How to say "low" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَاطِئ
wāṭiʾואטא
واطئ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נמוך
namukhنَامُوخ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
و-ط-أLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
وَاطِي
wāṭiואטיEveryday speech drops the final hamza: wāṭi.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
وَاطِي
wāṭiואטיCairo, too, says wāṭi.
In a phrase
صَوْت وَاطِئ
ṣawt wāṭiʾצות ואטאa low voice
Feminine
وَاطِئَة
wāṭiʾaואטאה