خِبِز (khibiz) — "(pita) bread" in Levantine Arabic
خِبِز
xíbiz
(pita) bread
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خِبِز 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.
السيدة أم محمد، زبونة دائمة، اشتكت وقالت: 'ابني الصغير كان يشتري خمسة أرغفة خبز يومياً بعشرة آلاف ليرة، أما اليوم فنشتري ثلاثة فقط'.
As-sayyida Umm Mohammad, zabouneh daa'imeh, ishtakat wa qaalat: 'Ibni as-sagheer kaan yashtari khamsat arghifeh khobz yawmiyan bi-'asharat alaaf leera, amma al-yawm fa-nashtari thalathah faqat'.
Mrs. Umm Mohammad, a regular customer, complained and said: 'My young son used to buy five loaves of bread daily for ten thousand liras, but today we only buy three'.
from Economic Broadcast: The High Cost of Living in the Levant
سامي قال: يا ليلى، عنا خبز ببيتنا؟
Sami qal: Ya Laila, anna khobz bi baytna?
Sami said: Laila, do we have bread at our house?
from A Trip to the Market
هن أكلوا خبز تازه وحمص طيب.
Hinne akalu khubz taza wa hummus tayyeb.
They ate fresh bread and delicious hummus.
from Friends in the City
الجيران بيجيبوا خبز وزيتون ليتشاركوا مع العائلات ياللي خسروا بيوتهم.
el-jiran bijeebu khubez wa zaytun la-yitsharaku ma-a el-aylat yalli khisru buyuthum.
The neighbors bring bread and olives to share with the families who lost their homes.
بكل زاوية من الشوارع المهجورة، كانت ذكريات القذائف بتلاحق الناس، بس ريحة الخبز الطازة كانت بتعطيهم أمل مخبى.
Bi-kull zawiya min al-shawari al-mahjoura, kanat dhikrayat al-qadha'if bit-lahiq al-nas, bass rihat al-khubz al-taza kanat bit-atihom amal mkhabba.
In every corner of the abandoned streets, memories of the shells were haunting the people, but the smell of fresh bread was giving them a hidden hope.
منشرب قهوة ومناكل خبز
mnishrab ahwa w mnakol khobz
We drink coffee and eat bread.
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