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لوف

English translation: break

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Arabic term or phrase:لوف
English translation:break
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13:44 Jul 29, 2016
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: لوف
From a tweet. Thank you to anyone who may be able to help!

لوف كبدي لوف عشبٍ تقفته السموم

في طرف عرقٍ من الشمس ماعيّن تقى !

Source: https://twitter.com/Shmomt/statuses­/608290472969142272
Arabic & More
Jordan
break
Explanation:
لوف كبدي is a rhetorical expression means broke my heart
In some cultures, كبد liver is used instead of heart to express love, sadness, etc. Once, I confirmed this with a Malaysian colleague. Why shall we go so far? In Arabic, we say فلذة كبدي to refer to that our children are as so dear and close as a part of our liver

Anyhow, here there there reference that لوف means break

(يالوف قلبي لوفاه) وتعني ان القلب يعتصر من الالم
http://www.algrayat.net/vb/showthread.php?t=69024&page=3

I found that لوف كبدي (جبدي) and لوف قلبي are used interchangeably meaning breaking my heart

HTH


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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2016-07-31 06:03:02 GMT)
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In many dialects, here in the Gulf, كبدي is pronounced as شبدي or جبدي
as in لوع شبدي meaning in Egyptian dialect فقع مرارتي
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Saleh Dardeer
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1 day 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
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Explanation:
لوف كبدي is a rhetorical expression means broke my heart
In some cultures, كبد liver is used instead of heart to express love, sadness, etc. Once, I confirmed this with a Malaysian colleague. Why shall we go so far? In Arabic, we say فلذة كبدي to refer to that our children are as so dear and close as a part of our liver

Anyhow, here there there reference that لوف means break

(يالوف قلبي لوفاه) وتعني ان القلب يعتصر من الالم
http://www.algrayat.net/vb/showthread.php?t=69024&page=3

I found that لوف كبدي (جبدي) and لوف قلبي are used interchangeably meaning breaking my heart

HTH


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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2016-07-31 06:03:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In many dialects, here in the Gulf, كبدي is pronounced as شبدي or جبدي
as in لوع شبدي meaning in Egyptian dialect فقع مرارتي


    Reference: http://www.algrayat.net/vb/showthread.php?t=69024&page=3
Saleh Dardeer
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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agree  Spiridon: Yes
9 hrs
  -> شكرًا جزيلًا!0
agree  Mujdey Abudalbuh
13 hrs
  -> شكرًا جزيلًا!0
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