منيح

North Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ) with assimilation of the -l- to the adjacent nasal. Compare a similar assimilation in مبارح (mbēriḥ), from Arabic اَلْبَارِحَ (al-bāriḥa).

Adjective edit

منيح • (mnīḥ) (feminine منيحة (mnīḥa), common plural مناح (mnāḥ))

fine; good
انا منيح، وانتا كيفك؟
ana mnīḥ, w-inta kīfak?
I am fine, and you?

References edit

Maksoud N. Feghali (1998) Spoken Lebanese, page 10

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ) with assimilation of the -l- to the adjacent nasal.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mniːħ/, [mniːħ]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)

Adjective edit

منيح • (mnīḥ) (feminine منيحة (mnīḥa), common plural مناح (mnāḥ), elative أحسن (ʔaḥsan))

good
Synonym: كويّس (kwayyes)

Adverb edit

منيح • (mnīḥ)

well