“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Egyptian Arabic

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

(m) Mofta7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 مفتاح (m)

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

Mfate7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

مفاتيح

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I lost my keys.

Ana dy3t mfate7y.

.انا ضيعت مفاتيحي

 
I found a key under the couch.

Ana l2et mofta7 t7t el kanaba.

.انا لقيت مفتاح تحت الكنبة

 
Try this key.

(m) Grb el mofta7 dh.

(f) Grby el mofta7 dh.

جرب المفتاح ده (m)

جربي المفتاح ده (f)

 
I put my keys on that table earlier.

Ana 7tet mfate7y 3al trabeza dy mn shwya.

.انا حطيت مفاتيحي عالطرابيزة دي من شوية

 
Are these your keys?

Dy mfate7k?

دي مفاتيحك ؟

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

“Password”, “Passwords” in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Greek

“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Turkish
 

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