South Levantine Arabic

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Root
و ط ي
3 terms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /waː.tˤi/, [ˈwɑː.tˤi]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

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واطي (wāṭi) (feminine واطية (wāṭye), common plural واطيين (wāṭyīn), elative أوطى (ʔawṭa))

  1. low
    Antonym: عالي (ʕāli)
  2. low (volume of sound)
    Antonym: عالي (ʕāli)
  3. base, inferior
    Antonym: راقي (rāʔi)