Weather in Modern Standard Arabic
Weather in Modern Standard Arabic
| weather | ʈaqsun | طَقْسٌ | |
| What’s the weather like today? | mā hiya ɧālatu -ʈʈaqsi -lyawma? | ما هِيَ حالَةُ الطَّقْسِ اليَوْمَ؟ | |
| The weather is __. | aʈʈaqsu __. | الطَّقْسُ __. | |
| good, nice, fair | mu3tadilun | مُعْتَدِلٌ | |
| good, nice, fair | jamīlun | جَميلٌ | |
| bad, miserable | sayyiʔun | سَيِّئٌ | |
| What a nice day! | yā lahu min yawmin jamīlin! | يا لَهُ مِنْ يَوْمٍ جَميلٍ! | |
| temperature | darajatu -lɧarārati | دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ | |
| What’s the temperature? | kam tabluɣu darajatu -lɧarārati? | كَمْ تَبْلُغُ دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ؟ | |
| (It’s) 25 degrees [Celsius]. | xamsun wa-3išrūna darajatan. | خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرونَ دَرَجَةً. | |
| It’s in the low twenties. | fī ʔawāʔili -l3išrīnāti. | في أَوائِلِ العِشْريناتِ. | |
| in the mid-twenties | fī muntaʂafi -l3išrīnāti | في مُنْتَصَفِ العِشْريناتِ | |
| in the high twenties | fī ʔawāxiri -l3išrīnāti | في أَواخِرِ العِشْريناتِ | |
| It’s around 30 degrees. | ɧawālay ŧalāŧīna darajatan. | حَوالَيْ ثَلاثينَ دَرَجَةً. | |
| It’s over 30 degrees. | ʔakŧaru min ŧalāŧīna darajatan. | أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ثَلاثينَ دَرَجَةً. | |
| It’s below zero/freezing. | taɧta -ʂʂifri. | تَحْتَ الصِّفْرِ. | |
| the maximum temperature, the high | darajatu -lɧarārati -lquʂwā | دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ القُصْوى | |
| the minimum temperature, the low | darajatu -lɧarārati -ddunyā | دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ الدُّنْيا | |
| It’s __. | aʈʈaqsu __. | الطَّقْسُ __. | |
| heat | ɧarāratun | حَرارَةٌ | |
| It’s very hot. | aʈʈaqsu ɧārrun jiddan. | الطَّقْسُ حارٌّ جِدًّا. | |
| warmth | difʔun | دِفْءٌ | |
| coolness, coldness | burūdatun | بُرودَةٌ | |
| It’s really cold. | aʈʈaqsu bāridun jiddan. | الطَّقْسُ بارِدٌ جِدًّا. | |
| It’s freezing outside. | albardu qārisun fī -lxāriji. | البَرْدُ قارِسٌ في الخارِجِ. | |
| heatwave | mawjatu ɧarrin | مَوْجَةُ حَرٍّ | |
| heatwave | mawjatun ɧārratun | مَوْجَةٌ حارَّةٌ | |
| How hot does it get where you’re from? | mā huwa madā ɧarāriti -ʈʈaqsi fī baladika? | ما هُوَ مَدى حَرارِةِ الطَّقْسِ في بَلَدِكَ؟ | |
| Where I’m from, it doesn’t usually get over 30 degrees in the summer. | lā tazīdu darajatu -lɧarārati fī baladī 3ādatan 3an ŧalāŧīna darajatan fī -ʂʂayfi. | لا تَزيدُ دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ في بَلَدي عادَةً عَنْ ثَلاثينَ دَرَجَةً في الصَّيْفِ. | |
| It’s hotter than it was yesterday. | aʈʈaqsu ʔaɧarru min yawmi ʔamsin. | الطَّقْسُ أَحَرُّ مِنْ يَوْمِ أَمْسٍ. | |
| I don’t like hot weather. | ʔana lā ʔuɧibbu -ʈʈaqsa -lɧārra. | أَنا لا أُحِبُّ الطَّقْسَ الحارَّ. | |
| sky | samāʔun (samawātun) | سَماءٌ (سَمَواتٌ) | |
| The sky is clear. | assamāʔu ʂāfiyatun. | السَّماءُ صافِيَةٌ. | |
| It’s sunny. | aʈʈaqsu mušmisun. | الطَّقْسُ مُشْمِسٌ. | |
| sun | šamsun (šumūsun) | شَمْسٌ (شُموسٌ) | |
| The sun has come out. | ʔašraqati -ššamsu. | أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ. | |
| The sun is shining. | aššamsu mušriqatun. | الشَّمْسُ مُشْرِقَةٌ. | |
| darkness | ʐalāmun | ظَلامٌ | |
| It’s dark. | aʈʈaqsu muʐlimun. | الطَّقْسُ مُظْلِمٌ. | |
| It’s dark. | aljawwu muʐlimun | الجَوُّ مُظْلِمٌ | |
| cloud | ɣaymatun (ɣuyūmun) | غَيْمَةٌ (غُيومٌ) | |
| It’s cloudy/overcast. | aʈʈaqsu ɣāʔimun. | الطَّقْسُ غائِمٌ. | |
| It’s cloudy/overcast. | aljawwu mulabbadun bi-lɣuyūmi. | الجَوُّ مُلَبَّدٌ بِالغُيومِ. | |
| rain | maʈarun | مَطَرٌ | |
| It is raining. | ʔinnahā tumʈiru. | إِنَّها تُمْطِرُ. | |
| It’s rainy. | aljawwu mumʈirun. | الجَوُّ مُمْطِرٌ. | |
| It’s started to rain. | badaʔat tumʈiru. | بَدَأَتْ تُمْطِرُ. | |
| It’s stopped raining. | tawaqqafa -lmaʈaru. | تَوَقَّفَ المَطَرُ. | |
| It is pouring. | ʔinnahā tumʈiru bi-ɣazāratin. | إِنَّها تُمْطِرُ بِغَزارَةٍ. | |
| It is drizzling. | ʔinnahā tumʈiru rađāđan. | إِنَّها تُمْطِرُ رَذاذًا. | |
| It is drizzling. | ʔinnhā tumʈiru qalīlan. | إِنّها تُمْطِرُ قَليلًا. | |
| rainbow | qawsu quzaɧin | قَوْسُ قُزَحٍ | |
| rainbow | qawsu -lmaʈari | قَوْسُ المَطَرِ | |
| wind | rīɧun [f.] | ريحٌ | |
| It’s windy. | aʈʈaqsu 3āʂifun. | الطَّقْسُ عاصِفٌ. | |
| It’s windy. | aljawwu 3āʂifun. | الجَوُّ عاصِفٌ. | |
| to blow | habba [1g3] | هَبَّ | |
| khamsin (hot, dusty southerly wind in the spring) | riyāɧu -lxamāsīni | رِياحُ الخَماسينِ | |
| snow | ŧaljun (ŧulūjun) | ثَلْجٌ (ثُلوجٌ) | |
| It’s snowing. | ʔinnahā tuŧliju. | إِنَّها تُثْلِجُ. | |
| It’s snowing. | alŧalju yatasāqaʈu. | الثَلْجُ يَتَساقَطُ. | |
| Does it snow where you’re from? | hal tuŧliju fī baladika? | هَلْ تُثْلِجُ في بَلَدِكَ؟ | |
| Does it snow where you’re from? | hal yatasāqaʈu -ŧŧalju fī baladika? | هَلْ يَتَساقَطُ الثَّلْجُ في بَلَدِكَ؟ | |
| Where I’m from, it snows a lot in the winter. | tatasāqaʈu -ŧŧulūju fī baladī kaŧīran fī -ššitāʔi. | تَتَساقَطُ الثُّلوجُ في بَلَدي كَثيرًا في الشِّتاءِ. | |
| hail | baradun | بَرَدٌ | |
| It’s hailing. | ʔinnahā tumʈiru baradan. | إِنَّها تُمْطِرُ بَرَدًا. | |
| fog | ɖabābun | ضَبابٌ | |
| It’s foggy. | aʈʈaqsu ɖabābiyyun. | الطَّقْسُ ضَبابِيٌّ. | |
| It’s foggy. | aljawwu ɖabābiyyun. | الجَوُّ ضَبابِيٌّ. | |
| storm | 3āʂifatun (3awāʂifu) | عاصِفَةٌ (عَواصِفُ) | |
| There’s a windstorm.; It’s stormy. | aʈʈaqsu 3āʂifun. | الطَّقْسُ عاصِفٌ. | |
| There’s a windstorm.; It’s stormy. | aljawwu 3āʂifun. | الجَوُّ عاصِفٌ. | |
| There’s a rainstorm. | hunālika 3āʂifatun mumʈiratun. | هُنالِكَ عاصِفَةٌ مُمْطِرَةٌ. | |
| sandstorm, dust storm | 3āʂifatun turābiyyatun | عاصِفَةٌ تُرابِيَّةٌ | |
| sandstorm, dust storm | 3āʂifatun ramliyyatun | عاصِفَةٌ رَمْلِيَّةٌ | |
| hurricane, typhoon, cyclone | ʔi3ʂārun (ʔa3āʂīru) | إِعْصارٌ (أَعاصيرُ) | |
| tornado | ʔi3ʂārun qum3iyyun | إِعْصارٌ قُمْعِيٌّ | |
| dust devil | dawwāmatun turābiyyatun | دَوّامَةٌ تُرابِيَّةٌ | |
| the eye of the storm | markazu -l3āʂifati | مَرْكَزُ العاصِفَةِ | |
| lightning | barqun | بَرْقٌ | |
| There was a flash of lightning. | kāna hunāka wamīɖu barqin. | كانَ هُناكَ وَميضُ بَرْقٍ. | |
| Lightning struck the tree. | ɖaraba -lbarqu -ššajarata. | ضَرَبَ البَرْقُ الشَّجَرَةَ. | |
| thunder | ra3dun | رَعْدٌ | |
| The thunder woke me up last night. | ʔayqaʐanī -rra3du laylata ʔamsi. | أَيْقَظَني الرَّعْدُ لَيْلَةَ أَمْسِ. | |
| weather forecast | annašratu -ljawwiyyatu | النَّشْرَةُ الجَوِّيَّةُ | |
| weather forecast | tawaqqu3ātu -ʈʈaqsi | تَوَقُّعاتُ الطَّقْسِ | |
| What’s the forecast for tomorrow? | mā hiya -ttawaqqu3ātu li-ʈaqsi yawmin ɣadin? | ما هِيَ التَّوَقُّعاتُ لِطَقْسِ يَوْمٍ غَدٍ؟ | |
| Do you think it’s going to rain? | hal ta3taqidu ʔannahā satumʈiru? | هَلْ تَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّها سَتُمْطِرُ؟ | |
| It looks like (it’s going to) rain. | yabdū ʔannahā satumʈiru. | يَبْدو أَنَّها سَتُمْطِرُ. | |
| We’re expecting a storm. | naɧnu natawaqqa3u 3āʂifatan. | نَحْنُ نَتَوَقَّعُ عاصِفَةً. | |
| climate | munāxun | مُناخٌ | |
| arid, dry | qāɧilun | قاحِلٌ | |
| arid, dry | jāffun | جافٌّ | |
| Cairo has a very arid climate. | munāxu -lqāhirati qāɧilun jiddan. | مُناخُ القاهِرَةِ قاحِلٌ جِدًّا. | |
| humid | raʈibun | رَطِبٌ | |
| tropical | istiwāʔiyyun | اِسْتِوائِيٌّ | |
| The weather is quite changeable. | aʈʈaqsu mutaqallibun jiddan. | الطَّقْسُ مُتَقَلِّبٌ جِدًّا. | |
| drought | jafāfun | جَفافٌ | |
| flood | fayaɖānun | فَيَضانٌ |
Weather in Modern Standard Arabic
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