اسد

Arabic

Noun

أسَد ('asad) m, أُسُود ('usuud) pl

1. lion

Synonyms

Arabic has over 300 words and epithets for lions.[1]

Derived terms

• داء الأسد
• الأسد
• أسد البحر

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [‎ʔæ‎ˈsæd]

Noun

اسد (ʾasad) m, اسود (ʾusūd) pl or اسدة (ʾusúda)

1. lion
2. (astrology) Leo

Synonyms

• سبع

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.

• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.