North Levantine Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From English already, there being no direct equivalent to the word in Arabic.

Adverb edit

اولريدي (ʾōlrēdi)

  1. (very informal) already
    حكيولي النكته، بس كنت بعرفا اولريدي
    Ḥikyū-li n-nikti, bas kint baʿrfa ʾōlrēdi.
    They told me the joke, but I already knew it.