بالزبط

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بِالضَّبْطِ (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭi), corresponding to بـ (b-, by) + الزبط (iẓ-ẓabṭ, the exactness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bizˤ.zˤabtˤ/, [bɪzˤˈzˤɑbtˤ]
  • (file)

Adverb

بالزبط • (biẓ-ẓabṭ)

  1. exactly, precisely

Usage notes

  • The spelling with ز is the most common one, although it represents an emphathic sound here, since it is not derived form the Standard Arabic ظ () and the emphathicness is spreading from the last letter ط () through the whole word anyway.
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