كتب (kutub) — "books" in Modern Standard Arabic

كتب

kutub

books

Topic
media and the arts
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2 of our stories

"books" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

كتب

kutub

كتب 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.

نحن قرانا ثلاثة كتب عن الطبخ اليوم

Nahnu qarana thalathat kutub an al-tabkh al-yawm

We read three books about cooking today.

from A New Dinner

هم كتبوا رسائل جميلة وقدموا له ثلاثة كتب جديدة كهدية

Hum katabu rasa'il jameelah wa qaddamu lahu thalathat kutub jadeedah ka-hadiya

They wrote beautiful letters and presented him with three new books as a gift.

from Ahmed's Funny Birthday

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عائلي

family

نادر

rare

صور

pictures

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