How to say "swimming" in Arabic
New wordMeaningswimming
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سِبَاحَة
sibāḥaסבאחה
سباحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שחייה
skhiyaسْخِيَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عُوم
ʿōmעוםA different word: Cairo says ʿōm; the verb is ʿām, to swim.
In a phrase
أُحِبّ السِّبَاحَة
uḥibb as-sibāḥaאחב א-סבאחהI love swimming.