How to say "dry" in Arabic
CognateMeaningdry
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَابِس
yābisיאבס
يابس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יבש
yaveshيَاڤِش
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ي-ب-سHebrew root
י-ב-שA perfect match with Hebrew yavesh (יבש), 'dry' — yodh, bet, and shin/sin all line up letter for letter. Yabesh Gilad and yabasha (יבשה, 'dry land') are this exact 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
نَاشِف
nāshifנאשףCairo's dry is nāshif.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
نَاشف
nāshefנאשףDarija's dry is nāshef.
In a phrase
أَرْض يَابِسَة
arḍ yābisaארצ' יאבסהdry ground
Feminine
يَابِسَة
yābisaיאבסה