How to say "fish" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfish
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَمَك
samakסמך
سمك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דג
dagدَاگ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حُوت
ḥūtחותDarija's fish is ḥūt — MSA's word for a whale.
In a phrase
سَمَك مَقْلِيّ
samak maqlīסמך מקליfried fish
Plural
أَسْمَاك
asmākאסמאךbroken plural ʾaCCāC — like ولد→أولاد (awlād)