How to say "glue" in Arabic
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Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غِرَاء
ghirāʾע'ראא
غراء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דבק
devekدِڤِك
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Arabic root
غ-ر-وLearn it
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
غِرَا
ghiraע'ראCairo drops the hamza: ghira.
In a phrase
لَصَقَ الْوَرَق بِالْغِرَاء
laṣaqa al-waraq bi-l-ghirāʾלצק אל-ורק בא-ל-ע'ראאHe glued the paper.