عيْش — "bread" in Egyptian Arabic

عيْش

3ēš

bread

Franco / chat
eish
Topic
food and drink
Seen in
6 of our stories

عيْش 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.

بعدين، أحمد اشترى عيش طازة لأمه وإخواته.

Badeen, Ahmed eshtara eish taza le ommo w ekhwato.

Then, Ahmed bought fresh bread for his mother and sisters.

from A Day at the Market

هو حط عشر شنط عيش جوه العربية بحرص.

Howa hat ashar shonat eish gowa el-arabiya be-hers.

He put ten bags of bread inside the cart carefully.

from Ahmed's Decision and the Bread

ريحة العيش البلدي حلوة قوي

reehet el eish el baladi helwa awy

The smell of the local bread is very sweet

from A Trip to the Market

الولاد بياكلوا العيش والجبنة بسرعة

el welad beyaklo el eish wel gebna besorea

The kids eat the bread and cheese quickly.

from A Busy and Warm Morning

انا بشتري عيش وطماطم

ana bashtari eish wa tomatom

I buy bread and tomatoes.

from The Market in the Morning

الطماطم رخيصة بس العيش غالي

el tomatem rkheesa bas el eish ghaly

The tomatoes are cheap but the bread is expensive.

from The Market Trip

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