Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 12, 2004 13:37
20 yrs ago
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English term
Jeannette
sibling
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English to Arabic
Other
Advertising / Public Relations
advertising
how do you say "sibling" in arabic?
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +7 | أخ أو أخت |
Saleh Ayyub
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| 5 | شقيق, أشقاء |
Ahmed Reffat
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| 4 | sanw |
yacine
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Proposed translations
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Saleh Ayyub
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Arabic
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قاضي صلح و مترجم ومستشار - صالح أيوب
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Selected
أخ أو أخت
we pronounce it as Akh or Ukht,
All the best,
Saleh Ayyub
All the best,
Saleh Ayyub
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Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
sanw
more contaxt will help
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Ahmed Reffat
: صنو is Peer
3 days 23 hrs
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peer = nadhiir
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translator11 (X)
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4 days
Ahmed Reffat
Native in Arabic
Works in field
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Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Greek to Arabic, and 1 more.
شقيق, أشقاء
ٍMasculine: Shaqieq (Sing),Shaqiqayn (Dual), Ashiqaa' (Plural)
Feminine: Shaqiqa (sing), Shaqiqatayn (Dual), Shaqiqaat (plural)
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 14:47:33 GMT)
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The term is used that the persons sharing this relationship belong to same mother and father.i.e. not half-brothers or sisters.
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:20:33 GMT)
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If the register is advertising or publlic relations as stated may be an expression like \"sibling firm\" was used which would suggest the use of شقيق or شقيقة in this context, rather than صنو or أخ/أخت
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:28:28 GMT)
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صنو means same as, counterpart,equal, double or peer iand is a literary lexiacal item. It doesn\'t have any connotation of original or parental brotherhood in Arabic; such denotations are present in the English \"sibling\".
Feminine: Shaqiqa (sing), Shaqiqatayn (Dual), Shaqiqaat (plural)
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 14:47:33 GMT)
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The term is used that the persons sharing this relationship belong to same mother and father.i.e. not half-brothers or sisters.
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:20:33 GMT)
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If the register is advertising or publlic relations as stated may be an expression like \"sibling firm\" was used which would suggest the use of شقيق or شقيقة in this context, rather than صنو or أخ/أخت
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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-16 16:28:28 GMT)
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صنو means same as, counterpart,equal, double or peer iand is a literary lexiacal item. It doesn\'t have any connotation of original or parental brotherhood in Arabic; such denotations are present in the English \"sibling\".
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