North Levantine Arabic
- فواكه (MSA-influenced spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Arabic فَوَاكِه (fawākih, “fruits”), plural of فَاكِهَة (fākiha). Only the plural was inherited natively into the vernacular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwaːke/, /fweːke/
Noun
فواكي • (fwāke) f pl
- fruit, fruits
بدك تصير تاكل فواكي كتير بتغزي- baddak tṣīr tākol fwāke ktīr bitḡazzi
- You need to start eating fruit, it's really healthy for you