"هَل عِنْدِك بَلوزة زَرْقاء يا ريم؟"

Translation:Do you have a blue blouse, Reem?

July 3, 2019

Why has blue gone from "azraq" to"zarqaa"?

This is the "templates and roots" system in action.

So you have 2 templates:

a) 2a••a• (masculine)

b) •a••aa2 (feminine)

You fill the missing letters with the template to get the full word.

For "b-y-D" (white):

a) 2abyaD

b) bayDaa2

For "z-r-q" (blue):

a) 2azraq

b) zarqaa2

Interestingly, in addition to colors, some "defects" (e.g. deaf, blind) also use this pattern.

This is Very helpful شكراً

This is the masculine vs feminine forms of the colors. Every color (since they are adjectives) have a masculine and feminine form.

Er, I meant "blouse"

So the colours change to the feminine forms to match "skirt"?

Is it? Then what about "Feroza"

Can you translate "بَلوزة" as "shirt"also?

hmm