جدّ — "grandfather" in Egyptian Arabic
جدّ
gidd
grandfather
- Franco / chat
- ged
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
جدّ 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.
الجد ضحك وقال وعليكم السلام بس فين فطارك
El ged dehek wa aal wa alaykum as salam bas feen fetarak
The grandfather laughed and said and upon you be peace but where is your breakfast
from A Rushed Morning
الجد الكبير والولد الصغير بيتفرجوا على ماتش كورة
El ged el kibeer wel walad el sagheer beitfaraggu 'ala match kora
The old grandfather and the young boy are watching a football match.
from The Football Match
الجد قاله ازيك يا كريم انا كويس الحمد لله
El-gadd qāllo: "Izzayyak ya Karim? Ana kwayyes, el-ḥamdulillah."
The grandfather said to him, "How are you, Karim? I'm good, alhamdulillah."
الجد الكبير والولد الصغير بيتفرجوا على ماتش كورة في التليفزيون
El-gadd el-kabeer wel-walad el-soghayyar beytfarragoa ala matsh koora fel-televezyoon.
The big grandfather and the small boy are watching a football match on television.
الجد قال زمان كان كل حاجة مختلفة
el gadd aal zaman kan koll haga mokhtalefa
The grandfather said, "In the past, everything was different."
الجد بحكمة رد بإن المتعة الحقيقية في المجهود واللمة مش بس في سهولة الوصول للحاجة زي ما الجيل الجديد بيفكر
El-gedd be-hekmma radd be'enn el-mot'a el-haqiqiya fel maghoud wel lamma mesh bas fe sohoolet el-wosoul lel-haga zay ma el-geel el-gedid beyfakkar
The grandfather wisely replied that the real joy is in the effort and the gathering, not just in the ease of getting things, as the new generation thinks.