How to say "to drink" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto drink
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَرِبَ
sharibaשרב
شرب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שתה
shataشَاتَا
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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شِرِب
shiribשרבCairo: shirib, with Cairo's i-i vowels; biyishrab — 'he drinks'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْرب
shrebשרבDarija: shreb; kanshreb atay — 'I drink tea'.
In a phrase
شَرِبَ قَهْوَة
shariba qahwaשרב קהוהHe drank coffee