خَرَجَتِ الجَمَاهِيْر عَن بَكْرَتِهِم ‎[CA] all the crowd went forth as one man

خَيْط بَكَرَة ‎[CA] thread on a spool
‏بَكَرة خَيْطٍ ‎[CA] a spool of thread

بُكْرةً ‎[CA] early in the morning, tomorrow
‏بُكْرةً وَأَصيلاً ‎[CA] all the time

خَيْطَ أَمَلٍ ‎[CA] a spark of hope, a thread of hope
‏خَيْط قُطْنيّ ‎[CA] cotton thread
‏خَيْط الأَسْنانِ ‎[CA] dental floss
‏بَكَرة من الخيطانِ ‎[CA] a reel of thread
‏بالإبْرةِ والخَيْطِ ‎[CA] with needle and thread

طَوَّحَ بِكُرةٍ ‎[CA] to throw a ball

مُغْرَماً بِ ‎[CA] in love with s.th./s.o., head over heels for
‏مُغْرَم بِكُرةِ القَدَمِ ‎[CA] to be mad about soccer

لَفَّ خَيْطاً على بَكَرةٍ ‎[CA] to wind thread on to a spool

أَلْقَى بالًا لِ = أَلْقَى بالَهُ إلى ‎[CA] to pay attention to
‏أَلْقَا بِزِمَامِهِ = أَلْقَى مَقَالِيْدِ أَمْرِهِ إلى فُلانٍ ‎[CA] to lay one's fate in s.o.'s hands, entrust one's fate to s.o.
‏أَلْقَى بِنَفْسِهِ في ‎[CA] to throw o.s. into, plunge into
‏أَلْقى بِنَفْسِهِ إلى الخَطَرِ ‎[CA] to put oneself in danger
‏أَلْقى بِنَفْسِهِ من النافِذةِ ‎[CA] to jump out the window
‏أَلْقَى بِنَفْسِهِ في أَحْضَانِهِ ‎[CA] to throw o.s. into s.o.'s arms
‏أَلْقَى بِيَدِهِ إلى ‎[CA] to surrender to s.o., give o.s. up to s.o.
‏أَلْقَى الحَبْلَ على الغارِبِ ‎[CA] to give free rein, give a free hand, impose no restraint
‏أَلْقَى الرُعْبَ في قَلْبِهِ ‎[CA] to strike terror to s.o.'s heart, frighten, alarm s.o.
‏أَلْقَى السِلاحَ ‎[CA] to lay down one's arms, capitulate, surrender
‏أَلْقَى السَمْعَ إليهِ ‎[CA] to lend one's ear to s.o., listen to s.o.
‏أَلْقُوا إِليهِ أَسْمَاعَهُم ‎[CA] they lent him their cars, they listened to him
‏أَلْقَى الضَوْءَ على ‎[CA] to throw light on
‏أَلْقَى بِهِ عُرْض = ضرب بِهِ عُرْضَ الحائِطِ ‎[CA] either 1. to not give a hoot for s.th. (literally: to strike the breadth of the wall with it), or 2. to disdain, despise, reject s.th., or 3. to throw s.th. overboard, jettison s.th.
‏أَلْقَى القَبْضَ على ‎[CA] to arrest s.o.
‏أَلْقى إلى فُلانٍ بِكُرةٍ ‎[CA] to throw a ball at s.o.
‏أَلْقى نَظْرةً على ‎[CA] to take a look at s.th./s.o.

مَهْووس بِكُرةِ القَدَمِ ‎[CA] crazy about soccer (US)

نْشا لله / إِن شَاء الله ‎[V] if God wills (God willing; Can be used as anything from “hopefully” or “God please I hope not”, depending on how it is said and the specific tone. It is often followed by verb with any marking, to show that one is hoping something will happen (i.e. a potential tense). (If one wants to use a verb with a specific tense, e.g. past tense, يكون is often used first); { ʔin šᾱʔÅ 'ɑllᾱh}
‏إن شاء الله يْكُون رِجِع البَيْت ‎[L] hopefully he has returned home.
‏إِن شا الله بْتُنْبُسِط بْلِبنان ‎[L] God willing, you will enjoy (your time) in Lebanon; (note use of ب after إن شا الله);
‏ إِن جِيْت بُكرَة ‎[P] if you come tomorrow; { ʔin jīt bukrɑ}
‏اْنْ إْجِيْت (نِ إْجِيْت) مَعِي بَعْطِيك لَيْرَة ‎[S] If you come with me I'll give you a pound

الضَّيْعَة اْنْمَحِت عَن بِكْرِة أَبُوْهَا ‎[S] The village was leveled to the ground
‏نِمْحِيه عَن بِكْرِة أَبِيه لِلخَرُوف. ‎[L] We make it disappear!

بَعِد بُكرَا ‎[P] the day after tomorrow; {baʕᵉd bukrɑ}
‏بَخَلِّصهَا لَبُكرَا ‎[P] I'll finish it by tomorrow, I'll get it done for tomorrow; {baḵɑlleṣha labukrɑ}
‏بُكرَ في المِشمِش ‎[P] Tomorrow in apricot season! (a well known proverb, meaning “never” or “when pigs fly.” The idea is that apricot season is unpredictable and very short, so it is will never happen); {bukrɑ fy-l-mišmeš}
‏بُكْرَا بْتِتْعَوَّد ‎[L] tomorrow (i.e. in the future) she will get used to it;
‏بُكْرَا الصُبْح ‎[V] tomorrow morning;
‏بَعِد بِكْرَا ‎[S] the day after tomorrow
‏لَحَ يْسَافِر بَعِد بِكْرَا ‎[S] He's leaving the day after tomorrow
‏بِرْجَع بِكْرَا ‎[S] I'll be back tomorrow
‏رَحَ تْكُوْنِ بْجَرِيدِة بِكْرَا ‎[S] It'll be in tomorrow's paper,
‏ما لِي رَحَ اْشُوفَو لَبُكْرَا على بُكْرَا ‎[S] I won't see him till tomorrow morning
‏بِيْكُون حَاضِر بَعِد بُكْرَا ‎[S] It will be ready the day after tomorrow

على بِكْرَا ‎[S] in the morning
‏عَ بُكْرَة ‎[L] in the morning;
‏بْشُوْفَك على بِكْرَا = بْشُوْفَك الصِّبِح = بْشُوْفَك صَبَاحًا ‎[S] I'll see you in the morning
‏بْشُوْفَك بِكْرَا على بِكْرَا ‎[S] I'll see you tomorrow morning
‏بْشُوفَك على بِكْرَا ‎[S] I’ll see you in the morning
‏اليَوْم على بِكْرَا ‎[S] this morning, early today
‏كان فِي شِغْلِ كْتِيرِ اليَوْم على بِكْرَا ‎[S] There was a lot to do this morning
‏ما لِي رَحَ اْشُوفَو لَبُكْرَا على بُكْرَا ‎[S] I won't see him till tomorrow morning
‏إِجَا بَعْدِ بْيَوم على بِكْرَا ‎[S] He came the very next morning
‏لازِم نِتْحَرَّك مِن على بِكْرِةِ الصِّبِح ‎[S] We have to start out bright and early
‏مِن عَ بُكْرَا بْتِتْنَكَّر وِمن عَشِيِّة بْتِتْحَرَّر ‎[L] in the morning she would disguise herself and in the evening free herself (i.e. get rid of the disguise);

بَكَرَة مْرَكَّبِة ‎[S] block and tackle

مَا فِيْش جَوَاب ‎[P] there's no answer; {ma fīš jawāb}
‏ الأَجوِبِة المَظبُوْطَة ‎[P] the right answer; {'il-ʔajwibe-l-mɑẓbūṭɑ}
‏ أَجوِبِتكُم ‎[P] your answers; { ʔajwibetkom}
‏بُكرَة بَعطِيْكي جَوَاب ‎[P] I'll give you an answer tomorrow; {bukrɑ baʕṭīky jawāb}
‏اِلّي بيْدُقّ عَ البَاب بيْسمَعِ الجَوَاب ‎[P] proverb: if you knock on the door you will hear the answer; {'illy byºdoqq ʕa-l-bāb byºsmaʕᴵ-l-jawāb}
‏ما اْسْتَلَمْت أَبَدًا جَوَاب على مَكْتُوْبِي ‎[S] I never received a reply to my letter,
‏أنا مِنْتِظِر جَوَابَك لَحَدّْ بِكْرَا ‎[S] expect your answer by tomorrow
‏جَوَابًا على ‎[S] in answer to
‏جَوَابًا على سُؤَالَكِ بْحِبّ اْقُول إِنَّو ‎[S] In answer to your question would like to say that…

لَازِم تِيْجي بُكرَة حَافِظ دَرْسَك ‎[P] you must come tomorrow having learned the your lesson by heart; {lāzem tījy bukrɑ ḥᾱfeẓ darºsak}
‏ أَنَا مِش حَافْظُو ‎[P] I don't know it by heart; { ʔana miš ḥᾱfºẓo}

مِن هَلَّق وْرَايِح ‎[V] from now on, from now and going forward; {min hallaq wºrᾱyeḥ}
‏مِن بُكرَة وْرَايِح ‎[P] from tomorrow onwards; {min bukrɑ wºrᾱyeḥ}
‏مِن هَلَّق وْرَايِح بْدِير بالِي أَكْتَر ‎[S] Hereafter I'll be more careful
‏مِن هَلَّق وْرَايِح أَرْجُوك خَلِّينَا نَعْرِف قَبْلِ بْسَلَف ‎[S] After please let us know in advance

الزَلْزِلِة مَسْحِتِ البَلَد مِن أَسَاسَهْا ‎[S] The earthquake wiped out the whole town,
‏الضَّيْعَة اْنْمَحِت عَن بِكْرِة أَبُوْهَا ‎[S] The village was leveled to the ground

حَبّْتَيْن مِشمِش ‎[P] two apricots; {ḥabbºtēn mišmeš}
‏بُكرَة في المِشمِش ‎[P] proverb: tomorrow in apricot season (it will happen) (meaning never, when pigs fly. this is a reference to the fact that apricot season is short an unpredictable); {bukrɑ fy-l-mišmeš}

حَتِيْجِي النَهاردا وَلّا بُكْرا ‎[E] are you coming today or tomorrow?
‏بَعْد بُكْرا ‎[E] the day after tomorrow;
‏بَعْد بَعْد بُكْرا ‎[E] three days from now, the day after the day after tomorrow;
‏بُكْرا نِسْمَع وِبَعْدُه نْشُوف ‎[E] tomorrow we will listen and then we'll see, meaning we will wait and see;
‏النَهاردا قَبْل بُكْرا ‎[E] today before tomorrow, meaning as soon as possible, sooner rather than later;
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بُكْرَا شَعْرَك يِطْوَل تاني ‎[E] your hair will grow again soon enough;
‏بُكرة ولادنا يبقوا دكاترة ومهندسين قد الدنيا ‎[E] tomorrow (i.e. in the future) they (will) become important doctors and engineers. Notice the lack of ب, which is common when a word like بكرة that refers to the future is used. For قد الدنيا see under قدّ.
‏يا خَبَر النَّهَارْدا بْفِلُوس بُكْرَة يِبْقَى بْبَلَاش ‎[E] tomorrow, everything will become clear (said when there is unclear news or information that one is eager to know) (news that costs money today, will be free tomorrow)
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القُطَّة خَلْفِنِت بَكَرِة الخَيْط ‎[E] the cat tangled up the spool of thread;
‏حَصَل خَلْفَنة فِ الحِكاية ‎[E] there was chaos and confusion in the matter;

قال إنه جاي بكرة ‎[E] he said that he's coming tomorrow;
‏ما تقولش كلمة ‎[E] don't say a word!
‏قول يا ربّ ‎[E] say dear God!, meaning trust in God;
‏ما تقولش كدا ‎[E] don't say that! don't speak about such things;
‏زيِّ ما ربِّنا يقول ‎[E] as God says, meaning (it was/is/will be) as God wills;
‏تِقُول أَيه؟ (it's crazy) but what can one say, what can be done about it? as in:
‏دلوقتي البنات ماشيين عِريانِين لكن تقول أَيه؟ ‎[E] These days girls are walking around naked but what can you say?
‏انا برضك كنت باقول كدا من زمان = عمرك أطول من عمريI was going to say the same thing myself;
‏انا قلت اللي عندي ‎[E] I've said what I have to say, said my piece;
‏بس كل واحد قال لي حاجة ‎[E] everyone told me something (different);
‏قُلت ‎[E] Often used when telling about s.th. to say "I said to myself"
‏قلت الاول اشوف الوضع هناك ‎[E] I said first I'll see what the situation is there;
‏قُلت أقولك ‎[E] I said to myself I should tell you....
‏باقول (لك) أَيْه ‎[E] I'm telling you what; this is used to get someone's attention and put emphasis on the statement one is about to say, like "hey, listen up" or "say" (as people use it as a discourse marker, like say, did you remember to bring the book). It is informal and should only be used amongst peers. Badawi defines it as either 1. say (as a discourse marker) or 2. I'll tell you what; Note that this is fixed in form, only the indirect object (لك) changes;
‏باقول أيه، حتيجي عندك بكرا ‎[E] say, are you coming tomorrow?
‏باقول لك أَيه، جبت الكتاب اللي اكّلِّمنا عليه ‎[E] say, did you get the book we spoke about?
‏باقول لك أَيه، هات إنتَ الجِبنة وْأنا حاروح أَجيب العِيش ‎[E] tell you what, you bring the cheese and I'll get the bread;
‏باقول لك أيه بقى، نِروح يوم الاتنين ‎[E] tell you what, we'll go monday;
‏قَال (لِحَدّ) القِلّ : whatever!, quit rubbing it in! (said as a response when someone is upset because they were told "I told you so". It's kind of like "screw you" and "and quit rubbing it in") (see also under ق ل ل);
‏مِش أنا قُلْتِ لك كِدا --- قال لك القِلّ ‎[E] Didn't I tell you so --- yeah, shut up and leave me alone;
‏بَاقْول لك (بَؤُلَّك) أَيْه ‎[E] by the way...(a phrase used to indicate to someone that you are about to tell them something) (what do I say to you)

مُمْكِنِ القَلَم ‎[E] can I have the pencil
‏ممكن ازورك بكرة ‎[E] can I visit you tomorrow?
‏ممكن أنام عندك الليلة؟ ‎[E] can I stay the night with you?
‏مش ممكن = مش معقول ‎[E] impossible!
‏مِش مُمْكِن تِيجي النَهارْدا ‎[E] she cannot come today;
‏مُمْكِن تِدِّيني فِكْرة عَنْها ‎[E] can you give me an idea of it?
‏ممكن أفهم ايه اللي عملتُه ده ‎[E] Would you mind letting me what you just did? (literally: can I know what you did?)

حمْزة شْرا بگْرة وْراهْ فَخور بها Hamza bought a cow and is very proud of it ‎[M].

حْصَان أَبْرَق (أَبْرَگ) ‎[E.G.] black horse.
‏بْقَرَة (بْگَرَة) بَرْقَا (بَرْگَا) ‎[E.G.] black cow.
‏بَعَارِين بِرْقَان (بِرْگَان) ‎[E.G.] black camels.

بْقَرَات المَنَاخ ‎[E.G.] dolphin

عَن بَكْرَة أَبِيهِم ‎[E.G.] all of them (without exception).
‏الجَيْش مَحاهُم عَن بَكْرَة أَبِيْهِم ‎[E.G.] The army wiped them out to the last man.

حَيِوْصَل بُكْرَة. ‎[G-Hijazi] He will arrive tomorrow.

مُمْكِن تَشَرِّفُوْنَا فِي حَفْلَة بُكْرَة فِي اللِيْل؟ ‎[G-Hijazi] Can you honor us by attending a party tomorrow night?

بُكْرَة يِبْدَأ شَهَر رَمَضَان. ‎[G-Hijazi] Ramadan begins tomorrow.

الجَيْش مَحاهُم عَن بَكْرَة أَبِيْهِم ‎[E.G.] The army wiped them out to the last man.

مَدْرَسْتْهُم سِبْقَتْنَا بْكُرَةِ السَّلَّة ‎[I] Their school beat us in basketball.

بْكُرَةِ السَّلَّة، لازِمِ تْطَبْطُبِ الطَّوْبَة مِن تِمْشِي ‎[I] In basketball you have to dribble the ball when you move.

مَدْرَسَتْنَا أَخْذَتِ الكَأْسِ بْكُرَةِ السَلَّة ‎[I] Our school won the trophy cup in basketball.

بَقَرَة (بَگَرَة) المُزَيِّن ما تْخافْش مِن الطَّاسَة ‎[Y] The barber's cow does not fear the drum., (describes someone who is not afraid of threats because he is afraid of them, or calling someone's bluff. The expression stems from the fact that traditional barbers used to do other jobs, such as circumcision and beating the drums during Ramadan and during celebrations. Hence, their cows were supposedly used to the sound of the drums and not afraid of them.) (proverb)

ثَوْر مِرَادِع ‎[Y] a bull given to charging or headbutting
‏بَقَرَة (بَگَرَة) ‎[Y] a cow given to charging or headbutting

بَقَرَة (بَگَرَة) رِيَاد ‎[Y] a cow in heat