أزرق
azraʼmasculine
Blue is أزرق (azraʼ) for masculine nouns and زرقا (zarʼa) for feminine ones in Lebanese Arabic.
Meaning: the color blue (adjective)
Ways to say it
| Lebanese | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| أزرق | azraʼ | masculine |
| زرقا | zarʼa | feminine |
For shades, add فاتح (fāteḥ), "light", or غامق (ghāmeʼ), "dark": أزرق فاتح (azraʼ fāteḥ) is light blue and أزرق غامق (azraʼ ghāmeʼ) is dark blue.
How do you pronounce it?
In Beirut speech the letter ق is pronounced as a glottal stop, so أزرق sounds like "azraʼ" rather than "azraq".
Did you know?
- The feminine زرقا (zarʼa) follows the same pattern as أحمر (aḥmar) and حمرا (ḥamra), the words for red.
Examples in context
- السما زرقاes-sama zarʼaThe sky is blue.
- بدي قميص أزرقbiddi ʼamīṣ azraʼI want a blue shirt.
- البحر أزرق اليومel-baḥr azraʼ el-yōmThe sea is blue today.
Example conversation
Dana helps her brother Omar pick a shirt in a shop in Hamra.
- Danaأي لون بدك؟ayy lōn biddak?Which color do you want?
- Omarبدي قميص أزرق فاتحbiddi ʼamīṣ azraʼ fāteḥI want a light blue shirt.
- Danaهيدا أزرق غامقhaydā azraʼ ghāmeʼThis one is dark blue.
- Omarلأ، بدي الفاتحlaʼ, biddi el-fāteḥNo, I want the light one.
