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قَرَض

[ɡa.radˤ]

verb

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. to lend money
  2. to gnaw, nibble, to cut a bit from the outer
  3. To give money to someone with the expectation that it will be paid back, or to bite into something slowly.
Examples

قرضت صاحبي مبلغ بسيط.

I lent my friend a small amount of money.

Pronunciationɡa.radˤ

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis word can mean either lending money or the act of nibbling/gnawing, depending on the context.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.