: Libië
• Akan: Libia
• Albanian: Libi f, Libia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ሊቢያ (libiya)
• Arabic: لِيبِيَا (ar) f (lībiyā), لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā) (archaic)

  Libyan Arabic: ليبيا (Lībya)

• Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܹܘܒ݂ܹܐ (liuwe)

• Armenian: Լիբիա (hy) (Libia)
• Asturian: Libia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Liviya (az)
• Belarusian: Лі́вія f (Lívija)
• Bengali: লিবিয়া (bn) (libiẏa)
• Breton: Libia (br)
• Bulgarian: Ли́бия f (Líbija)
• Burmese: လစ်ဗျား (lacbya:)
• Catalan: Líbia (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ (libya)
• Chechen: Ливи (Livi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比亞 / 利比亚 (zh) (Lìbǐyà)

• Coptic: ⲗⲩⲃⲏ f (lubē)
• Crimean Tatar: Libiya
• Czech: Libye (cs) f
• Danish: Libyen (da) n
• Dhivehi: ލީބިޔާ (lībiyā)
• Domari: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Libië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Libio (eo)
• Estonian: Liibüa (et)
• Farefare: Libia
• Faroese: Libya
• Finnish: Libya (fi)
• French: Libye (fr) f

  Middle French: Lybie f

• Galician: Libia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლიბია (ka) (libia)
• German: Libyen (de) n
• Greek: Λιβύη (el) f (Livýi)

  Ancient: Λιβύη f (Libúē)

• Hausa: Libya
• Hebrew: לוּב m (luv)
• Hindi: लीबिया (hi) m (lībiyā)
• Hungarian: Líbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Líbía f
• Indonesian: Libya (id)
• Interlingua: Libya
• Irish: an Libia f
• Italian: Libia (it) f
• Japanese: リビア (ja) (Ribia)
• Kalenjin: Libya
• Kamba: Libya
• Kannada: ಲಿಬಿಯಾ (libiyā)
• Kazakh: Либия (Libiä), Ливия (kk) (Liviä)
• Khmer: លីប៊ី (km) (liibii)
• Kikuyu: Libia
• Korean: 리비아 (ko) (Ribia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Lîbya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ливия (Liviya)
• Lao: ລີບີ (lī bī), ລີເບຍ (lī bīa)
• Latvian: Lībija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Libija (lt) f
• Luo: Libya
• Macedonian: Ли́бија (mk) f (Líbija)
• Malay: Libya (ms)
• Malayalam: ലിബിയ (libiya)
• Maltese: Il-Libja f
• Maori: Rīpia
• Marathi: लिबिया (libiyā)
• Meru: Libya
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Ливи (Livi)

• Navajo: Łíbya
• Norman: Libye f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Libya (no) n

• Occitan: Libia (oc) f
• Old Persian: 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎠 (p-u-t-a-y-a /⁠Putāya⁠/)
• Ossetian: Ливи (Livi)
• Pashto: ليبيا f (libyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: لِیبِیَا (lībiyā)

  Iranian Persian: لیبی (fa) (libi)

• Polish: Libia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Líbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Libia (ro) f
• Russian: Ли́вия (ru) f (Lívija)
• Samogitian: Lėbėjė, Libėjė
• Scots: Libie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ли̑бија f

  Roman: Lȋbija (sh) f

• Silesian: Libijo f
• Sinhalese: ලිබියාව (libiyāwa)
• Siwi: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Líbya (sk) f
• Slovene: Líbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Libia (es)
• Swahili: Libya (sw)
• Swedish: Libyen (sv) n
• Tagalog: Libya
• Tajik: Либия (Libiya)
• Tamil: லிபியா (lipiyā)
• Tatar: Ливия (Liwiyä)
• Telugu: లిబియా (te) (libiyā)
• Thai: ลิเบีย (th) (lí-biia)
• Tigrinya: ሊቢያ (libiya)
• Turkish: Libya (tr)
• Turkmen: Liwiýa
• Ukrainian: Лі́вія (uk) (Lívija)
• Urdu: لِیبِیا m (lībiyā)
• Uyghur: لىۋىيە (liwiye)
• Uzbek: Liviya
• Vietnamese: Li-bi
• Volapük: Lübän (vo)
• Yakut: Лиибийэ (Liibiye)
• Yiddish: ליביע f (libye)
• Yoruba: Líbyà
• Zulu: ILibiya

See also

• Tripoli
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Anagrams

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Libya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibyɑ/, [ˈlibyɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ibyɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Li‧bya

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Libya	—
genitive		Libyan	—
partitive		Libyaa	—
illative		Libyaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Libya	—
accusative	nom.	Libya	—
	gen.	Libyan
genitive		Libyan	—
partitive		Libyaa	—
inessive		Libyassa	—
elative		Libyasta	—
illative		Libyaan	—
adessive		Libyalla	—
ablative		Libyalta	—
allative		Libyalle	—
essive		Libyana	—
translative		Libyaksi	—
abessive		Libyatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Libyani — accusative nom. Libyani — gen. Libyani genitive Libyani — partitive Libyaani — inessive Libyassani — elative Libyastani — illative Libyaani — adessive Libyallani — ablative Libyaltani — allative Libyalleni — essive Libyanani — translative Libyakseni — abessive Libyattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Libyasi — accusative nom. Libyasi — gen. Libyasi genitive Libyasi — partitive Libyaasi — inessive Libyassasi — elative Libyastasi — illative Libyaasi — adessive Libyallasi — ablative Libyaltasi — allative Libyallesi — essive Libyanasi — translative Libyaksesi — abessive Libyattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Libyamme — accusative nom. Libyamme — gen. Libyamme genitive Libyamme — partitive Libyaamme — inessive Libyassamme — elative Libyastamme — illative Libyaamme — adessive Libyallamme — ablative Libyaltamme — allative Libyallemme — essive Libyanamme — translative Libyaksemme — abessive Libyattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Libyanne — accusative nom. Libyanne — gen. Libyanne genitive Libyanne — partitive Libyaanne — inessive Libyassanne — elative Libyastanne — illative Libyaanne — adessive Libyallanne — ablative Libyaltanne — allative Libyallenne — essive Libyananne — translative Libyaksenne — abessive Libyattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Libyansa — accusative nom. Libyansa — gen. Libyansa genitive Libyansa — partitive Libyaansa — inessive Libyassaan Libyassansa — elative Libyastaan Libyastansa — illative Libyaansa — adessive Libyallaan Libyallansa — ablative Libyaltaan Libyaltansa — allative Libyalleen Libyallensa — essive Libyanaan Libyanansa — translative Libyakseen Libyaksensa — abessive Libyattaan Libyattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• libyalainen

 

compounds

• libyanhaisuhilleri
• libyanhyppymyyrä
• libyanjirdi
• libyansokkohiiri

 

Latin

Alternative forms

• Libua
• Libyē

Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal has Libyē.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.by.a/, [ˈlʲɪbyä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bi.a/, [ˈliːbiä]

Proper noun

Libya f sg (genitive Libyae); first declension

1. Africa, i.e. the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity
2. (New Latin) Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Libya
genitive	Libyae
dative	Libyae
accusative	Libyam
ablative	Libyā
vocative	Libya

Related terms

• libycus, Libycus
• Libys

Descendants

• → English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

References

• “Libya”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Libya in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• libyer
• libysk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• libyar
• libysk

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• Mlibya

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Libya and/or Spanish Libia (“Libya”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlibja/ [ˈlib.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Lib‧ya

Proper noun

Libya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Anagrams

• libay, liyab

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Libya

	singular
nominative	Libya
accusative	Libya'yı
dative	Libya'ya
locative	Libya'da
ablative	Libya'dan
genitive	Libya'nın

    possessive of Libya

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Libya'm	Libyalarım / Libya'larım
senin (your)	Libya'n	Libyaların / Libya'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Libya'sı	Libyaları / Libya'ları
bizim (our)	Libya'mız	Libyalarımız / Libya'larımız
sizin (your)	Libya'nız	Libyalarınız / Libya'larınız
onların (their)	Libya'sı / Libyaları / Libya'ları	Libyaları / Libya'ları

Derived terms

• Libyalı

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}