“Duck”, “Ducks” (bird) (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Duck” (the noun, as in the bird) is written using the Latin script as:

Bata

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بطة

In Lebanese Arabic, “Ducks” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Bat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 بط

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Those are ducks.”

Hawde bat.

.هودي بط

 
“That is a duck.”

Hayde bata.

.هيدي بطة

 
“There are ducks in the lake.”

Fi bat bel bouhayra.

.في بط بلبحيرة

 
“There are ducks in the pond.”

Fi bat bel barake.

.في بط بلبركة

 
“What kind of duck is that?”

Shou naw3 hal bata?

شو نوع هلبطة؟

 
 

Related words in Lebanese Arabic

“Goose”, “Geese” in Lebanese Arabic

“Pigeon”, “Pigeons” in Lebanese Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Duck”, “Ducks” (bird) (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

“Duck”, “Ducks” (bird) (nouns) in Turkish