“Ledge”, “Ledges” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Ledge” (the noun, as in the narrow and long surface that juts out from a wall) is written using the Latin script as:

Hafe

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حافي

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

Hafet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حافيت

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It’s on the ledge.”

Hiye 3al hafe.

.هي عال حافي

 
“I cleaned the ledge.”

Nadafet 2al hafe.

.نضفت ألحافي

 
“The keys were on the ledge above the fireplace.”

2al mafetih keno 3al hafe fo2 2al medfa2e.

.ألمافاتيح كينو عال حافي فوق ألمدفاقي

 
“I added these ornaments onto this ledge.”

Zedet zakhrafet 3al hafe.

.زدات زخرافيت عال حافي

 
“That ledge is made of brick.”

Haydal hafe men3amal men hajar.

.حايدال حافي منعامال من حجر

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Ledge”, “Ledges” in Tunisian Arabic