بلحين

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِالْحَيْل (bi-l-ḥayl, “with strength”).

Adverb

بلحين • (bilhēn)

1. very
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 43:1:

     الْجُوعْ بِقِي شَدِيدْ بِلْحَيْن فِي بَلَدْ كَنْعَانْ.

     al-jūʔ bigi šadīd bilhēn fi balad kanʔān.

     The famine became very severe in the land of Canaan.

References

• Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 28