Weather in Lebanese Arabic
Weather in Lebanese Arabic
weather | jaww | جَوّ | |
weather | ʈáʔis | طقِس | |
What’s the weather like today? | kīf ijjaww ilyōm? | كيف الجوّ اليوْم؟ | |
The weather is __. | ʈʈáʔis __. | الطّقِس __. | |
good, nice, fair | ɧílu | حِلو | |
bad, miserable | bíši3 | بِشِع | |
What a nice day! | šū ha-nnhār ilɧílu! | شو هالنّْهار الحِلو! | |
temperature | dárajit ɧarāra | درجِة حرارة | |
What’s the temperature? | ʔidē dárajit ilɧarāra? | قدّيْ درجِة الحرارة؟ | |
(It’s) 25 degrees. | xámsi u 3išrīn dáraji. | خمْسِة وعِشْرين درجِة. | |
It’s in the low twenties. | dárajit ilɧarāra b-áwwal il3išrīn. | درجِة الحرارة بْأوّل العِشْرين. | |
in the mid-twenties | b-nuʂʂ il3išrīn | بْنُصّ العِشْرين | |
in the high twenties | b-ēxir il3išrīn | بْآخِر العِشْرين | |
It’s around 30 degrees. | taʔrīban tlētīn dáraji. | تقْريباً تْلاتين درجِة. | |
It’s over 30 degrees. | áktar min tlētīn dáraji. | أكْتر مِن تْلاتين درجِة. | |
It’s below zero. It’s below freezing. | dárajit ilɧarāra taɧt iʂʂífir. | درجِة الحرارة تحْت الصِّفِر. | |
the maximum temperature, the high | áqʂa dárajit ilɧarāra | أقْصى درجِة الحرارة | |
the minimum temperature, the low | aʔáll dárajit ilɧarāra | أقلّ درجِة الحرارة | |
It’s __. / The weather is __. | jjaww __. | الجَّوّ __. | |
It’s __. / The weather is __. | ddínyi __. | الدِّنْيِا __. | |
heat | šōb | شوْب | |
It’s very hot. | ktīr šōb. | كْتير شوْب. | |
warmth | dáfa | دفا | |
coolness, coldness | bárid | برِد | |
It’s really cold. | ktīr bárid. | كْتير برِد. | |
It’s freezing outside. | jjaww tálij bárra. | الجَّوّ تلِج برّا. | |
heat wave | máwjit šōb | موجِة شوْب | |
How hot does it get where you’re from? | ʔaddē fī šōb b-báladkun? | قدّيْ في شوْب بْبلدْكُن؟ | |
Where I’m from, it doesn’t usually get over 30 degrees in the summer. | máʈraɧ ma b3īš, lɧarāra mā btúʈla3 fōʔ ittlētīn. | مطْرح ما بْعيش، الحرارة ما بْتِطْلع فوْق التّْلاتين. | |
It’s hotter than it was yesterday. | ʈʈáʔis ášwab min mbēriɧ. | الطقِس أشْوب مِن مْبارِح. | |
I don’t like hot weather. | mā bɧibb iššōb. | ما بْحِبّ الشّوب. | |
sky | sáma (samawēt) | سما (سمَوات) | |
The sky is clear. | ssáma ʂāfyi. | السّما صافْيِة. | |
It’s sunny. | jjaww míšmis. | الجَوّ مِشْمِس. | |
sun | šámis (šmūs) | شمِس (شْموس) | |
The sun has come out. | ʈíl3it iššámis. | طِلْعِت الشمِس. | |
The sun is shining. | ššámis míšrʔa. | الشمِس مِشْرْقة. | |
darkness | 3átmi | عتْمِة | |
It’s dark. | 3átamit iddínyi. | عتمِت الدِّنْيِا | |
cloud | ɣēmi | غيْمِة | |
It’s cloudy. It’s overcast. | jjaww mɣáyyam. | الجَّوّ مْغيّم. | |
rain | šíta | شِتا | |
It is raining. It’s rainy. | 3am tšáti. | عم تْشتي. | |
It’s started to rain. | bállašit tšáti. | بلّشِت تْشتي. | |
It’s stopped raining. | wáʔʔafit šíta. | وَقّفِت شِتا. | |
It is pouring. | bitnáddi. | بِتْندّي. | |
rainbow | qōs qúzaɧ (aqwās qúzaɧ) | قوْس قُزح (أقْواس قُزح) | |
wind | háwa | هَوا | |
It’s windy. | háwa ʔáwi. | هَوا قَوي. | |
to blow | habb, yhíbb | هبّ، يْهبّ | |
snow | tálij | تلِج | |
It’s snowing. | 3am títluj. | عم تِتْلُج. | |
Does it snow where you’re from? | 3am títluj 3índkun? | عم تِتْلُج عِنْدْكُن؟ | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
Where I’m from, it snows a lot in the winter. | btítluj 3ínna b-iššiti ktīr. | بْتِتْلُج عِنّا بِالشِّتي كْتير. | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
hail | bárad | برد | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
It’s hailing. | 3am tšáti bárad. | عم تْشتي برد. | |
fog | ɖabāb | ضباب | |
It’s foggy. | fī ɖabāb. | في ضباب. | |
storm | 3āʂfi (3awāʂif) | عاصْفِة (عواصِف) | |
There’s a windstorm. It’s stormy. | jjaww 3āʂif. | الجَّوّ عاصِف. | |
There’s a rainstorm. | fī 3āʂfi múmʈira. | فيِه عاصْفِة مُمْطِرة. | |
sandstorm, dust storm | 3āʂfi turābíyyi | عاصْفِة تُرابية | |
hurricane, typhoon, cyclone | i3ʂār (a3āʂīr) | إعْصار (أعاصير) | |
tornado | i3ʂār qám3i | إعْصار قمْعي | |
dust devil | zūb3a (zawēbi3) | زَوْبْعة (زَوابِع) | |
the eye of the storm | márkaz ilʔi3ʂār | مرْكز الاِعْصار | |
lightning | báriʔ | برِق | |
There was a flash of lightning. | kēn fī báriʔ. | كان في برِق. | |
Lightning struck the tree. | ilbáriʔ ɖárab iššájra. | البرِق ضرب الشّجْرة. | |
thunder | rá3id | رعِد | |
The thunder woke me up last night. | ʂōt irrá3id fayyáʔni mbēriɧ b-illēl. | صوْت الرّعِد فيّقْني مْبارِح بِاللّيْل. | |
weather forecast | tawaʔʔu3āt ijjaww | توقُّعات الجّوّ | |
What’s the forecast for tomorrow? | šū tawaʔʔu3āt ijjaww búkra? | شو توقُّعات الجّوّ بُكْرا؟ | |
Do you think it’s going to rain? | áwlak ɧatšáti? | أَوْلك حتْشتي؟ | |
It looks like (it’s going to) rain. | šákla ɧatšáti. | شكْلا حتْشتي | |
We’re expecting a storm. | níɧna mitwaʔʔ3īn 3āʂfi. | نِحْنا مِتْوقّْعين عاصْفِة. | |
climate | munēx | مُناخ | |
arid, dry | jēff | جافّ | |
arid, dry | nēšif | ناشِف | |
humid | rúʈib | رُطِب | |
tropical | istiwāʔi | اِسْتِوائي | |
The weather is quite changeable. | jjaww byitɣáyyar. | الجَّوّ بْيِتْغيّر. | |
drought | jafēf | جفاف | |
flood | fayaɖān | فَيَضان |

Weather in Lebanese Arabic
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