“Leaf”, “Leaves” (plant material) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Leaf” (the noun, as in the plant material) is written using the Latin script as:

War2a

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ورقة

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

Wara2

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ورق

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“Perennial trees keep their leaves all year round.”

L shajar l m3ammir bidallo wra2o 3a madar l sene.

.الشجر المعمّر بيضللو وراقو عمدار السنة

 

“Leaves are proverbially green.”

L wara2 byendarab fi l matal add ma akhdar.

.الورق بينضرب في المتل قد ما اخضر

 

“The leaves on that tree are beautiful.”

Wara2 haydeek l shajra 7elwin.

.وراق هيديك الشجرة حلوين

 

“The leaves on those trees have turned orange.”

Wara2 hawdeek l ashjar sfarro.

.ورق هوديك الأشجار صفرّو.

 

“Those are herbal leaves.”

Hawdeek l wara2 3eshbiyye.

.هوديك الوراق عشبيّة

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Leaf”, “Leaves” (plant material) in Tunisian Arabic