“Twig”, “Twigs” in Lebanese Arabic

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

Ghesen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

غصن

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

2aghsan

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 أغصان

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“There are many twigs on the ground.”

Fi ktir 2aghsan 3ala 2al 2ared.

.في كتير أغصان على الارض

 
“The children are picking up twigs.”

2al 2awled 3ambyel3abo 2al 2aghsan.

.الأولاد عمبيلمو الأغصان

 
“He has a handful of twigs.”

3ando kamiyet men 2al 2a3den.

.عندو كمية من الأغصان

 
“That is a twig.”

Hayda ghesen.

.هيدا غصن

 
“Five twigs.”

Khams ghsoun.

.خمس غصون

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Twig”, “Twigs” in Tunisian Arabic