Levantine Arabic

Family in Lebanese Arabic

(extended) family	3áyli	عَيْلِة
immediate family	úsra	أُسْرة
relative	ʔarāyib	قرايِب
I have some relatives that live in New York.	3índi ʔarāybīn bi3īšu b-nyūyōrk.	عِنْدي قرايْبين بيعيشوا بْنْيويُرْك.
is related to	byíʔrab (la-)	بْيِقْرب (لـ)
Are you two related?	íntu litnīn btíʔrabu ba3ɖ?	إنْتو الاِتْنيْن بْتِقْربوا بعْض؟
I’m not related to him.	ána ma bíʔrabu.	أنا ما بِقْربو.
father	bayy (bayyēt)	بيّ (بيّات)
mother	imm (immēt)	إمّ (إمّات)
my mother and father	māma u báyyi	ماما وبيّي
dad	bāba	بابا
mom	māma	ماما
my mom and dad	māma u bāba	ماما وبابا
Hi, Dad!	márɧaba bāba!	مرْحبا بابا!
Where are you, Mom?	wēnik ya māma?	ويْنِك يا ماما؟
parents	áhil	أهِل
son, (male) child	íbin (abnēʔ)	اِبِن (أبْناء)
daughter, (female) child	bínit (banēt)	بِنِت (بنات)
Do you have any children?	3índak wlēd?	عِنْدك وْلاد؟
How many children do you have?	kam wálad 3índak?	كم وَلد عِنْدك؟
They have triplets.	3índun tlēt táwʔam.	عِنْدُن تْلات تَوْأم.
siblings	íxwi [pl.]	إخْوِة
brother	xayy (ixwēt ʂubyēn)	خيّ (اِخْوات صُبْيان)
My brother and my friend’s brother came with me.	xayyi w rfīʔ xáyyi íju má3i.	خيّي ورْفيق خيّي إجو معي.
sister	íxit (ixwēt banēt, xayyēt)	إخِت (إخْوات بنات، خَيّات)
older brother	ákbar xayy	أكْبر خيّ
younger sister	áʂɣar íxit	أصْغر إخِت
Do you have any brothers or sisters?	3índak íxwi banēt?	عِندك إخْوِة بنات؟
I have two older sisters and one younger brother.	3índi ixtēn ákbar mínni u wáɧdi áʂɣar.	عِنْدي إخْتيْن أكْبر مِنّي وواحْدِة أصْغر.
I’m the youngest in my family.	ána áʂɣar wāɧad b-il3áyli.	أنا أصْغر واحد بِالعَيْلِة.
I’m the middle child/son.	ána wálad ilʔáwsaʈ.	أنا وَلد الأَوْسط.
I’m an only child.	ána wálad waɧīd.	أنا وَلد وَحيد.
twin	táwʔam	تَوْأم
twin	tūm	توم
Are you twins?	íntu tūm?	إنْتو توم؟
Are you twins?	íntu táwʔam?	إنْتو تَوْأم؟
I have a twin brother.	3índi xayy tūm.	عِنْدي خيّ توم.
half-brother	axx min jíhit ilʔabb	أخّ مِن جِهِة الأبّ
half-sister	íxit min jíhit ilʔabb	إخِت مِن جِهِة الأبّ
He’s my half-brother.	háyda xáyyi min ilbāba.	هَيْدا خيّي مِن البابا.
husband	jōz	جوْز
husband	zōj	زوْج
wife	záwji	زوْجِة
__’s wife	madām __	مدام__
__’s wife	mart __	مرْت__
His wife came with him.	íjit mártu má3u.	إجِت مرْتو معو.
His wife came with him.	íjit madāmtu má3u.	إجِت مدامْتو معو.
stepfather	jōz ilʔimm [lit. mother’s husband]	جوْز الاِمّ
stepmother	mart ilbayy	مرْت البيّ
stepbrother	xayy min mart ilbāba	خيّ مِن مرْت البابا
stepbrother	xayy min zōj ilmāma	خيّ مِن زوْج الماما
stepsister	íxit min mart ilbāba	اِخِت مِن مرْت البابا
stepsister	íxit min zōj ilmāma	اِخِت مِن زوْج الماما
stepson	íbin zōj	اِبِن زَوْج
stepson	íbin márt__	اِبِن مرْت__
stepdaughter	bint zōj	بِنْت زوْج
stepdaughter	bint márt__	بِنْت مرت__
grandfather	jíddu	جِدّو
grandmother	tēta	تيْتة
grandma and grandpa	tēta u jíddu	تيْتة وجِدّو
great-grandfather	ábu jíddu	أبو جِدّو
grandson	ɧafīd	حفيد
granddaughter	ɧafīdi	حفيدِة
grandchildren	aɧfēd [pl.]	أحْفاد
uncle (father’s brother)	3amm (3mūm)	عمّ (عْموم)
aunt (father’s brother’s wife)	mart 3amm	مرْت عمّ
aunt (father’s sister)	3ámmi	عمِّة
uncle (father’s sister’s husband)	jōz 3ammi	جوْز عمِّة
uncle (mother’s brother)	xāl (xwēl)	خال (خْوال)
aunt (mother’s brother’s wife)	mart xāl	مرْت خال
aunt (mother’s sister)	xāli	خالِة
uncle (mother’s sister’s husband)	zōj xāli	زوْج خالِة
cousin (father’s brother’s son)	íbin 3amm	اِبِن عمّ
cousin (father’s brother’s daughter)	bint 3amm	بِنْت عمّ
cousin (father’s sister’s son)	íbin 3ámmi	اِبِن عمِّة
cousin (father’s sister’s daughter)	bint 3ámmi	بِنْت عمِّة
cousin (mother’s brother’s son)	íbin xāl	اِبِن خال
cousin (mother’s brother’s daughter)	bint xāl	بِنْت خال
cousin (mother’s sister’s son)	íbin xāli	اِبِن خالِة
cousin (mother’s sister’s daughter)	bint xāli	بِنْت خالِة
We’re cousins.	níɧna wlēd 3amm.	نِحْنا وْلاد عمّ.
orphan	yatīm (aytēm)	يَتيم (أَيْتام)
orphanage	dār ilʔaytēm (dūr ilʔaytēm)	دار الأَيْتام (دور الأَيْتام)
to adopt	tbánna, yitbánna	تْبنّى، يِتْبنّى
adoption	tabánni	تبنّي
adopted	mitbánni	مِتْبنّي
I was adopted.	ána tbannūni. [lit. they adopted me]	أنا تْبنّوني.
an adopted son	íbin b-ittabánni	اِبِن بِالتّبنّي
adoptive parents	ahil b-ittabánni	أهِل بِالتّبنّي
ancestors, forefathers	ajdēd [pl.]	أجْداد
descendents	aɧfēd [pl.]	أحْفاد

Levantine Arabic

Family in Lebanese Arabic

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