Dictionary of Southern Levantine Arabic

Grammar

أَنَا 'ana pronpersonal pronouns

ـنِي -ni suffenclitic pronouns

إحْنَا 'iḥna pronpersonal pronouns

Variants:

نِحْنَا niḥna

ـِي -i • ـي -y (after vowel) suffenclitic pronouns

إنْتَ 'inta • إنْتِ 'inte pronpersonal pronouns

you (masc.)

ـنَا -na suffenclitic pronouns

إنْتِي 'inti pronpersonal pronouns

you (fem.)

ـَك -ak • ـك -k (after vowel) suffenclitic pronouns

you (masc.)
your (masc.)

إنْتُو 'intu pronpersonal pronouns

you (plur.)

ـِك -ek • ـكِي -ki (after vowel) suffenclitic pronouns

you (fem.)
your (fem.)

ـكُم -kom • ـكُو -ku suffenclitic pronouns

you (plur.)
your (plur.)

Variants:

ـكُن -kon

هُوِّ huwwe • هُو hū pronpersonal pronouns

he
it (masc.)

ـُه -o • ـه -ʰ (after vowel) suffenclitic pronouns

هِيِّ hiyye • هِي hī pronpersonal pronouns

she
it (fem.)

ـهَا -ha suffenclitic pronouns

Variants:

ـَا -a

هُمِّ humme pronpersonal pronouns

they

Variants:

هِنِّ hinne

ـهُم -hom suffenclitic pronouns

them
their

Variants:

ـُن -on

أَيّ 'ayy • أَيَّ 'ayya pron, detquestion words

which
any

أَيمْتَى 'ēmta pronquestion words

when

أَيش 'ēš pronquestion words

what

إلْـ 'il- • لَإلْـ la'il- prepprepositions

to (for emphasis)
belonging to

بَعْد baˁᵉd prepprepositions

after

بَعْدْ مَا baˁᵉd-ma prepprepositions

used before verbs in imperfect, even if refer to the past tense
after

بِـ bi- • بـ b- (before vowel) prepprepositions

in, at
with

بِدّ bidd prepprepositions

want, will (pseudo verb)

فِي fi prepprepositions

in, at
with

فِيه fīʰ detdeterminers

there is, there are

فَوق fōq adv

up, upstairs

فَوق fōq prepprepositions

above, over

هَادَا hāda pron, det – هَاي hāy • هَادِي hādi f – هَادَول hādōl pldemonstratives

this, these

Variants:

هَيْدَا hayda, هَيْدِي haydi f, هَيْدَول haydōl pl
هَيّ hayy f

هَدَاك hadāk pron, det – هَدِيك hadīk f – هَدَولَاك hadōlāk pldemonstratives

that, those

Variants:

هَيْدَاك haydāk, هَيْدِاكِي haydāki f, هَيْدَولِيك haydōlīk pl
هَدَولِيك hadōlīk pl

هَلْـ hal- detdeterminers

assimilates before sun letters
this, these (before noun)

هَون hōn prondemonstratives

here

هُنَاك hunāk prondemonstratives

there

Variants:

هُنِيك hunīk

الْـ il- / l- (before vowel) detdeterminers

assimilates before sun letters
the

جَنْب janb prepج ن ب prepositions

beside, next to

كَم kam pronquestion words

how many

كَمْ مَرَّة kam mαrrα phrquestion words

how many times
how often

كِيف kīf pronquestion words

Variants:

شْلَون šlōn

كُلّ kull detdeterminers

every, each
all, the whole (with definitive article)

Variants:

كِلّ kill

كُلّ قَدَّيش kull qaddēš phrquestion words

how often

لَـ la- prepprepositions

to, for
until
to (place)

لَمِين la-mīn pronquestion words

whose

لَوَين la-wēn pronquestion words

where to

لَيش lēš pronquestion words

Variants:

لَيه lē

مِن min prepprepositions

from
of
since

مِين mīn pronquestion words

مِنْ وَين min wēn • مْنَين mnēn phrquestion words

where from

نَفْس nafs det

oneself (with suffix pronoun)

نَفْس nafs n – أَنْفُس 'anfos • نُفُوس nufūs pl

soul, spirit, mind

نَفْس nafs prepprepositions

same

قَبْل qabᵉl prepprepositions

before (time)

قَبْلْ مَا qabᵉl-ma prepprepositions

used before verbs in imperfect, even if refer to the past tense
before (time)

قُدَّام quddām prepprepositions

in front of, ahead of

شُو šū pronquestion words

what

تَبَع tabaˁ prepت ب ع prepositions

belonging to
of

تَحْت taḥᵉt adv

down, downstairs

تَحْت taḥᵉt prepprepositions

below, under

وَين wēn pronquestion words

where

وَرَا wαrα prepprepositions

behind

زَيّ zayy prepprepositions

like, as

عَـ ˁa- • عَلَى ˁala prepprepositions

on
at
about
for

عِنْد ˁind prepprepositions

at, with
at the home of
to have (pseudo verb)