لِقْمةِ (li'mi) — "a bite" in Levantine Arabic
لِقْمةِ
líʔmi
a bite
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لِقْمةِ 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.
لما وصلوا أصحابنا، كانوا مبسوطين كتير لما شافوا مائدة أكلنا، وقعدنا كلنا نتذوق كل لقمة بحب.
Lamma waSal-u as'hab-na, kaan-u mabsooTein kteer lamma shaf-u ma'edet akl-na, w qa'ad-na kill-na netdhawwaq kill loqmeh b-hobb.
When our friends arrived, they were very happy when they saw our feast table, and we all sat down to taste every bite with love.
بعد ما خلصت اكلت اول لقمة وكانت لذيذة كتير
Ba'ed ma khallaṣet akalt awwal loqme w-kanat ladheedha kteer.
After I finished, I ate the first bite and it was very delicious.
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