How to say "frog" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfrog
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ضِفْدَع
ḍifdaʿצ'פדע
ضفدع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צְפַרְדֵּעַ
tsfarde'aتْسْفَارْدِئَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ض-ف-د-عHebrew root
צ-פ-ר-ד-עA rare four-consonant match with a twist: ḍifdaʿ (ض-ف-د-ع) lines up with Hebrew צ-פ-ר-ד-ע, but Hebrew has an extra ר wedged into the middle. Strip that ר and the two frogs are consonant for consonant identical.
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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
جْرَانَة
jrānaג'ראנהDarija's frog is a jrāna.
In a phrase
ضِفْدَع أَخْضَر
ḍifdaʿ akhḍarצ'פדע אח'צ'רa green frog
Plural
ضَفَادِع
ḍafādiʿצ'פאדעbroken plural CaCāCiC