How to say "cheap, inexpensive" in Arabic

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Meaningcheap, inexpensive

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

رَخِيص

rakhīṣרח'יץ

رخيص

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

זול

zolزُول

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Arabic root

ر-خ-ص

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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

رِخِيص
rikhīṣרח'יץ

Cairo says rikhīṣ.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

رْخِيص
rkhīṣרח'יץ

Darija drops the first vowel: rkhīṣ.

In a phrase

سِعْر رَخِيص
siʿr rakhīṣסער רח'יץ

a cheap price

Plural

رِخَاص
rikhāṣרח'אץ

broken plural CiCāC — like كبير→كبار

Feminine

رَخِيصَة
rakhīṣaרח'יצה

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