South Levantine Arabic

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أصبع بأشّر عاليمينa finger pointing to the right

Etymology

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From Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔusˤ.baʕ/, [ˈʔʊsˤ.baʕ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

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أصبع (ʔuṣbaʕm (plural أصابع (ʔaṣābeʕ) or أصابيع (ʔaṣābīʕ))

  1. finger
  2. key (computer, piano etc.)
  3. tube

See also

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  • (Fingers) أصابع (ʔaṣābeʕ); الأصبع الكبير (il-ʔuṣbaʕ li-kbīr, thumb), شاهد (šāhed, index finger), الأصبع النصاني (il-ʔuṣbaʕ in-nuṣṣāni, the middle finger), بنصر (bonṣor, ring finger), خنصر (ḵonṣor, little finger), (Category: ajp:Fingers)