لمْبة — "lamp" in Egyptian Arabic

لمْبة

lámba

lamp

Topic
around the house
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لمْبة 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.

اخويا بيجيب اللمبة الجديدة من الاوضة

akhouya beygeeb el lamba el gedeeda min el oda

My brother brings the new lamp from the room.

from The Living Room Light

منى كانت بتجري وسط زحمة خان الخليلي الصبح بدري، وعقلها كله في اللمبة النادرة اللي لازم تلاقيها قبل ميعاد اجتماعها المهم.

Mona kanet betegri west za7met Khan el-Khalili el-sob7 badry, we 3a2laha kollo fel-lamba el-nadera elle lazim tela2eeha abl me3ad egtema3aha el-mohem.

Mona was running through the crowded Khan el-Khalili early in the morning, her mind completely focused on the rare lamp she absolutely had to find before her important meeting.

from Mona's Journey in Khan el-Khalili: A Morning Full of Greetings

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