Vocabulary of Arabic of Egypt (il-‘arabi)

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Adjectives masculine, feminine

1.    mother           umm, il-umm, ummahāt
2.    father           ab, il-ab, ābā’
3.    sister           ukht, il-ukht, ukhwāt


1.    water           maiya, il-maiya
2.    fire           nār, i-nār, nīrān
3.    sun           shams, ish-shams


1.    cat           qutt, il-qutt, qutat
2.    dog           kalb, il-kalb, kilāb
3.    horse           hisān, il-hisān, ahsena


1.    white           abyad, bēda
2.    black           iswid, sōda
3.    red           ahmar, hamra

National languages in bold

Early Egyptian

Coptic (50 A.D. - 1650)
Ancient Egyptian (2700 B.C. - 450 A.D.)

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