How to say "some (of)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsome (of)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَعْض
baʿḍבעצ'
بعض
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כמה / חלק מ־
kama / khelek mi-كَامَا / خِلِك مِ-
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
شِي
shiשיDarija's 'some' is shi: shi nās — 'some people'; shi ḥāja — 'something'.
In a phrase
بَعْض النَّاس
baʿḍ an-nāsבעצ' א-נאסsome people