How to say "scandal, disgrace (Arabic) → embarrassing flop, blooper (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningscandal, disgrace (Arabic) → embarrassing flop, blooper (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَضِيحَة
faḍīḥaפצ'יחה
فضيحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פדיחה
fadikhaفَادِيخَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ف-ض-حIn Arabic a serious public disgrace, from faḍaḥa, 'to expose'. Israeli slang shrank it to any cringeworthy moment — a botched exam, a wardrobe mishap — and the emphatic ض became a plain ד, giving פדיחה.
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In a phrase
يَا لَهَا مِن فَضِيحَة
yā lahā min faḍīḥaיא להא מן פצ'יחהwhat a scandal!
Plural
فَضَائِح
faḍāʾiḥפצ'אאחbroken plural faʿāʾil — like رِسَالَة→رَسَائِل
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