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Lebanese Vocal Dictionary Lebanese to English Lebanese English ‘lem pens ‘ṡar short (adj) ab august abl ḋḋihir before noon abl ḋḋihor before noon abyaḋ white adar march adde? how much? ahlen welcome aḣmar red aḱdar green akiid sure/ of course alam pen alf thousand amiis shirt ana i/ i am anniine bottle arbaxtaxc fourteen arbxa four arbxiin forty argiile water-pipe aṡfar yellow aṡiir short aṡiira/ aṡiire short aswad black aylul september aymta? when? ayya? which? ayyar may azra’ blue ba’dunis parsley ba'dunse a parsley/ parsley plant baba dad/ father badle suit badlet suits baḣir beach/sea banadura tomato bank bank banṫalon pants baṡal onion baxid ḋḋohir afternoon baxden later bay father bayḋa white bayḋa egg beb door beit house bhar pepper bicix ugly bicxa ugly bicxiin ugly biiḋ white binne brown binniye brown bint daughter/ girl bint ḱel cousin-daughter of maternal uncle bint ḱele cousin-daughter of maternal aunt bint xam daughter of paternal uncle birdeye curtain birghol ground wheat birrad refrigerator biyyex salesman biyyexa saleswoman bnaṫliin pants bukra tomorrow bye * (english) bye cahir month cajra tree caḱtura ship cams sun camsiiye umbrella cawke fork caxir hair cbaṫ february cibbek window ciic stick ciic ṫawu’ grilled chicken breast cita winter cort short cortet shorts cway a little cway cway slowly cyec sticks dabke lebanese folkdance dahabe golden dahabiyye golden dayne ear dayyi’ narrow/ tight dayyi’a narrow/ tight dayy’iin narrow/ tight dihir/ḋḋihir noon dikken grocery shop djej chiken djeje chiken dohir/ḋḋohir noon Ḋabit officer Ḋabta officer e yes edame kind man faḣim coals faḣme coal faṡil season fiḋḋe silver fiḋḋiyye silver finjen cup firran baker firrane baker fistan dress fsatiin dress fṡul seasons fweke fruits gravattet tie gravat tie ghada lunch ghariib stranger halla’ now hawa air hawde these are hawdiik those are hayda this is ( m) hayde this is (female) haydiik that is (m) hiidak varians of hidek hiidek that is (f) hinne they hiyye she hon here huwwe he ḣdaxc eleven ḣajib eyebrow ḣakiim physician ḣakiime physician ḣamḋa a lemon/ lemon tree ḣamiḋ lemon ḣamod lemon (variant pronounciation) ḣamra red ḣidded blacksmith ḣiddede blacksmith ḣilo sweet/beautiful ḣilwe sweet/beautiful ḣilwiin sweet/beautiful ḣzayran june ibin ḱel cousin-son of maternal uncle ibin ḱele cousin-son of maternal aunt ibin xam cousin-son of paternal uncle ibin xamme cousin-son of paternal aunt ibin/ ibn son icara signal ijir leg/ foot iḱit/ iḱt sister im mother imsan shirts insen human being inta you/ you are inte you / you are into you / you are isbax finger isbux week istez teacher isteze teacher iza bitriid / pardon * ( french) excuse me iza bitriid/ please * (english) please iid hand/ arm jabal mountain jariide newspaper jaṫ serving bowl jawharje jeweler jawharjiyye jeweler jemxa university jid grandfather jisim body jjimxa friday jura hole/ ditch kabeb ground -flavored meat grilled on sticks kaff ground-flavored meat kafta hand palm kalset socks ketbe writer ketib writer ḱadra green kibbeye cup kiifak how are you? kiifik? how are you doing? (f) kirse chair kitif shoulder kitob books kteb books ktef shoulders ktiir too much/very ktiir mniiḣ very good kux elbow kenun awwal december kenun tene january ḱamse five ḱamsiin fifty ḱamstaxc fifteen ḱariif autumn ḱass lettuce ḱay brother ḱel, ḱal uncle (mother side) ḱele/ḱale aunt (mother side) ḱibbez baker ḱibbeze baker ḱibiz bread ḱidir green ḱure priest ḱuriyye priest's wife (if any) l the (definitive article) l’aḣad sunday l’aḣad tuesday la’ no laban yogurt laḣim meat laymun lemon laymune an orange/ orange tree libnen lebanon libnene lebanese libneniyye lebanese lḱamiis thursday lyom today maḣall shop/ store majla sink majalle magazine maḱbaz bakery malx'a variant of maxil'a : spoon mama mom/ mather mancfe towel marḣaba hi, hello masa/lmasa night/at-night maṫbaḱ kitchen maṫxam restaurant maxil’a spoon mazvbut fits/ right-done mberiḣ yesterday mhandis engineer mhandse engineer micceye slippers/ flip-flops micceyet slippers/ flip-flops micwe grilled miin? who? miiyye one hundred milih salt min from minḱar nose mixmarje builder mixmarjiyye builder mmarḋa nurse mmarriḋ nurse mniiḣ good (male) mniiḣa i’m fine (female) moz banana mreye mirror muḋiif host muḋiife hostess muḣeme lawyer muḣemiyye lawyer mzerix farmer mzerxa farmer nahir river nar fire naxnax mint naxnxa mint plant nbiid wine niḣna we/ we-are niisen april nijjar carpenter nijjara carpenter niṡ half niṡ lel midnight njaṡ pear njaṡa a pear/ pear tree ok* ok pardon * ( french) sorry ra'be neck rabiix spring ramil sand ras head ribix one-forth rikbe knee riznema calendar sabxa seven sabxiin seventy sabxtaxc seventeen sama sky samak fish sanadil sandals sandal sandals sawda black sexa hour/watch siiyese politician siiyesiyye politician sikkiin knife sine year sit grandmother sittaxc sixteen sitte six sittiin sixty siyyara car skarbiine women's shoes skarbiinet women's shoes smake fish ssabit saturday su’ market sud black ṡifir yellow sibiḣ/ ssibiḣ morning ṡabe boy ṡafra yellow ṡaḣin plate ṡbabiit men's shoes ṡef summer ṡibbat men's shoes ṡura picture talij ice talje a cube of ice tammuz july tannura skirt tcirrafna glad to meet you tejir trader/merchant tejra trader/merchant teriiḱ date ticriin awwal october ticriin tene november tiffeḣ apple tiffeḣa an apple/ apple tree tilit one-third timm mouth tisxa nine tisxiin ninety tisxtaxc nineteen tlataxc thirteen tlete three tletiin thirty tmene eight tmeniin eighty tmentaxc eighteen tnaxc twelve tnen two tneniir skirts tor bull trab dirt/ sand ttaleta tuesday ttanen monday ṫaabe ball ṫabiib doctor ṫaalib student ṫanjra pan ṫarii’ raod/way ṫawiil long/ tall ṫawiile long/ tall ṫawle table ṫawlet tables ṫiiyyarjiyye pilot ṫiyyarje pilot ṫwal long/ tall uḋa room video video*

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