How to say "cat" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcat
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قِطّ
qiṭṭקט
قط
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חתול
khatulخَاتُول
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ق-ط-طLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
بِسِّة
bisseבסהLevantine says bisse; qiṭṭ sounds bookish in conversation.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قُطَّة
ʾuṭṭaאטהFeminine, with a glottal stop for qāf: ʾuṭṭa.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مشّ
meshמשA different word: mesh (feminine mesha); qeṭṭ is also heard.
In a phrase
قِطّ صَغِير
qiṭṭ ṣaghīrקט צע'ירa small cat
Plural
قِطَط
qiṭaṭקטטbroken plural CiCaC — like قِصَّة→قِصَص (story→stories)