جِدّو (jiddu) — "grandfather" in Levantine Arabic
جِدّو
jíddu
grandfather
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جِدّو 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.
بيوم من الإيام، جدو أعطاه كتاب قديم ومغبر.
Be-yom min al-iyam, jiddo ataah ktab qadeem wa mghabbar.
One day, his grandfather gave him an old and dusty book.
جدو وحفيدو عم يحضروا مباراة كرة قدم
Jaddo wa ḥafīdo ʿam yaḥḍaru mubārāt kurat qadam.
Grandfather and his grandson are watching a football match.
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