Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

خصوصيات

English translation:

Pecularities / special characteristics

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Arabic term

خصوصيات

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
دولة ليبيا لها خصوصيات، الكل يعرف أن نظام الحكم في الجماهيرية لا يشبه أي نظام حكم آخر…
ينطلق القذافي في تعريفه لنظام حكمه أنه نظام جماهيري، تحكمه الجماهير بصفة مباشرة عن طريق اللجان الشعبية.
واليوم، و منذ إنطلاق إنتفاضة الجماهير الليبية في حركتها الإحتجاجية، يتابع
المراقبون في البلدان المجاورة و بلدان العالم الأخرى تطورات الأحداث في ليبيا ويطرحون العديد من الأسئلة المحرجة التي غالبا ما يحتارون في توفير الأجوبة لها…

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Proposed translations

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Pecularities

We used this word for the sake of saying that something is just unique and totally different from the rest.

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Example sentence:

European pecularity is that a business model that suits one market will not necessarily suit others without a certain

To understand this you should first be familiar with the pecularities of Swiss citizenship.

Peer comment(s):

agree Randa Farhat : Yes, but more used as 'peculiar', commonly used to describe the Libyan system, also positively. The first sentence should be in the past tense: 'Libya had a peculiar political system.' Links below explain.
1 day 4 hrs
Dear Farhat,thank you for your constructive feedback.I definitely agree with you.
agree Trans Master (X)
2 days 3 hrs
Thank you Trans Master
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you to everyone who offered a suggestion. I think that more than one term could fit here."
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particularities

particularities
Peer comment(s):

agree Khalid Idris
3 mins
شكرًا جزيلا :-))
agree Chakib Roula : I agree but I think we can say "pecularities"
2 hrs
شكرًا جزيلا :-)) فكرت أيضًا بالكلمة التي اقترحتها ولكن لا أعرف إن كانت مناسبة لأن معناها الأول a strange or unusual feature or habit
agree Abdullah Ramadan Badawi
7 hrs
Thank you!
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4 mins

special characteristics

special characteristics
Peer comment(s):

agree Khalid Idris
1 min
Thanks Khalid
agree Belal Hegazy
1 hr
Thanks Belal
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1 hr

Libya is a special case

It is different from other dictatorships
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Reference comments

1 day 7 hrs
Reference:

Links to Libya's peculiar political system

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