عمّ — "paternal uncle" in Egyptian Arabic
عمّ
3amm
paternal uncle
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- mankind and kinship
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- 6 of our stories
عمّ in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
“يا عم محمود، كورتنا وقعت.” قال كريم.
“Ya 3am Ma7moud, kortena wa2a3et.” al Karim.
"Uncle Mahmoud, our ball fell." Karim said.
بعدين، راحوا عند عم محمود يسألوه.
Ba3dein, ra7o 3and 3amm Mahmoud yes'aluh.
Then, they went to Uncle Mahmoud to ask him.
"يا عم محمود، أنا عايز ساندوتش فول بسرعة!"
"Ya am Mahmoud, ana ayiz sandwitsh ful bisuraa!"
"Uncle Mahmoud, I want a ful sandwich quickly!"
البياع اللي اسمه عم حسن، راجل كبير كده، لاحظ إنها زعلانة شوية.
El-bayya3 elly esmo 3amm Hassan, ragel kebir kida, lahezh enaha za3lana shwaya.
The vendor, whose name was Uncle Hassan, an older man, noticed that she was a bit sad.
رد العم وقال ازيك يا مها اتفضلي اقعدي
Radd el-3amm wi 'al izzayyik ya Maha itfaḍḍali 'u3di.
The uncle replied and said, "How are you, Maha? Please, sit down."
صباح الخير يا عم سيد ازيك انا كويسة الحمد لله
Sabaḥ el-kheer ya 'amm Sayed, izzayyik? Ana kwayyesa, alhamdulillah.
Good morning Uncle Sayed, how are you? I'm good, alhamdulillah.
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