Family in Lebanese Arabic
Family in Lebanese Arabic
| (extended) family | 3áyli | عَيْلِة | |
| immediate family | úsra | أُسْرة | |
| relative | ʔarāyib | قرايِب | |
| I have some relatives that live in New York. | 3índi ʔarāybīn bi3īšu b-nyūyōrk. | عِنْدي قرايْبين بيعيشوا بْنْيويُرْك. | |
| is related to | byíʔrab (la-) | بْيِقْرب (لـ) | |
| Are you two related? | íntu litnīn btíʔrabu ba3ɖ? | إنْتو الاِتْنيْن بْتِقْربوا بعْض؟ | |
| I’m not related to him. | ána ma bíʔrabu. | أنا ما بِقْربو. | |
| father | bayy (bayyēt) | بيّ (بيّات) | |
| mother | imm (immēt) | إمّ (إمّات) | |
| my mother and father | māma u báyyi | ماما وبيّي | |
| dad | bāba | بابا | |
| mom | māma | ماما | |
| my mom and dad | māma u bāba | ماما وبابا | |
| Hi, Dad! | márɧaba bāba! | مرْحبا بابا! | |
| Where are you, Mom? | wēnik ya māma? | ويْنِك يا ماما؟ | |
| parents | áhil | أهِل | |
| son, (male) child | íbin (abnēʔ) | اِبِن (أبْناء) | |
| daughter, (female) child | bínit (banēt) | بِنِت (بنات) | |
| Do you have any children? | 3índak wlēd? | عِنْدك وْلاد؟ | |
| How many children do you have? | kam wálad 3índak? | كم وَلد عِنْدك؟ | |
| They have triplets. | 3índun tlēt táwʔam. | عِنْدُن تْلات تَوْأم. | |
| siblings | íxwi [pl.] | إخْوِة | |
| brother | xayy (ixwēt ʂubyēn) | خيّ (اِخْوات صُبْيان) | |
| My brother and my friend’s brother came with me. | xayyi w rfīʔ xáyyi íju má3i. | خيّي ورْفيق خيّي إجو معي. | |
| sister | íxit (ixwēt banēt, xayyēt) | إخِت (إخْوات بنات، خَيّات) | |
| older brother | ákbar xayy | أكْبر خيّ | |
| younger sister | áʂɣar íxit | أصْغر إخِت | |
| Do you have any brothers or sisters? | 3índak íxwi banēt? | عِندك إخْوِة بنات؟ | |
| I have two older sisters and one younger brother. | 3índi ixtēn ákbar mínni u wáɧdi áʂɣar. | عِنْدي إخْتيْن أكْبر مِنّي وواحْدِة أصْغر. | |
| I’m the youngest in my family. | ána áʂɣar wāɧad b-il3áyli. | أنا أصْغر واحد بِالعَيْلِة. | |
| I’m the middle child/son. | ána wálad ilʔáwsaʈ. | أنا وَلد الأَوْسط. | |
| I’m an only child. | ána wálad waɧīd. | أنا وَلد وَحيد. | |
| twin | táwʔam | تَوْأم | |
| twin | tūm | توم | |
| Are you twins? | íntu tūm? | إنْتو توم؟ | |
| Are you twins? | íntu táwʔam? | إنْتو تَوْأم؟ | |
| I have a twin brother. | 3índi xayy tūm. | عِنْدي خيّ توم. | |
| half-brother | axx min jíhit ilʔabb | أخّ مِن جِهِة الأبّ | |
| half-sister | íxit min jíhit ilʔabb | إخِت مِن جِهِة الأبّ | |
| He’s my half-brother. | háyda xáyyi min ilbāba. | هَيْدا خيّي مِن البابا. | |
| husband | jōz | جوْز | |
| husband | zōj | زوْج | |
| wife | záwji | زوْجِة | |
| __’s wife | madām __ | مدام__ | |
| __’s wife | mart __ | مرْت__ | |
| His wife came with him. | íjit mártu má3u. | إجِت مرْتو معو. | |
| His wife came with him. | íjit madāmtu má3u. | إجِت مدامْتو معو. | |
| stepfather | jōz ilʔimm [lit. mother’s husband] | جوْز الاِمّ | |
| stepmother | mart ilbayy | مرْت البيّ | |
| stepbrother | xayy min mart ilbāba | خيّ مِن مرْت البابا | |
| stepbrother | xayy min zōj ilmāma | خيّ مِن زوْج الماما | |
| stepsister | íxit min mart ilbāba | اِخِت مِن مرْت البابا | |
| stepsister | íxit min zōj ilmāma | اِخِت مِن زوْج الماما | |
| stepson | íbin zōj | اِبِن زَوْج | |
| stepson | íbin márt__ | اِبِن مرْت__ | |
| stepdaughter | bint zōj | بِنْت زوْج | |
| stepdaughter | bint márt__ | بِنْت مرت__ | |
| grandfather | jíddu | جِدّو | |
| grandmother | tēta | تيْتة | |
| grandma and grandpa | tēta u jíddu | تيْتة وجِدّو | |
| great-grandfather | ábu jíddu | أبو جِدّو | |
| grandson | ɧafīd | حفيد | |
| granddaughter | ɧafīdi | حفيدِة | |
| grandchildren | aɧfēd [pl.] | أحْفاد | |
| uncle (father’s brother) | 3amm (3mūm) | عمّ (عْموم) | |
| aunt (father’s brother’s wife) | mart 3amm | مرْت عمّ | |
| aunt (father’s sister) | 3ámmi | عمِّة | |
| uncle (father’s sister’s husband) | jōz 3ammi | جوْز عمِّة | |
| uncle (mother’s brother) | xāl (xwēl) | خال (خْوال) | |
| aunt (mother’s brother’s wife) | mart xāl | مرْت خال | |
| aunt (mother’s sister) | xāli | خالِة | |
| uncle (mother’s sister’s husband) | zōj xāli | زوْج خالِة | |
| cousin (father’s brother’s son) | íbin 3amm | اِبِن عمّ | |
| cousin (father’s brother’s daughter) | bint 3amm | بِنْت عمّ | |
| cousin (father’s sister’s son) | íbin 3ámmi | اِبِن عمِّة | |
| cousin (father’s sister’s daughter) | bint 3ámmi | بِنْت عمِّة | |
| cousin (mother’s brother’s son) | íbin xāl | اِبِن خال | |
| cousin (mother’s brother’s daughter) | bint xāl | بِنْت خال | |
| cousin (mother’s sister’s son) | íbin xāli | اِبِن خالِة | |
| cousin (mother’s sister’s daughter) | bint xāli | بِنْت خالِة | |
| We’re cousins. | níɧna wlēd 3amm. | نِحْنا وْلاد عمّ. | |
| orphan | yatīm (aytēm) | يَتيم (أَيْتام) | |
| orphanage | dār ilʔaytēm (dūr ilʔaytēm) | دار الأَيْتام (دور الأَيْتام) | |
| to adopt | tbánna, yitbánna | تْبنّى، يِتْبنّى | |
| adoption | tabánni | تبنّي | |
| adopted | mitbánni | مِتْبنّي | |
| I was adopted. | ána tbannūni. [lit. they adopted me] | أنا تْبنّوني. | |
| an adopted son | íbin b-ittabánni | اِبِن بِالتّبنّي | |
| adoptive parents | ahil b-ittabánni | أهِل بِالتّبنّي | |
| ancestors, forefathers | ajdēd [pl.] | أجْداد | |
| descendents | aɧfēd [pl.] | أحْفاد |
Family in Lebanese Arabic
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