How to say "pliers" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpliers
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَمَّاشَة
kammāshaכמאשה
كماشة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צבת
tsvatتْسْڤَات
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
زَرْدِيَّة
zardiyyeזרדיהThe usual spoken word for pliers; kammāsha reads as bookish.
In a phrase
أَمْسَكَ السِّلْك بِالْكَمَّاشَة
amsaka as-silk bi-l-kammāshaאמסכ א-סלכ בא-ל-כמאשהHe held the wire with pliers.
Plural
كَمَّاشَات
kammāshātכמאשאתsound plural -āt