Lebanese – Lebanese – English English Mini Dictionary: Lebanese – English ` `lem pl `lem pl pl `ṡaar pl `zez pl `zez pl A aamus m,s Ab m abax v abb v abil
abil ḋḋihir/ ḋḋohir abyaḋ m,s accar v accar v accar v accar v Adaar m,s Adaar m,s adaḣ v aḋḋa v addab v addam v addar v addar v addas v addee? after shave m,s ahlen aḣmar m,s
aḣsan aḣsan min ahwe f,s ahwe f,s ahwe f,s ahwe f,s ajaar m,s ajaar m,s ajjal v a ad v akal v a ḋar m,s a ḋar m,s akiid akkad v aḱḱar v alam m,s alf alib m,s alif Alla m,s alxa f,s alxa f,s amar m,s amar m,s
pens short glass dictionary August pull off raise up before before noon white signal peel March puncture/ make a hole spend time discipline present estimate attend a mass how much? after shave welcome red better/ best better than café coffee rent postpone take eat green green sure/ of course assure/ confirm delay pen thousand heart thousand God castle moon
Amerka f,s Amerka f,s
amiiṡ ana ananaas pl ananaas pl anax v angar v angar v anniine f,s anniine f,s araṡ v arbaxtaxc arbxa arbxiin argal v argiile armal m,s armale f,s armale f,s arrab v arrar v arrar v asaret pl asaret pl aṡfar m,s aṡiir m,s
aṡiira/ aṡiire f,s aṡṡ v aswad m,s atal v aṫar v aṫax v aṫax v aṫax v aw`et axad v axlan v axma m,s Aylul m,s aymta? ayya? Ayyaar m,s Ayyaar m,s azra’ m,s B ba`dunse f,s ba’dunis pl baar m,s baba f,s badde badle f,s badle f,s badlet pl badlet pl baḣir m,s bakkiir balax v banadura pl banadura pl banafsaje m,s
USA/ United States shirt I/ I am pineapple convince become upset bottle pinch/ jab fourteen four forty smoke a water pipe hookah widowed widowed get close/ approach decide ruins (site) yellow short short cut black kill tow cut cross stop sometimes sit announce/ advertise blind September when? which? May blue a parsley/ parsley plant parsley bar dad/ father I want suit suits beach/ sea early swallow tomato purple
banafsajiyye f,s bank m,s banṫalon m,s & pair barbecue m,s barid bariid pl barra baṡal pl bass baṫaaṫa pl
baṫii` batinjen pl batṫii pl baxat v
baxd ḋḋihir m,s baxden bay m,s bayḋa f,s bayḋa f,s beb m,s bebe s beḋ pl ben benziin m,s bet m,s bex v beyiḱ m bhar m,s bi bi bi bi/ juwwa bi`e v bi`lewa pl bicix m,s bicxa f,s bicxiin pl bidun/ mindun biiḋ pl biira f,s bikini m,s
bi ṡuṡ bineye f,s binit f,s
binit ḱel f,s binit xam f,s binne m,s binne pl
purple bank pants barbecue cold post office outside onion but potato slow eggplant watermelon send afternoon later father egg white door baby eggs between gas house sell silly pepper at in per inside stay oriental sweets / baklava ugly ugly ugly without white beer bikini concerning building daughter/ girl cousin: daughter of maternal uncle cousin: daughter of paternal uncle brown brown
binniyye f,s birdeye f,s birġol pl birrad m,s birthday m&f,s biṫṫariyye f,s biyyex m,s biyyexa f,s bnaṫliin pl boliis bsayne f,s bsirxa btasam v bucaar m,s bukra m,s buża pl bxiid Bye C cadd v cafrit ḣle`a f,s cahir m,s cahir xasal m,s cajra f,s cake/gateau* m,s caḱtura f,s camis f,s camm v camsiyye f,s camxa f,s canta f,s cari` caṫṫ m,s cawke f,s cawwab v caxir m,pl. cay m,s Cbaṫ m,s cef v cel v cibbek m,s cibix v ciic m,s ciic ṫawu` pl cillel m,s cimmem pl cirib v cita m,s cite m,s ciwe v
brown curtain ground wheat refrigerator birthday battery salesman saleswoman pants police cat quickly smile popcorn tomorrow ice cream far/ away bye tighten razor blade month honeymoon tree cake boat sun smell umbrella candle bag east beach fork feel hot hair tea February see/ watch remove window get full skewer grilled chicken breast waterfall melon drink winter rain grill
cmel cmel cob corba f,s cort m,s & pair cortet pl ctaġal v ctara v cu? cway cway cway cwe cyec pl D d`ii`a f,s da`in f,s dabke f,s dafax v dahab pl dahabe m,s dahabiyye f,s & pl. dall v damm m,s daras v daris m,s dayne f,s dayy`iin pl dayyi` m,s dayy`a f,s de` v de` v deb v dhen pl dibbene f,s dikken m,s di an pl djej pl djeje f,s dḱuliyye f,s duleb m,s Ḋ ḋaabiṫ m,s ḋaabṫa f,s ḋahir m,s ḋall v
ḋarure ḋawwa v ḋax v ḋayxa f,s ḋihir/ ḋḋihir m,s
left north hot soup shorts shorts work buy what? a little slowly a little grilling skewers minute beard Lebanese folkdance pay gold golden Golden point/ guide blood study lesson ear narrow/ tight narrow/ tight narrow/ tight become narrow taste melt/dissolve in paint fly convenience shop smoke (noun) chicken chicken entry fee tire (wheel) officer officer back (body) stay/ remain necessary lighten get lost/stray village noon
ḋohir/ ḋḋohir m,s noon E e edame m,s el v em v em v email m,s Espane m,s Espaniyye f,s Espanya f,s F faḣim pl faḣme f,s fakk v falaḣ v fall v falliine f,s farraz v faṡil m,s faṡulya pl ax m,s fazz v fazzax v fet v fetura f,s fiḋḋe m,s fiḋḋiyye f,s & pl. fihim v fiilm m,s finjen m,s fir`ex pl firin m,s firin m,s firran m,s firrane f,s fiṡtan m,s fitteḣit xilab f,s fo` fo` forṡa f,s Fransa f,s frez pl fṡatiin pl fṡul pl fweke pl G arage m,s gravat f,s Ġ
yes kind man say/ tell remove from a location stand email Spanish Spanish Spain charcoal charcoal unscrew/ disassemble plow leave/ depart cork freeze season beans fax ump scare enter bill silver silver understand movie/ film cup fireworks oven bakery baker baker dress can opener over up vacation France strawberry dress seasons fruit garage tie
ġada m,s ġarib ġariib m,s ġassal v ġaṫa m,s ġaṫṫa v ġife v ġiniyye f,s H halla`
harab v hawa m hawde pl hayda m,s hayde f,s hediik f,s hiidek m hinne pl hiweye f,s hiyye f,s hodiik pl hon huwwe m,s Ḣ
ḣaale ḣabiibe m,s ḣabiibte f,s ḣabil m,s ḣacara f,s ḣadd ḣadd ḣadii`a f,s ḣadii`it ḣayawenet f,s ḣadiid pl ḣafle f,s ḣajiz m,s ḣakiim m,s ḣakiim snen m,s ḣakiime f,s ḣala` pl ḣaliib m,s ḣamḋa f,s ḣamiḋ pl ḣamod pl ḣamra f,s ḣara` v ḣarib m,s ḣarif m,s ḣass v ḣdaxc
lunch west stranger wash blanket cover fall asleep song now escape air these are this/ this-is this/ this-is That is That is they hobby she those (are) here he (is) myself my dear/ honey/ beloved my dear/ honey/ beloved rope insect beside near park zoo iron (material) party reservation physician dentist physician earrings milk a Lemon/ Lemon tree lemon lemon (variant) red burn war letter/ symbol feel eleven
ḣfaaḋ m,s ḣfaḋet pl ḣibir pl ḣidded m,s ḣiddede f,s ḣille` m,s ḣilo pl ḣilo m,s ḣilwe f,s ḣilwiin pl ḣimil v ḣimmem m,s ḣṡan m,s Ḣzayran m,s I ibil v ibin m,s
ibin el m,s ibin ele m,s ibin xam m,s ibin xamme m,s ibin/ ibn m,s icaara f,s iddeḣa f,s iddes m,s II iid f,s ija v ijir f,s i it/ i t f,s Ilmaane m,s Ilmaaniyye f,s Ilmaanya f,s ilmaaż pl imm f,s imṡan pl Ingiltra f,s Ingliize m,s inix v insen m,s inta m,s inte f,s internet f,s into pl isbix m,s isbux m,s isim l xayle m,s istez m,s Iṫaalya f,s iṫin pl
diaper diapers ink blacksmith blacksmith barbershop sweet/ pastries sweet/ beautiful sweet/ beautiful sweet/ beautiful carry bathroom horse June agree/ accept son cousin-son of maternal uncle cousin-son of maternal aunt cousin-son of paternal uncle cousin-son of paternal aunt son signal lighter mass service hand/ arm come leg/ foot sister German German Germany diamond mother shirts England English be convinced/ be content human being you/ you are you/ you are internet you/ you are finger week last name teacher Italy cotton
iza bitriid m iza bitriide f J abal m,s jaraṡ m,s ardoon m,s ariide f,s arrab v aṫ m,s aybe f,s azar pl diid m,s eans m,s eb v emix m,s emxa f,s ibne f,s idd m,s imxa f,s isim m,s neḣ m,s nub oz pl oz m,s ura f,s K kabeb pl kacc v kaccar v kaff m, s. kafta f,s kahraba kalib m,s kalset pl kam? Kanada f,s karaz pl kart m,s kastana pl katab v kbiir m,s Kenun Awwal m,s Kenun Tene m,s ketbe f,s ketib m,s kibbeye f,s kibid m,s kibir v kiif?
excuse me/ please excuse me/ please mountain bell rat newspaper try serving bowl pocket carrot new eans bring mosque university cheese grandfather week body wing south walnut husband hole/ ditch ground -flavored meat grilled on sticks shrink frown hand palm ground-flavored meat electricity dog socks how many? Canada cherries card chestnut write big December January writer writer glass/ cup liver grow big/old how?
Kiifak? m kiifik? f kiis m,s kill cii
kill waḣad kilwe f,s kirse f,s kitif m,s kitob pl kniise f,s kniisit (yahude) m,s kteb m,s ktef pl ktiir
ktiir mniiḣ kux m,s Ḱ
aatim m,s abbar v aḋra f,s alaṫ v amse amsiin amstaxc ḱanziir m,s ḱariif m,s ḱariiṫa f,s ḱass pl ḱaṫiib m,s aṫiibe f,s ayy m,s ef v el/ al m,s ele/ ale f,s ibbez m,s ibbeze f,s ḱibiz pl ḱibiz asmar pl ḱiḋir pl ḱiliṡ v iliṡ v irib v isir v iṫbe f,s odra pl o pl tarax v ḱure m,s ḱuriyye f,s ḱyar pl
how are you? how are you? bag everything everyone kidney chair shoulder books church synagogue (Jewish) books shoulders too much/ very very good elbow/ road-trun ring tell/ narrate green mix five fifty fifteen pork autumn map lettuce fiance finace brother get scared uncle (mother side) aunt (mother side) baker baker bread wheat bread Green finish be done/ complete get ruined lose engagement vegetables plum invent priest
priest’s wife cucumber
L l
L Aḣad m,s L Baba m,s L Jimxa f,s L Ḱamiis m,s l ariif m,s la
la ḣadd la/ xa la` la`anno laban m,s laḣim pl laḣme pl lamba f,s laymun pl laymune f,s le? Libnen m,s Libnene m,s Libneniyye f,s liġa f,s lubye adra pl lulu pl lyom m,s M ma xada
m`aḱḱar madiine f,s madirse f,s maḣall m,s
maḣall ḋahab m,s maḣall l xidde m,s maḣall skii m,s maḣall ṡṡbabiiṫ m,s maḣall tyeb m,s mahḋum m,s majalle f,s majla m,s majnun m,s majnune f,s ma baz m,s maktab m,s maktab m,s maktabe f,s maktub m,s malfuf pl mall m,s malx`a f,s
the (definite article) Sunday Pope (the) Friday Thursday autumn for until toward no because yogurt meat meat lamp orange an orange/ orange tree why? Lebanon Lebanese Lebanese language green beans pearl today except late city school shop/ store ewelry shop tool shop ski resort shoes store clothes store cute magazine sink crazy crazy bakery desk office library letter cabbage mall spoon (variant)
mama f,s man`al m,s mancfe f,s manżar m,s mara f,s
marḣaba mariiḋ m,s mariiḋa f,s marra marran v marten
marwaḣa f,s masa/ lmasa m,s maṡaare pl maṡibġa f,s maṡiṫra f,s masraḣ m,s masraḣiyye f,s maṫba m,s maṫxam m,s mawxid m,s mawze f,s max
max baxiḋ max inno max`ul maxil`a f,s mayy f,s mayyit f,s mazaar m,s mażbut m,s mazhariyye f,s mberiḣ m,s menu f,s met v metro m,s mhandis m,s mhandse f,s micceye f,s & pair micceyet f,pl miciṫ m,s micmoc pl micwe mifteḣ m,s miin? mijwe m,s mijwiyye f,s Miksiike m,s mikweye f,s miliḣ m,pl
mom/ mather grill towel view woman hello/ hi sick sick once train twice fan night/ at-night money dry cleaner ruler (for drawing) theatre/ stage play (theatre) kitchen restaurant date/meeting bananna with together despite possible spoon water dead shrine fits/ right-done vase yesterday menu die subway engineer engineer Slippers/ Flip-flops Slippers/ Flip-flops comb apricot grilled key who? dirty dirty Mexican iron salt
min min
minḱar m,s miriḋ v mistacfa m,s mitil mixmarje m,s miyye mmarḋa f,s mmarriḋ m,s mniiḣ m mniiḣa f moz pl mrabba pl mreye f,s muḋiif m,s muḋiife f,s mudiir m,s mudiira f,s muḣeme m,s muḣemiyye f,s munesabe f,s musii`a f,s muzerix m,s muzerxa f,s mważżaf m,s
mważżafe f,s N naccaf v nahir m,s nar f,s naṡḣa f,s naṡiḣ m,s naṫar v naṫṫ v naxnax pl naxinxa f,s nbaṡaṫ v nbiid m,s necfe m,s necif f,s neda v nem v nightclub m,s
niḣna Niisen m,s nijjar m,s nijjara f,s nijme f,s nise v
from since nose get sick hospital like builder hundred nurse nurse good/ fine good/ fine banana am mirror host hostess manager manager lawyer lawyer occasion music farmer farmer employee employee dry river fire fat fat await ump mint mint plant be happy wine dry dry call for/upon sleep nightclub we (are) April carpenter carpenter star forget
niṡṡ nizil v njaaṡ pl njaṡa f,s
noṡṡ noṡṡ lel m,s
half get down pear pear/ pear tree half (variant) midnight
O
OK orange f,s otel m,s otostraad m,s outside P pardon * arking paspor m,s icnic f,s pissiin m,s oster m,s Q qaaxa f,s R ra`aṡ v ra`be f,s ra`ṡa f,s rabaṫ v rabiix m,s radd v radio m,s rajjax v ramil pl ras m,s raṡiif m,s rfii` m,s rfii`a f,s ribiḣ v ribix rikbe f,s riḱṡa f,s riznema f,s rizz/ rozz pl rmede m,s rmediyye f,s Roma f,s rteḣ v ruznema f,s S sa`al v sa`if m,s sabxa
OK orange hotel highway barra sorry/ excuse me parking passport picnic swimming pool poster hall dance neck dance tie spring reply radio return sand head sidewalk friend friend win one-forth knee license calendar rice gray gray Rome rest calendar (variant) ask roof seven
sabxiin sabxtaxc safaara f,s sallam v salle f,s sama f,s samak pl samke f,s sandu` m,s sariix m sariix sawda f,s sbeni pl se` v sefar v senye f,s sexa shampoo m,s
siḣḣaab m,s siida siigaara f,s siyese m,s siyesiyye f,s sijjede f,s sikkar pl sikkiin f/m,s sine f,s sinema f,s sitt f,s sittaxc sitte sittiin siyyara f,s skarbiine f,s & pair skarbiinet f,pl snak m,s sofa f,s Ssabit m,s su` m,s sud pl supermarket f,s Swiisra f,s Ṡ ṡabe m,s ṡabune f,s ṡaff m,s ṡafḣa f,s ṡafra f,s ṡahin m,s ṡanadil pl
seventy seventeen embassy greet basket sky fish fish box fast quick black spinach drive travel second hour/watch shampoo zipper AIDS cigarette politician politician carpet sugar knife year movie theater grandmother sixteen six sixty car
women’s shoes women’s shoes sandwich place sofa Saturday market Black supermarket Switzerland boy soap class page yellow plate sandals
ṡandal m,s & pair ṡaṫil m,s ṡawwar v ṡaxib m,s ṡayḋaliyye f,s ṡbabiit pl ṡef m,s ṡibbaṫ m,s & pair ṡifir pl ṡifir Ṡiine m,s ṡot m,s ṡṡef m,s ṡṡibiḣ/ ṡṡobiḣ m,s ṡuf pl ṡura f,s T ta ta
ta ḣatta taḣit taḣit taḣit ta it m,s talfan v talij pl talij pl talje f,s talle f,s Tammuz m,s tannura f,s tarjam v tcirrafna tejir m,s tejra f,s telefon m,s Telephone m,s teriiḱ m,s teriiḱ m,s tḣammam v Ticriin Awwal m,s Ticriin Tene m,s tiffeḣ pl tiffeḣa f,s tiin pl tikit ṫiyyara m,s tilit tilmiiz m,s timm m,s timsel m,s
sandals bucket take a picture difficult pharmacy
men’s shoes summer
men’s shoes yellow zero Chinese voice summer morning wool picture to (+ verb) until until below/ under down under bed phone ice snow cube of ice hill July skirt translate glad to meet you trader/ merchant trader/ merchant telephone phone date history shower/ bathe October November apple apple/ apple tree fig flight ticket one-third student mouth statue
tirtiile f,m tirwii`a f,s tisixtaxc tisxa tisxiiin tixib v tlataxc tlete tletiin tmene tmeniin tmentaxc tnaxc tnen tneniir pl tor m,s tour f,s trab m,s Ttaleta m,s Ttanen m,s tum pl tut pl Ṫ ṫa`is m,s ṫabe f,s ṫanijra f,s ṫar v ṫarii` m,s ṫarii`a f,s ṫawiil m,s ṫawiile f,s ṫawle f,s ṫawlet pl ṫer m,s ṫḣiin pl ṫḣiine f,s Ṫilyene m,s ṫiyyara f,s ṫwal pl U uḋa f,s V vanilla f,s video W waḣad m walad m,s war`a f,s wara wara
hymn breakfast nineteen nine ninety get tired thirteen three thirty eight eighty eighteen twelve two skirts bull tour dirt/ sand Tuesday Monday garlic/ garlic paste blackberry weather ball cooking pan fly road/ way method/ way long/ tall long/ tall table tables bird flour sesame paste Italian plane long/ tall room vanilla video one boy paper behind beyond
wara` pl wara` xariic pl waṡfe f,s wazzax v wede m,s wen? whiskey/scotch m,s wi`if v wi`ix v wiḣde f wixe v wled pl X xa xa xa/ xala xaca m,s xaciiyye xacra xadd v xaḋḋ v xaḋme f,s xakis xam m,s xamii` xamme f,s xamud m,s xamya m,s xankabut m,s xara` m,s xarabiyye/ kirrayje f,s xariic pl xariice f,s xariiḋ m,s xariiḋa f,s xariis m,s xarus f,s xarus/ sandwich f,s xasal pl xaṡfur m,s xaṡfura f,s xaskare m,s xatii` m xatme xayle f,s xaziime f,s xaziime f,s xec v xele xen f,s
papers grape leaves recipe distribute valley where? whiskey/scotch stand up/ stop fall One wake up kids to upon on dinner evening ten count bite bone opposite uncle (father side) deep aunt (father side) column/post blind spider arak/ Lebanese liquor luggage cart vineyards vineyard large/ wide large/ wide groom bride sandwich honey sparrow sparrow soldier old dark family feast invitation live high water spring
xen f,s xicriin xiice f,s xiiran pl xijje f,s
xillay`it mfetiiḣ f,s xinab pl xinab pl xiris m,s xmede f,s xraaḋ pl xyun pl Y Yabaane m,s yalla yamiin yay yii yislamo yom m,s Z za“ v zahir m,s zahir f,s zahra f,s zalme m,s zammur m,s zar`a f,s zaytun pl zbele pl zeḣ v zet pl zet/ zayt pl zġaar pl zġiir m,s zġiire f,s zhur pl zibde f,s ziri` pl zirr m,s zixlen m,s zixlene f,s zyaara f,s Ż żarif m,s
eye twenty life yogurt drink omelet keychain grape grapes wedding baptism large/ wide eyes/ water prings Japanese lets go/ move it right (hand) waw! oh! thanks day transfer/ convey pink pink Flower man horn (car) blue olive garbage move away oil oil small/ young small/ young small/ young flowers butter blue button sad sad visit envelope
Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns
This is (m) Hayda This is (f) Hayde These are Hawde/ hol Haydiik/ Hidiik Hiidek/ That is (m) Hidek Hawdiik/ Those are Holiik That is (f)
Relative adjective
In Lebanese we use one ‘yalle’ or ‘lle’ as a relative pronoun no matter what number or gender it is referring too. Any of them substitute for all of; that, who, whom.
Pronouns I
I am
You (m)
You are (m) Inta
You (fem) He She We You (plural) They
You are (fem) He is She is We are You are (plural) They are
Ana
Inte Huwwe Hiyye
Niḣna Into Hinne
Tip: There is no need to use a
‘being’ verb since I implies ‘I am’ and you implies ‘you are’ etc..
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
This is (m) Hayda This is (f) Hayde These are Hawde/ hol Haydiik/ That is (f) Hidiik Hiidek/ That is (m) Hidek Those are
Hawdiik/ Holiik
Relative adjective
In Lebanese we use one ‘yalle’ or ‘lle’ as a relative pronoun no matter what number or gender it is referring too. Any of them substitute for all of; that, who, whom.
The flower that I hold is big
Zzahra lle maxe kbiire
Zzahra yalle maxe kbiire
The boy who left came back
Ssabe lle raḣ rijix
Ssabe yalle raḣ rijix
The girl whom I loved is gone
L bint lle hibayta raḣit
L bint yalle hibayta
raḣit
