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mouth in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- fam
- Arabizi
fam- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَفْوَاهٌ afwāhun
- Root
- ف م ه
How to use it
فم is the standard word for the mouth, the opening through which we eat and speak. It is masculine; the plural أَفْوَاه is used for multiple mouths (animals, people).
Example sentences
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فَتَحَ الفَمَ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ.
fataḥa al-fama li-yatakallama.
He opened his mouth to speak.
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الأَكْلُ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ إِلَى الفَمِ.
al-aklu yajibu an yudkhala ilā al-fami.
Food must go into the mouth.
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قُطِعَ الفَمُ بِسِكِّينٍ.
quṭiʿa al-famu bi-sikkinin.
The mouth was cut with a knife.
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.
Shut your mouth.
اغلق فمك.
Open your mouth!
إفتح فمك!
My mouth was dry.
كان فمي جاف.
Open your mouth now.
افتح فمك الآن.
Keep your mouth shut!
أغلق فمك!
Watch your mouth, Tom.
انتبه لما تقوله يا توم.
of black wine, mouth making lyrical my mouth
فم يجعل لفمي طعم الموسيقى
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
هانذا قد فتحت فمي. لساني نطق في حنكي.
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
هانذا قد فتحت فمي. لساني نطق في حنكي.
The amount of oxygen available to the patient in mouth to mouth is around 16%.
كمية الأوكسجين المتاحة للمريض في حالة من الفم للفم هي حوالي 16 ٪.
The mouth opening is small, with tiny teeth forming a sieve to keep larger particles inside the mouth.
أما فتحة الأنف فهى صغيرة، مع أسنان دقيقة بشكل غربال للحفاظ على الجسيمات الأكبر حجما داخل الفم.
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
فتكلمه وتضع الكلمات في فمه. وانا اكون مع فمك ومع فمه وأعلمكما ماذا تصنعان.
Questions and answers
Is there a colloquial word for mouth?
In many dialects people say بُقّ (bukk) or فمّ (famm) informally.
How do you say ‘mouthful’?
You can say لقمة (luqma) for a bite, or فُتْرة (fuṭra) for a mouthful.
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