How to say "sandal" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsandal
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَنْدَل
ṣandalצנדל
صندل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סנדל
sandalسَانْدَال
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Both languages took it from Greek sandalon — Hebrew already in the Mishna (סנדל), Arabic on its own track. Notice how Arabic dressed the s up as emphatic ص while Hebrew kept plain ס, a favorite Arabic move in loanwords.
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In a phrase
صَنَادِل فِي الصَّيْف
ṣanādil fī ṣ-ṣayfצנאדל פי א-ציףsandals in the summer
Plural
صَنَادِل
ṣanādilצנאדלbroken plural CaCāCiC — like مِعْطَف→مَعَاطِف