طيّب — "kind" in Egyptian Arabic
طيّب
Tayyib
kind
- Franco / chat
- tayeb
- Topic
- emotions and personality traits
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
طيّب 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.
بس عم محمود راجل طيب وبيحب جيرانه.
Bas am Mahmoud raagel tayyib wa biyeheb geerano.
But Uncle Mahmoud is a kind man and loves his neighbors.
شفت راجل طيب وقلت له من فضلك يا عمو ممكن تساعدني
Shoft ragel tayeb w oltelo min fadlak ya 'ammu mumkin tesa'edni?
I saw a kind man and told him, "Please, uncle, can you help me?"
from A Lost Day
صاحب المحل كان طيب جدا وقالي مفيش مشكلة واداني غيره
Saheb el mahal kan tayeb geddan we ali mafish moshkela we eddani gheero
The shop owner was very kind and told me "no problem", and gave me new ones.
شفت راجل طيب و سألته لو سمحت ممكن تقول لي فين السوق
Shoft ragel tayeb w sa'alto law samaht momken ta'oolly fein el soo'.
I saw a kind man and asked him, 'Excuse me, could you tell me where the market is?'
from Lost in the Market
الراجل الطيب ورّاني الطريق وكنت فرحان إني وصلت بيتنا بسلام
El raagel el tayyeb warrany el taree' w kont farhan enny weselt baytna be salaam.
The kind man showed me the way, and I was happy that I reached our home safely.
from Lost in the Market
النادل الطيب قال لمُنى: 'عندنا فطير حلو، بكام تحبي؟'
El-nadel el-tayyeb 'al le-Mona: ' 'Andena feteer helw, be-kam tehebb?'
The kind waiter told Mona: 'We have good feteer, how much would you like?'