نتش

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North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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نتش (nataš)

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