نتش
North Levantine Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from a Western Aramaic word cognate to Classical Syriac ܢܬܰܫ (ntaš, “to tear, to pluck out, to extract, to bite, to reduce”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]نتش • (nataš)
- to take a bite of
- هو نتش التفاحة
- huwwe nataš et-teffēḥa
- He took a bite of the apple.