How to say "thread" in Arabic
CognateMeaningthread
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَيْط
khayṭח'יט
خيط
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חוט
khutخُوت
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
خ-ي-طHebrew root
ח-ו-טThe regular ח↔خ correspondence, letter for letter — Arabic khayṭ and Hebrew חוּט are the same old Semitic word for a thread or line.
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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
خَيْط
khēṭח'יטThe ay flattens to ē: khēṭ.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
خِيط
khīṭח'יטDarija turns ay into ī: khīṭ.
In a phrase
خَيْط أَبْيَض
khayṭ abyaḍח'יט אביצ'white thread
Plural
خُيُوط
khuyūṭח'יוטbroken plural CuCūC — like سَقْف→سُقُوف