صاحب — "friend" in Egyptian Arabic

صاحب

SaaHib

friend

Franco / chat
saheb
Topic
sports and hobbies
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صاحب 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.

ممتاز، ممكن ازورك الاسبوع الجاي مع اعز صاحب ليا؟

Momtaz, momken azoorak el esbou el gay ma a a azz saheb leya?

Excellent, can I visit you next week with my best friend?

from Tomorrow's Plans and Meeting Friends

فجأة شفت صاحب قديم احمد

Faga'a shoft saheb adeem Ahmad

Suddenly I saw an old friend, Ahmed

from A Chance Encounter

بصيت وشوفت صاحب قديم اسمه كريم

Basseit w shuft saheb adeem ismu Karim

I looked and saw an old friend named Karim.

from A Chance Encounter

فجأة شفت صاحب قديم

Fag'a shoft saheb adeem

Suddenly I saw an old friend

from A Chance Encounter

شفت صاحب قديم

Shuft saheb adeem

I saw an old friend.

from A Surprise Encounter

كنت ماشي في الشارع الصبح وشفت صاحب قديم

Kunt mashi fi el shari' el sobh w shoft sahib qadeem.

I was walking in the street in the morning and saw an old friend.

from A Chance Encounter

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