Egyptian Arabic Insults And Crude Language 1x4051

Egyptian Arabic insults and crude language Here are some insults, swear words, and general crude words used in Egyptian Arabic. I tried to arrange them generally from least to most insulting — but all of these are (obviously) impolite, so be careful how you use them! A lot of these insults use ‫( اته الـ‬ibn il-), "son of a..." The equivalent for a woman would be ‫تىد‬ ‫( الـ‬bint il-), "daughter of a..."

‫( اته ولة (ج) والد ولة‬ibn kalb [pl.] welaad kalb) Son of a dog. This is insulting, but on the milder end of the scale. Parents even call their kids "ibn/bint kalb" when they're mad at them, so it's not too bad. And it can be used in all kinds of ways:

‫( دي ضزوح تىد ولة‬di šerka binte kalb) This company is a bitch.

‫( مطىار اته ولة‬mešwaar ibne kalb) a bitch of a commute

‫( طعمه اته ولة‬Ta3mu ibne kalb) It tastes horrible.

.‫( يخزب تيره‬yixrib beitak.) May God destroy your house. Also on the milder end of the scale of insults. Can be embellished by adding something like gave birth to you."

‫( وتيد اللي خلّفىن‬wa-beit illi xallafuuk), "and the house of those who

‫( اته الذمار‬ibn il-Homaar) Son of a donkey. You can also just say ‫( يا دمار‬ya Homaar).

‫( أتى لزع‬abu 'ara3) Someone bald from ringworm.

‫( جزتىعح‬garbuu3a) The jerboa (little jumping rodent that lives in the desert). A woman can be called garbuu3a or bint garbuu3a as an insult.

.‫( اطفخ تس ّم الهاري‬iTfaH be-somm el-haari)

You can say this to someone eating, kind of like "I hope you choke on it!" ‫ اطفخ‬means "Eat," but it's not a nice word and is often used in reference to sewage. So the phrase means something like, "Eat burning poison."

‫( طش فيه‬Tozz fiik) "Screw you." Can be embellished with something like those who gave birth to you.

‫( وفي اللي جاتىن‬wa filli gabuuk) - and

.‫( ياذه ضزتح في للثه‬yaatak Darba fi 'albak.) Sort of like "Drop dead." Literally something like "I hope your heart gets hit." Insulting, but not too bad.

.‫( عمله ضارب‬3a'lu Daarib.) Like "The fuse went out" (i.e. he's an idiot). The literal meaning is something like "His head was hit."

.‫( يلعه أتى أمه‬yil3an abu ommak.) Curse your grandfather (mother's father).

.‫( هللا يىعل أتىن‬allaah yin3al abuuk.) May God curse your father.

.‫( مخه جشمح‬moxxu gazma.) His mind is (as low and dirty as) a shoe. This is pretty insulting.

.‫( هى عاوس الضزب تسريه جشمح‬howa 3aawiz iD-Darb bi-sittiin gazma.) He deserves to be hit with sixty shoes.

‫( يا جشمح يا اته الجشمح‬ya gazma yibn ig-gazma) You shoe, you son of a shoe. Shoes are associated with dirt and connote impurity and degredation, so this is pretty insulting.

.‫( طيشن دمزا‬Tiizak Hamra.) Your ass is red (i.e. like a monkey's).

.‫( جاذه داهيح‬gaatak dahya) - .‫( جاذه ويلح‬gaatak niila) Both are roughly equivalent to "Go to hell." ‫( اذىيل تىيلح‬itnayyil bi-niila) means about the same. You can also say ‫( روح في سريه (ألف) داهيح‬ruuH fi sittiin (alf) dahya) - go to sixty (thousand) hells. And ‫( ياذه داهيح ذخذن‬yaatak dahya taxdak) - I hope a disaster takes you. .‫( مالىش ستز‬maluuš zobr) He has no dick.

.‫( وس أمه‬kuss ummak.) Your mother's cunt; the equivalent of "Fuck you," except worse. This is as insulting as it gets. Here are some more insults:

‫( تهيمح (ج) تهايم‬behiima [pl.] bahaayim)

livestock (i.e. stupid or uncouth)

‫( ديىان (ج) ديىاواخ‬Hayawaan [pl.] Hayawanaat)

animal

‫ هثلح (ج) هثل‬- ‫( أهثل‬ahbal - feminine form habla,

foolish

[pl.] hubl)

‫( عثيظ (ج) عثطاء‬3abiiT [pl.] 3ubaTa)

simple-minded, silly

‫'( لليل\عذيم األدب‬aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-adab)

rude

‫'( لليل\عذيم الذيا‬aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-Haya)

shameless

‫'( لليل\عذيم األصل‬aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-aSl)

from a bad family

‫( وذاب‬kaddaab)

liar*

‫( دزامي (ج) دزاميح‬Haraami [pl.] Haraamiyya)

thief

‫( وصاب‬naSSaab)

swindler

‫( سافل‬saafil [pl.] safala)

base, loathsome

‫( همجي (ج) همج‬hamagi [pl.] hamag)

uncivilized, barbaric

‫( وسخ‬wisix)

dirty, filthy (has connotations of moral filth

‫( مخىث‬moxannas)

effeminate, sissy

‫( خىل (ج) خىالخ‬xawal [pl.] xawalaat)

faggot

‫( علك (ج) علىق‬3il' [pl.] 3iluu')

faggot

‫( معزّظ‬mi3arraS)

pimp

‫( اته العزظ‬ibn il-3arS)

son of a pimp

‫( اته الىسخح‬ibn il-wisxa)

son of a filthy woman

‫( اته الطزمىطح‬ibn iš-šarmuuTa)

son of a whore

‫( اته المذثح‬ibn il-'aHba)

son of a whore

‫( اته المرىاوح‬ibn il-mitnaaka)

son of a whore

‫( اته اللثىج‬ibn il-labwa)

son of a lioness**

as well)

* Calling someone a liar in Arabic is really, really insulting, more so than in English. The same goes for "crazy" (‫ مجىىن‬magnuun); in English, it can be a joke to call someone crazy, but in Arabic people take it really seriously. ** The lionness is like a symbol of an over-sexed woman, so this is very insulting. Some general crude language:

‫( سي الشفد‬zayy iz-zift) Like crap, horrible (lit. like tar). This is on the milder end of things. Ex. ‫( العزتيح الشفد دي‬il-

3arabiyya z-zift di), this crappy car.

‫( أدا‬aHHa) An interjection expressing frustration or anger. Considered vulgar because it supposedly represents the sound of a woman's orgasm.

‫( خزج‬xara) Shit. Can be used as an interjection of frustration as in English. You can also say

‫أخزج مه وذج‬

‫( مافيص‬axra min kida mafiiš) - There's nothing shittier than this. ‫( سخح \ ضخاح‬šaxxa/šuxaax) A crude word for urine.

‫ يىيه‬- ‫( وان‬naak - yiniik) To fuck. Obviously very crude.

‫( تيضان‬beiDan) A very crude word for testicles; can be used to describe something really annoying.

‫( ف ّطخ‬faššax) A really crude word meaning "to spread something widely," usually used in reference to legs; you can describe something you strongly dislike as "fašx," but it's very crude to do that.