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‘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
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Gendare Single/plural

* French/ English word used in Lebanese

 

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