سلبي

Meaning

1. negative (not positive or neutral)
2. negative, electronegative (of electrical charge)
3. negative, damaging, unfavourable
4. (often) negative, pessimistic

Concepts

negative

passive

negativism

negativistic

negative points

Opposite of

مُوجَب, إِيجَابِيّ

Translations

négatif

negativo

negativ

negatiu

negativo

negatif

negatief

negativo

pasivo

menfi

olumsuz

passiu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sal.bijj/

Etymology

سَلْب (salb, “negation”) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root س ل ب (s l b). The sense “bad" is possibly a semantic loan from English negative.