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drunk in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- sakīr
- Arabizi
sakir- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Plural
- سُكَارى sukārā
- Root
- س ك ر
Other meanings
- ثمل thamil — drunk · drunk, tipsy
How to use it
Both 'sakīr' and 'thamil' mean drunk. 'Sakīr' is perhaps more common and can sometimes imply habitual drunkenness, while 'thamil' often describes the immediate state of being intoxicated. Both are adjectives.
Example sentences
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كان الرجل سكيرًا جدًا.
kāna al-rajulu sakīran jiddan.
The man was very drunk.
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لا تقود السيارة وأنت ثمل.
lā taqdi al-sayyārata wa-anta thamil.
Do not drive while you are drunk.
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شوهد السكير يتصرف بغرابة.
shūhida al-sakīru yataṣarrafu bi-gharāba.
The drunk man was seen acting strangely.
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.
Sami is drunk.
سامي ثمل.
Sami was drunk.
كان سامي ثملا.
Let's get drunk.
هيا لنشرب.
Tom is too drunk.
يسكر توم جداً.
She looks as if she were drunk.
تبدو كأنها سكرانة.
Sami was getting drunk in the park.
كان سامي يسكر في الحظيرة.
Sami and Layla were incredibly drunk.
كانا سامي و ليلى سكرين للغاية.
Sami charged a drunk customer three times.
طلب سامي من زابون سكران أن يسدّد ثمن مشروباته ثلاث مرّات.
Youth can never come again; We have drunk the summer wine.
فالشباب لن يعود أبدا لقد شربنا نبيذ الصيف
For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.
لان الذين ينامون فبالليل ينامون والذين يسكرون فبالليل يسكرون.
You don't want to drive drunk, you don't want to dive drunk, so that's a real big problem.
أنت لا تريد أن تقود وأنت سكران، ولا أن تغوص وأنت سكران، لذا هي تُعد مشكلة كبيرة.
That I am someone who has drunk, drank, drunk of the bitter dregs of near-disaster in childhood and emerged not just unscathed but strengthened.
أننى شخص تجرع بشدة -- البقايا المرة للكوارث فى الطفولة خرجت منها ليس فقط سالما لكن أقوى.
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