How to say "countryside" in Arabic

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Meaningcountryside

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

رِيف

rīfריף

ريف

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אזור כפרי

ezor kafriإِزُور كَافْرِي

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Arabic root

ر-ي-ف

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Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

الْعْرُوبِيَّة
l-ʿrūbiyaל-ערוביה

Darija's countryside is l-ʿrūbiya; r-rīf is the northern Rif region.

In a phrase

رِيف جَمِيل
rīf jamīlריף ג'מיל

a beautiful countryside

Plural

أَرْيَاف
aryāfאריאף

broken plural aCCāC

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