Hijazi Arabic edit

 
بيقل

Etymology 1 edit

From English bagel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːɡal/, /ˈbeːɡil/

Noun edit

بِيقل (bēgal or bēgilm (plural بيقَلات (bēgalāt))

  1. bagel

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بِيْقَل or بيقل (biygul or biyigul)

  1. second-person masculine singular present continuous of قال
    بِيقل لي إنُّه ما حَيِقْدر يجي
    biygulli innu ma ḥayigdar yiji
    He’s telling me that he won’t come
Usage notes edit

Indirect object pronouns (لي, لها, لهم etc.) shorten long vowels when added after hollow present verb forms (e.g قول, شوف, عيد etc.), so the verb يقول (yigūl) becomes يِقُول لك (yigullak) or يِقُل لك (yigullak) depending on the writer.

Alternative forms edit