بالسيف
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic بِٱلسَّيْفِ (bi-s-sayfi, literally “with the sword”). Equivalent to ب (b, “with”) + سيف (sīf, “sword”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
بالسيف • (b-es-sīf)
- by force
- خلصت عليه بالسيف حيت كان ديما كيخلص علي ملي كانت حازقة علي.
- ḵallaṣt ʕlīh b-es-sīf ḥīt kān dīma kayḵallaṣ ʕliyya milli kānit ḥāzqa ʕliyya.
- I paid for him by force because he was always paying for me when I was broke.