How to say "lion" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglion
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَسَد
asadאסד
أسد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אַרְיֵה
aryeأَرْيِي
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سْبع
sbeʿסבעDarija's lion is sbeʿ — MSA sabuʿ, 'beast of prey'.
In a phrase
أَسَد قَوِيّ
asad qawiyyאסד קוייa strong lion
Plural
أُسُود
usūdאסודbroken plural CuCūC