How to say "to sit" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto sit
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَلَسَ
jalasaג'לס
جلس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ישב
yashavيَاشَاڤ
How the two words are related
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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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
قَعَد
aʿadאעדLevantine uses qaʿad, pronounced ʾaʿad with the qāf as a glottal stop.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قَعَد
ʾaʿadאעדCairo says ʾaʿad too, the qāf a glottal stop; uʾʿud! — 'sit down!'
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
گْلس
glesגלסDarija's 'to sit' is gles, with a hard g: gles! — 'sit down!'
In a phrase
جَلَسَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيّ
jalasa ʿalā al-kursīג'לס עלא אל-כרסיHe sat on the chair