شاشِة (sheshi) — "screen" in Levantine Arabic

شاشِة

šēši

screen

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"screen" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

شاشة

šāša

Moroccan Darija

إيكْرون

Modern Standard Arabic

شاشة

šaaša

شاشِة 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.

ديمة وعلي، طالبان جامعيان، عم يشاهدوا نشرة الأخبار السياسية بلهفة على شاشة الكلية الكبيرة.

Dima w Ali, taliban jami'iyyan, 'am yshaahdu nashret el-akhbar el-siyasiya bi-lehfeh 'ala shashet el-kulliyeh el-kbireh.

Dima and Ali, two university students, were eagerly watching the political news broadcast on the large college screen.

from Echoes of News at the University

ليلى شافت موبايلها مرة تانية، بس الشاشة كانت سودا؛ هي ضاعت بحمرا أكيد، واجتماع التبرعات قرب.

Layla shafet mobaylha marra tanya, bas el shasha kanet sawda; hiya da'et bi Hamra akeed, w'ejtima' el tabarru'at 'arrab.

Layla checked her phone again, but the screen was black; she was definitely lost in Hamra, and the donations meeting was soon.

from Layla in Hamra: The Donation Journey

يا بني زمان كنا نلعب بالطابة برا مو نتفرج على شاشة صغيرة

Ya buni zamān kunna nilʿab biṭ-ṭāba barra mū nitfarraj ʿala shāsha ṣaghīra

My son in the old days we used to play with the ball outside not watch on a small screen

from Football Between Two Generations

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