Dictionary of Southern Levantine Arabic

Categories


Part of speech

adj - adjective
adv - adverb
conj - conjunction
det - determiner
n - noun
nisb - nisba adjective
num - numeral
part - particle
phr - phrase
pref - prefix
prep - preposition
pron - pronoun
prop - proper noun
suff - suffix
v - verb


Gender and number

coll - collective (uncountable)
cons - construct form (before noun)
cp - comparative
dual - dual
f - feminine
imp - imperfect
m - masculine
pc - paucal (countable plural)
pl - plural
sg - singular


Consonants

' - glottal stop
ˁ - voiced throat sound
- emphatic d
- voiced th
g - hard g as in get
ġ - like French guttural r
- guttural whispered h
- like German ch or Spanish j
q - glottal stop in urban Arabic
- guttural k
r - trilled r as in Spanish
- emphatic s
š - like English sh
- emphatic t
- voiceless th
- emphatic z
ʰ - silent h


Short vowels

α - as in American English got
a - as in cat
e - as in get
i - as in kit
o - as in lot, but closed vowel
u - as in full
ᵃ/ᵉ/ᵒ - helping vowels


Long vowels

- as in father
ā - as in can
ē - as in face, but plain vowel
ī - as in see
ō - as in boat, but plain vowel
ū - as in food


No results!