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العواليك

17:48 Apr 3, 2008
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Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / joke
Arabic term or phrase: العواليك
انا خايف العواليك ده يدق الحلاوه

a joke sent to me
Steve Booth
Local time: 16:42


Summary of answers provided
4 +1Leeches
Lamis Maalouf
5Tramps
Sayed Moustafa talawy
4bug
Mohsin Alabdali


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bug


Explanation:
أصلها العواليق حرفت في نطق أهل السودان إلى عواليك. والعواليق هي نوع من الحشرات التي تعلق بالحيوان وتتغذى على دمه، وهي من الطفيليات. يطلق السودانيون لفظ عواليك للاحتقار

Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 18:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 38
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Leeches


Explanation:
الكلمة بالعربية مفردها العلقة، والجمع الأصح هو جمع مؤنث سالم: عََلقات، وهي ليست حشرات وإنما من طائفة الديدان، وكما قالت نسرين هو أسلوب تحقيريّ في وصف الآخرين، فهذه الدودة تلتصق بالجلد وتمتص الدم تماماً كما ذكر السيد محسن. من المرجع التالي أقتبس
1. Any of various chiefly aquatic bloodsucking or carnivorous annelid worms of the class Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly used by physicians to bleed patients and is now sometimes used as a temporary aid to circulation during surgical reattachment of a body part.
2. One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite.


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Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 57

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh: بما أن القصة فيها حلاوة فالمقصود فعلاً هو المتطفل على الموائد .. تحياتي د.لميس
1 hr
  -> أهلاً بالزميل (في كلا الحقلين)، أظن أنه معك حق فالسائل يخبرنا بأنها نكتة، وأغلب الظن أن المتكلم هو شاب ويخشى على محبوبته من متطفل يشبه العلقة
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Tramps


Explanation:
الصعاليك هي العواليك
في الدارجة السودانية




ماعاد اليحغر بيك ياميشو
ياسر شنو وشبت شنو اليحغرو بيك
العواليك




بس انت كمان ياميشو ياخي كان من زمان
وديتهم تحت الكوبري ماكان فيهم
واحد رفع عينو ساكت عليك
هسع بكره الخميس خوم ليك تبش ودكوه
وسوقهم معاك
بس كتر الشطه الهجين
حمرا وخدرا

ومااوصيك شبت ده شدو لي طار مداح



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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2008-04-04 20:19:55 GMT)
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وهنا واضحة جدا


بوست انا تعبت وشقيت فيهو لمن قلبي انجرح واتخربش بالشوك ما لقيتو

سرييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييع ترجعو لي والا بعتبرك مشوه اخلاقيا ومتعنصر وكمان بلاضمير
رجعو لي سرييييييييييع باللاهي عشان ما اخسرك

ولو ما انت الحذفتو خلي مشرفينك العواليك ديل يبطلو عفانة
http://www.sudanboard.net/viewtopic.php?printertopic=1&t=884...



Sayed Moustafa talawy
Local time: 18:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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