How to say "dog" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningdog

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

كَلْب

kalbכלב

كلب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

כלב

kelevكِلِڤ

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ك-ل-ب

Hebrew root

כ-ל-ב

Kalb is kelev, letter for letter — one of the clearest cognates in the entire vocabulary.

الْكَلْب يَنْبَح

al-kalb yanbaḥאל-כלב ינבח

the dog is barking

كِلَاب

kilābכלאב

broken plural CiCāC — like جَمَل→جِمَال