Kelsey Grace

In Egyptian Arabic, “dumb” in the sense of silly is عبيط (abeet). The word أهبل (ahbal) is also common. Both are insulting if said seriously.

In Egyptian Arabic, “go away” is امشي (imshi), ابعد (ib’ad), “move away”, or the rude غور (ghour).

In Egyptian Arabic, “Eid Mubarak” is عيد مبارك (eid mubarak).

To say “Welcome to Egypt” in Egyptian Arabic, tell a man أهلا بيك في مصر (ahlan bīk fi Maṣr), a woman أهلا بيكي في مصر (ahlan bīki fi Maṣr) and a group…

The Egyptian Arabic word for “sun” is شمس (shams). With the article it is الشمس (esh-shams).

In Egyptian Arabic “wolf” is ديب (dīb). The Standard Arabic word is ذئب (dhiʾb).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘God bless you’ as a warm blessing to a man is الله يخليك (Allah yikhallik).

The most common way to wish someone luck in Egyptian Arabic is بالتوفيق (bit-tawfīq), “with success”. ربنا معاك (rabbena maʿāk) means “God be with you”.

In Egyptian Arabic “I hate you” is بكرهك (bakrahak) to a man and بكرهِك (bakrahik) to a woman.

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘hello, my name is’ is أهلا، اسمي (ahlan, esmi), followed by the name.