ضباب (dabab) — "fog" in Levantine Arabic
ضباب
ɖabāb
fog
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ضباب 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.
ابي اشترى لي معطف حلو ليحميني من الجو العاصف والضباب برا
abi shtara li maataf helo liyahmini men el jaw el aasef w el dabab barra
My father bought me a nice coat to protect me from the windy weather and the fog outside.
بس اليوم السما غايمة وفي ضباب بكل مكان
Bas el yom el sama ghaima w fi dabab bi kel makan
But today the sky is cloudy and there is fog everywhere.
كان يوم خريف والجو فيه ضباب خفيف
Kaan yom khareef wal jaww fee dabab khafeef.
It was an autumn day and the weather had light fog.
الجو قلب عاصفة والرياح صارت قوية والضباب بلش ينتشر
Al-jaww qalab aasifa wal-riyah sarat qawiya wal-dabab ballash yantashir.
The weather turned into a storm and the winds became strong and fog started to spread.
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