How to say "poem" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpoem
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قَصِيدَة
qaṣīdaקצידה
قصيدة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שיר
shirشِير
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Arabic root
ق-ص-دArabic separates the single poem, qaṣīda, from poetry in general, shiʿr (this app's 'poetry'); Hebrew uses שיר for both a poem and a song.
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Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
قَصِيدِة
ʾaṣīdeאצידהCity speech: ʾaṣīde, glottal stop for qāf.
In a phrase
قَصِيدَة لِمَحْمُود دَرْوِيش
qaṣīda li-maḥmūd darwīshקצידה למחמוד דרוישa poem by Mahmoud Darwish
Plural
قَصَائِد
qaṣāʾidקצאאדbroken plural faʿāʾil.