“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Root” (the noun, in the context of plants) is written using the Latin script as:

Jezer

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جزر

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

Jouzour

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جذور

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“These trees have large roots.”

Hol 2ashjar 3andon jouzour kbar.

.حول أشجار عاندون جذور كبار

“How deep are the roots?”

2ade 3amik hol 2al jouzour?

أدي عاميق حول ألجذور؟

 
“I’m going to pull the roots out of these weeds.”

Rah shed 2al jouzour men haydol 2al hashish.

.راح شد ألجذور من حايدول ألحاشيش

 
“That’s a root from a tree.”

Hayda jezer men shajra.

.حايدا جزر من شجرا

 
“That tree has many of its roots above the ground!”

2al jouzour taba3 hayal shajra fo2 2al 2ared!

!ألجذور تاباع حايدال شاجرا فوق ألأرض

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

 

“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

“Root”, “Roots” (nouns) in Turkish