نتش

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Probably from a Western Aramaic word cognate to Classical Syriac ܢܬܰܫ (ntaš, “to tear, to pluck out, to extract, to bite, to reduce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nataʃ/

Verb

نتش • (nataš)

1. to take a bite of

   هو نتش التفاحة ― huwwe nataš et-teffēḥa ― He took a bite of the apple.