قميص — "shirt" in Egyptian Arabic

قميص

'amiiS

shirt

Topic
clothing
Seen in
6 of our stories

قميص 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.

هو نصحني اشتري حته قميص حلو

Howa nasahny eshtery hettet qamees helw.

He advised me to buy a nice piece of shirt.

from Shopping Without Money

هو كان لابس قميص كحلي غامق وانا كنت لابس تيشيرت ملون

howa kan labes amees kohli ghamek wa ana kont labes teshert melawen

He was wearing a dark navy blue shirt and I was wearing a colored tshirt.

from Football Colors

احمد قال للبياع انا عايز قميص جديد

ahmed aal lel bayaa ana ayez amees gedeed

Ahmed said to the seller I want a new shirt.

from Shopping for clothes

رحت السوق عشان اشتري قميص

roht el sooq ashan eshtery amees

I went to the market to buy a shirt.

from Buying Clothes from the Market

امي اختارت لي قميص حلو اوي

Omy ekhtaret ly amees helw awy.

My mother chose a very nice shirt for me.

from New clothes with my mother

ابن عمي كان لابس قميص فاتح وقال انه بيحب الوان فاقعة

ebn ammy kaan labes amees fateh we aal enno beyheb alwaan faqaa

My cousin was wearing a light shirt and said that he likes bright colors.

from A Visit to My Grandmother

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