How to say "people (of a nation)" in Arabic

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Meaningpeople (of a nation)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

شَعْب

shaʿbשעב

شعب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

עם

amأَم

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ش-ع-ب

شَعْب وَاحِد

shaʿb wāḥidשעב ואחד

one people

شُعُوب

shuʿūbשעוב

Broken plural CuCūC — like قلب→قلوب.