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.
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.
انا بشتري عيش وطماطم
ana bashtari eish wa tomatom
I buy bread and tomatoes.
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