“Hood”, “Hoods” (vehicle) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Hood” (the noun, as in the cover for the engine of a vehicle) is written using the Latin script as:

Ghata

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

غطا

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

2aghtiyat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أغطية

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Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The hood is up.”

2al ghata maftouh.

.الغطا مفتوح

 
“How do I open the hood?”

Kif beftah 2al ghata?

كيف بفتح الغطا؟

 
“The hood latch is right here.”

Masket 2al ghata hon.

.مسكة الغطا هون

 
“You can close the hood.”

Fik tsakir 2al ghata.

.فيك تسكر الغطا

 
“Those are three car hoods leaned up against the fence.”

Hawde tllet 2aghtiyat siyara masfoufin 3al siyej.

.هودي تلات اغطية سيارات مصفوفين عالسياج

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Hood”, “Hoods” (vehicle) in Tunisian Arabic