How to say "Israeli" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningIsraeli
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
إِسْرَائِيلِيّ
isrāʾīlīאסראאילי
إسرائيلي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ישראלי
yisra'eliيِسْرَائِلِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Same borrowed name as إسرائيل, with the Arabic nisba ending -iyy added to make it an adjective/noun 'of Israel' — exactly parallel to how Hebrew adds ־ִי to ישראל to get ישראלי.
Learn it
In a phrase
صَدِيقِي إِسْرَائِيلِيّ
ṣadīqī isrāʾīlīצדיקי אסראאיליmy friend is Israeli
Plural
إِسْرَائِيلِيُّون
isrāʾīliyyūnאסראאיליוןsound masculine plural -ūn
Feminine
إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة
isrāʾīliyyaאסראאיליה