“Far” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Far” (the adjective, as in something being a long distance away) is written using the Latin script as:

B3id

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بعيد

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“How far is it?”

2adesh b3id?

أديش بعيد؟

 
“Is it far?”

B3id?

بعيد؟

 
“The store isn’t that far away.”

2al mahal mana b3id.

.ألماحال مانا بعيد

 
“How far is the post office from here?”

2ade byekhod wa2et la 2ousal 3al maktab men hon?

أدي بيخود وقت لاقوصل عال ماكتاب من حون؟

 
“The library is very far from here. I’ll ask my father for a ride.”

2al maktab ktir b3id men hon. Bes2al baye la yousalne.

.ألماكتاب كتير بعيد من حون. بسقال باي لايوصالني

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Far” in Tunisian Arabic