How to say "simple, easy (colloquial Arabic) → no big deal, simple (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsimple, easy (colloquial Arabic) → no big deal, simple (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَسِيطَة
basīṭaבסיטה
بسيطة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בסיטה
basitaبَاسِيتَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ب-س-طHebrew root
ב-ס-טSame root ب-س-ط/ב-ס-ט as this app's own بَسْطَة/בסטה and مَبْسُوط/מבסוט — something 'spread out flat' is simple, uncomplicated. Israeli informal Hebrew borrowed بسيطة for a breezy 'it's simple, no problem.'
Related Hebrew word:בסטהbastaبَاسْتَا
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In a phrase
لَا تِخَاف، بَسِيطَة
lā tikhāf, basīṭaלא תח'אף, בסיטהdon't worry, it's simple
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