How to say "forgive me" in Arabic
New wordMeaningforgive me
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَامِحْنِي
sāmiḥnīסאמחני
سامحني
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סלח לי
slakh liسْلَاخ لِي
How the two words are related
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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
سْمح لِيَا
smeḥ liyaסמח ליאDarija: smeḥ liya — the everyday sorry as well as 'forgive me'.
In a phrase
سَامِحْنِي يَا صَدِيقِي
sāmiḥnī yā ṣadīqīסאמחני יא צדיקיforgive me, my friend
More words from this root
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- no problemlā mushkilaلَا مُشْكِلَةאין בעיה
- excuse me / with your permissionʿan idhnikعَنْ إِذْنِكסליחה, ברשותך
- with pleasure / gladlybi-kulli surūrبِكُلِّ سُرُورבשמחה
- at your service / go aheadtaḥta amrikتَحْتَ أَمْرِكלשירותך
- I missed youishtaqtu ilaykاِشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْكהתגעגעתי אליך
- see you later / I'll see youarāk lāḥiqanأَرَاك لَاحِقًاנתראה אחר כך