بصل — "onion" in Egyptian Arabic

بصل

báȿal [coll.]

onion

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food and drink
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5 of our stories

بصل 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.

إحنا عندنا بصل كتير وجرجير.

E7na 3andena basal ketir we gargir.

We have a lot of onions and arugula.

from An Egyptian Cooking Day in Our Home

هو قطع الطماطم والبصل.

Huwa qataa el tamatem wa el basal.

He cut the tomatoes and the onions.

from The Little Chef

قمت جبت حتة بصل وحاولت اركبها في المروحة يمكن تشتغل

Omt gibt hettet basal we hawilt arkab-ha fil marwaha yumkin tishtaghal.

I went and got a piece of onion and tried to install it in the fan, maybe it would work.

from The Fan and Onion Problem

جبت بصل وطماطم وريحتهم كانت حلوة اوي

Gibt basal we tamatem we rehet'hom kanet helwa awi

I got onions and tomatoes and their smell was very nice.

from A New Dish

قطعت بصل وخضار صغيرة والريحة كانت حلوة اوي

Qata't basal w khodar soghayyara wel-reeha kanet helwa awi.

I cut small onions and vegetables, and the smell was very good.

from A New Dish

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