How to say "to bark" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningto bark

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

نَبَحَ

nabaḥaנבח

نبح

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

נבח

navakhنَاڤَاخ

How the two words are related

Cognate

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

Arabic root

ن-ب-ح

Hebrew root

נ-ב-ח

nabaḥa is Hebrew נבח, exactly — one of the tidiest matches in the language: same three letters, same dog.

نَبَحَ الْكَلْب فِي اللَّيْل

nabaḥa al-kalb fī al-laylנבח אל-כלב פי א-ליל

The dog barked at night