How to say "shame, flaw, disgrace" in Arabic
New wordMeaningshame, flaw, disgrace
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَيْب
ʿaybעיב
عيب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פגם
pgamپْگَام
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ع-ي-بLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَيْب
ʿēbעיבThe ay flattens to ē; ʿēb! on its own is shame on you.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حْشُومَة
ḥshūmaחשומהDarija's everyday word for shame is ḥshūma.
In a phrase
هَذَا عَيْب!
hādhā ʿaybהד'א עיבThat's shameful/improper!
Plural
عُيُوب
ʿuyūbעיובbroken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب