All dialects: early/late

[Hemza]

Hello,

How do you say "early" and "late" across the dialects ? In Morocco, early is said بِكري and late is متعطّل or متأخّر.

Thank you.

 

[WannaBFluent]

In Syria, early is بَكِّير and late is متأخِّر and متلقِّس.

You found that b-k-r ܒܟܪ is a root in Syriac meaning 'to precede, to be ahead'.
The root 2-x-r ܐܚܪ also exists in Syriac with the meaning of 'to be late, to delay'.
The latter is from Syriac ܠܩܝܼܫܵܐ lqiišaa 'late, tardy' ; ܠܩܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ lqiišaayaa 'late', root l-q-š ܠܩܫ.

 

[emanko]

In EA,
Early بدري
Late منتأخر

 

[tounsi51]

Tunisian Arabic:

early: بكري
late: مخر
very late at night: عقاب الليل

 

[Hemza]

very late at night: عقاب الليل

عقاب الليل (3gāb al layl) is also used in Morocco in bedouin dialects and in the South, مع أيدين الليل

 

[Mahaodeh]

In Palestinian Arabic:
Early: mostly بدري but I’ve also heard بكّير.
Late: متأخر.
Very late at night: نص الليل or آخر الليل.

In Iraqi Arabic:
Early: من وكت
Late: متأخر
Very late at night: تالي الليل or نص الليل. Both could also be used in the plural for some reason: توالي الليل and نصاص الليالي.

late is متعطّل or متأخّر.

In both PA and IA متعطّل means delayed not late. You don’t say: رجع متعطّل مبارح, if you do you would probably be asked شو اللي عطّله؟; but you can say: تعطّل اليوم لأن السيارة خربت.

 

[elroy]

In Palestinian Arabic:
Early: mostly بدري but I’ve also heard بكّير.

I agree, except that I've heard بكّير way more than بدري, and بكّير is what I say. I think they differ in regional distribution. I don't think بدري is used much if at all in the Galilee, for example.

 

[fenakhay]

عالنبوري = very early in the morning
ف نصاص/نصاصات الليل = very late at night
معطل or متأخر = late
بكري = early
بلا وقت = very early
حتى لاين = very late
مازوزي = late used for crops mostly

 

[Hemza]

عالنبوري = very early in the morning
ف نصاص/نصاصات الليل = very late at night

I completely forgot about these two although my mum uses them quite a lot!

معطل or متأخر = late

My phone "corrected" me by adding a ت in the middle without me noticing it.

بلا وقت = very early
حتى لاين = very late
مازوزي = late used for crops mostly

These three are new to me.

 

[Hemza]

In both PA and IA متعطّل means delayed not late. You don’t say: رجع متعطّل مبارح, if you do you would probably be asked شو اللي عطّله؟; but you can say: تعطّل اليوم لأن السيارة خربت.

Both meanings exist in Morocco though the context allows to distinguish.