English → Arabic
bloody in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- damawī
- Arabizi
damawi- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- د م و
Other meanings
- لَعْنَة! laʿnah! — bloody
How to use it
The Arabic word 'دموي' (damawī) literally means 'bloody' and is used to describe things related to blood, like a wound or a battle. The interjection 'bloody' in English is often used informally to express anger or frustration, and its closest Arabic equivalent in that sense is often an exclamation like 'لعنة!' (laʿnah! - damn it!).
Example sentences
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كَانَ اشْتِبَاكًا دَمَوِيًّا.
kāna istibākan damawiyyan.
It was a bloody clash.
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أَصَابَ جُرْحٌ دَمَوِيٌّ.
aṣāba jurḥun damawiyyun.
He sustained a bloody wound.
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لَعْنَة! لَمْ أَجِدْ مِفْتَاحِي.
laʿnah! lam ajid miftāḥī.
Bloody hell! I can't find my keys.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Happy Bloody New Year.
آسف لبرودة هذه الكلمة.
Sami beat Layla bloody.
ضرب سامي ليلى بدمويّة.
A bloody beginning of the year
بداية دموية لهذا العام
Sami got rid of his bloody clothes.
تخلّص سامي من ملابسه الملطّخة بالدّماء.
My country was born of a bloody conflict.
فقد ولدت بلادي من رحم صراع دموي.
The year had a bloody and violent beginning.
كان لهذا العام بداية دموية وعنيفة.
The island had been wrecked by a bloody civil conflict.
لقد دمر هذه الجزيرة صراع مدني.
Revolutionary Islamism is undoubtedly dangerous and bloody.
مما لا شك فيه أن الإسلام الثوري خطير ودموي.
Independence did not render American justice any less bloody.
ولم يقدم الاستقلال أي مساعدة تجعل القضاء الأمريكي أقل دموية.
a) The bloody denouement of the protests on Tiananmen Square.
أ) النهاية الدموية للاحتجاجات في ميدان السلام السماوي.
Russian sailors fought on both sides in this bloody conflict.
البحارة الروس قاتلوا في كلا الجانبين في هذا الصراع الدامي.
After 40 years of bloody internal conflict, this proved a winning strategy.
وبعد أربعين عاماً من الصراع الداخلي الدامي أثبتت هذه الإستراتيجية جدارتها.
Questions and answers
Is 'دموي' used often in everyday conversation?
As an adjective meaning 'bloody', it's used when talking about violence or injuries. As an interjection, it's very informal and not common in standard Arabic.
What's the difference between 'دموي' and 'نزيف' (nazīf)?
'دموي' (damawī) describes something *having* blood or being related to it. 'نزيف' (nazīf) means 'bleeding' or 'hemorrhage', the act of losing blood.
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