How to say "soft, supple, gentle" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsoft, supple, gentle
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَيِّن
layyinלין
لين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רך
rakhرَاخ
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.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
رْطب
rṭebרטבDarija's soft is rṭeb — MSA's word for moist.
In a phrase
قُمَاش لَيِّن
qumāsh layyinקמאש ליןsoft fabric
Feminine
لَيِّنَة
layyinaלינה