How to say "brave, courageous" in Arabic

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Meaningbrave, courageous

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

شُجَاع

shujāʿשג'אע

شجاع

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אמיץ

amitsأَمِيتْس

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ش-ج-ع

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

جَدَع

gadaʿגדע

Cairo's word for a brave, stand-up guy is gadaʿ.

جُنْدِيّ شُجَاع

jundī shujāʿג'נדי שג'אע

a brave soldier

شُجْعَان

shujʿānשג'עאן

broken plural CuCCān

شُجَاعَة

shujāʿaשג'אעה