How to say "to dance" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto dance
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَقَصَ
raqaṣaרקץ
رقص
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רקד
rakadرَاكَاد
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ر-ق-صLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْطح
shṭeḥשטחA different word: Darija dances with shṭeḥ.
In a phrase
رَقَصَ فِي الْحَفْلَة
raqaṣa fī l-ḥaflaרקץ פי אל-חפלהHe danced at the party.