Life and Death in Palestinian Arabic
Life and Death in Palestinian Arabic
| life | ɧayā | حَياة | |
| to live | 3āš, y3īš | عاش، يْعيش | |
| I live in Gaza. | ána 3āyiš fi ɣázza. | أنا عايِش في غزّة. | |
| alive | 3āyiš | عايِش | |
| to be born | inwálad, yinwílid | اِنْوَلد، يِنْوِلِد | |
| birth | wilāda | وِلادة | |
| baby, infant | raɖī3 | رضيع | |
| to be breastfed, suckle | ríɖi3, yírɖa3 | رِضِع، يِرْضع | |
| to breastfeed | ráɖɖa3at, tráɖɖi3 [f.] | رضّعت، تْرضِّع | |
| diaper | ɧaffāɖa | حفّاضة | |
| child; boy | wálad (wlād) | وَلد (وْلاد) | |
| girl | bínit (banāt) | بِنِت (بنات) | |
| well-behaved | muʔáddab | مُؤدّب | |
| naughty, mischievous | šági | شقي | |
| mature(-acting) | wā3i | واعي | |
| adolescent, teenager | murāhiq | مُراهِق | |
| to grow up | kíbir, yíkbar | كِبِر، يِكْبر | |
| person | šáxʂ (ašxāʂ) | شخْص (أشْخاص) | |
| people | nās [pl.] | ناس | |
| young man | šabb (šabāb) | شابّ (شباب) | |
| young woman | bínit (banāt) | بِنِت (بنات) | |
| man | zálama [m.] (zlām) | زلمة (زْلام) | |
| woman | mára (niswān) | مرا (نِسْوان) | |
| adult | kbīr (kbār) | كْبير (كْبار) | |
| adult | wā3i (wā3yīn) | واعي (واعْيين) | |
| young people, youth | šabāb [pl.] | شباب | |
| young | ʂɣīr (ʂɣār) | صْغير (صْغار) | |
| in one's fifties | fi -lxamsīnāt | في الخمْسينات | |
| middle-aged | b-nuʂʂ 3úmru | بْنُصّ عُمْرو | |
| old; old man | xityār | خِتْيار | |
| old; old man | 3ajūz | عجوز | |
| old woman | xityāra | خِتْيارة | |
| old woman | 3ajūz | عجوز | |
| to age, grow old | xátyar, yxátyir | ختْيَر، يْختْيِر | |
| to age, grow old | 3ájjaz, y3ájjiz | عجّز، يْعجِّز | |
| Everyone gets old. | ilkúll bi3ájjiz. | الكُلّ بيعجِّز. | |
| childhood | ʈufūla | طُفولة | |
| in one's childhood | b-ʈufūltu | بْطُفولْتو | |
| adolescence | murāhaqa | مُراهقة | |
| in one's youth | b-šabābu | بْشبابو | |
| old age | 3umr kbīr | عُمْر كْبير | |
| birthday | 3īd mīlād | عيد ميلاد | |
| Happy Birthday! – Thank you! | kull 3ām w ínta b-xēr! – w ínta b-xēr! | كُلّ عام وإنْتَ بْخيْر! – وإنْتَ بْخيْر. | |
| Happy Birthday! – Thank you! | 3īd mīlād sa3īd! – šúkran! | عيد ميلاد سعيد! – شُكْراً | |
| Happy birthday and may you have many more! | kull 3ām w ínta b-xēr w 3ugbāl ilmīt sána! | كُلّ عام وإنْتَ بْخيْر وعُقْبال الميةْ سنة! | |
| When is your birthday? | wagtēš 3īd mīlādak? | وَقْتيْش عيد ميلادك؟ | |
| My birthday is in May. | 3īd mīlādi b-šáhir xámsa. | عيد ميلادي بْشهِر خمْسة. | |
| age | 3úmur | عُمُر | |
| life span | ʈūl il3úmur | طول العُمُر | |
| all one's life | kull ɧayātu | كُلّ حَياتو | |
| How old are you? | gaddēš 3umrak? | قدّيْش عُمْرك؟ | |
| I'm 20 years old. | 3úmri 3išrīn. | عُمْري عِشْرين. | |
| to turn __ years old | ʂār [55] (3úmru) __ sána | صار (عُمْرو) __ سنة | |
| He's turning twenty next week. | ɧáyʂīr 3úmru 3išrīn sána lisbū3 ijjāy. | حَيْصير عُمْرو عِشْرين سنة الإسْبوع الجّاي. | |
| a fifty-year-old woman | mára 3úmurha xamsīn | مرا عُمُرْها خمْسين | |
| When were you born? | wagtēš inwáladit? | وَقْتيْش اِنْوَلدِت؟ | |
| I was born in 1980. | inwáladit sant alf w tisa3míyya w tamānīn. | اِنْوَلدِت سنْةْ ألْف وتِسعْمية وتمانين. | |
| death, passing | mōt | موْت | |
| to die | māt, ymūt | مات، يْموت | |
| dead, deceased | míyyit (mītīn, amwāt) | مِيِّت (ميتين، أمْوات) | |
| to pass away | twáffa, yítwaffa | اِتْوَفّى، يِتْوَفّى | |
| to pass away | xállaʂ [55] 3úmru | خلّص عُمْرو | |
| corpse, body | jússa (júsas) | جُثّة (جُثث) | |
| funeral | janāza | جنازة | |
| to bury | dáfan, yídfin | دفن، يِدْفِن | |
| coffin | ná3iš (n3ūš) | نعِش (نْعوش) | |
| cemetery | mágbara (magābir) | مقْبرة (مقابِر) | |
| grave; burial | gábur (gbūr) | قبِر (قْبور) | |
| gravestone, headstone | šāhid (šawāhid) | شاهِد (شَواهِد) | |
| to mourn | ɧízin, yíɧzan | حِزِن، يِحْزن | |
| mourning | ɧidād | حِداد | |
| period of mourning | ayyām il3áza | أيّام العزا |
Life and Death in Palestinian Arabic
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