How to say “laundry” in Palestinian Arabic

The word is ghaseel (غَسِيل). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.

غَسِيل

washing · laundry

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ghaseel sits behind each of these too.

نَشَرْت الغَسِيل بَرّا.

I hung the laundry outside.

إِمِّي غَسْلَتِ الغَسِيل إِمْبارِح.

My mother did the laundry yesterday.

في زَوْبَعَة بَرّا. فِينِ الغَسِيل؟

There's a storm outside. Where's the laundry?

في زَوْبَعَة بَرّا، وِالغَسِيل لِسّا مَنْشُور.

There's a storm outside, and the laundry is still hung out.

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