عمّ — "paternal uncle" in Egyptian Arabic

عمّ

3amm

paternal uncle

Franco / chat
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Topic
mankind and kinship
Seen in
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.

from Karim's Ball and the Neighborhood Friends

بعدين، راحوا عند عم محمود يسألوه.

Ba3dein, ra7o 3and 3amm Mahmoud yes'aluh.

Then, they went to Uncle Mahmoud to ask him.

from A Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood

"يا عم محمود، أنا عايز ساندوتش فول بسرعة!"

"Ya am Mahmoud, ana ayiz sandwitsh ful bisuraa!"

"Uncle Mahmoud, I want a ful sandwich quickly!"

from Omar the Mechanic's Breakfast

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.

from Mona and the Ataba Market Book

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."

from Family Gathering for Lunch

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.

from The Returned Shirt

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