صعِب (sa3ib) — "difficult, hard" in Levantine Arabic
صعِب
ʂá3ib
difficult, hard
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"difficult, hard" in the other dialects
صْعيب
صعِب 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.
أبو كرم أكد كلامها: "صحيح، ما في قدامنا غير نتعاون ونكون إيجابيين حتى لو الوضع صعب جداً."
Abu Karam akkad kalamha: "Sa7iḥ, ma fi qiddamna ghair neta3aawan w nkuun iijabiyyiin 7atta law el wada3 sa3eb jiddan."
Abu Karam confirmed her words: "That's right, we have no choice but to cooperate and be positive, even if the situation is very difficult."
ماما قالت الثلاجة ما عم تشتغل منيح وهالوضع صار صعب
Mama qalat el tallajeh ma am tishtaghel mneeh w hal wada' sar sa'ab.
Mom said the fridge isn't working well and this situation became difficult.
from The Fridge Problem
فكرت انها رح تكون سهل بس كانت شوي صعب
Fakkart enna-ha raḥ tkun sahel bas kanat shway sa'eb.
I thought it would be easy but it was a bit difficult.
إنشالله بتساعدنا بمشروع التاريخ الصعب.
Inshallah btisaa'idna bi-mashroo' et-taarikh es-sa'eb.
God willing, it will help us with the difficult history project.
عمر جاوبها اهلين يا ليلى انا قلقان شوي عشان بنتي عندها امتحان صعب بكرة
Omar jaawabha ahleen ya Layla ana qalqaan shway ashaan binti 'andha imtiḥaan ṣa'b bukra
Omar replied to her Hello Layla I'm a little worried because my daughter has a difficult exam tomorrow
from Neighbors and Worry
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