فلوس
See also: ڢلوس
Arabic
Noun
فُلُوس • (fulūs) pl
- plural of فِلْس (fils)
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.luːs/
Noun
فلوس • (filūs)
- money
- معنديش عربيّة علشان مفيش فلوس كفاية
- maʕindīš ʕarabiyya ʕalašān mafīš filūs kifāya
- I don't have a car because there's not enough money .
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
فْلوس • (flūs)
- (plural only) money
- plural of فِلْس (“fils, a unit of currency equivalent to 1/1000th of a Kuwaiti and Bahraini Dinar”)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.luːs/, /fi.luːs/
Noun
فلوس • (fulūs, filūs) pl
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fluːs/
Audio: (file)
Noun
فلوس • (flūs) m pl
- money
- ما عندي فلوس ― mā ʕandi flūs ― I have no money
- رجع الفلوس للراجل ― rajjaʕ le-flūs l-er-rājil ― Give the guy his money back.
- فلوس الخلصة صرفتها قبل ما يسالي الشهر.
- flūs el-ḵulṣa ṣrafthum qbal mā ysāli š-šhar.
- I spent all my salary before the end of the month.
- plural of فلس (fals, “dime”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs), Maltese fellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fal.luːs/
Noun
فلوس • (fallūs) m (plural فلالس (flālis))
- chick, young chicken
- شريت جوج فلالس ملونين لولادي.
- šrīt jūj flālis mlawwnīn le-wlādi.
- I bought two coloured chicks for my kids.
- (Chiefly in the north) rooster
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ف ل س |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
فلوس • (flūs) pl
Tunisian Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fluːs/
Noun
فلوس (flūs) m pl
Etymology 2
From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs), Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs), Maltese fellus.
Noun
فلوس (fallūs) m (plural فلالس (flālis))