الصيدلي معاه الروشتة.

A good approximate pronunciation is:

eṣ-ṣeidali maʿaah er-roshitta

A more learner-friendly version is:

es-seidali ma‘aah er-roshitta

A few notes:

• الصيدلي sounds like eṣ-ṣeidali / es-seidali
• معاه sounds like maʿaah, with a long aa
• الروشتة sounds like er-roshitta

In fast Egyptian speech, the ال in الصيدلي and الروشتة changes its pronunciation because of the next consonant.

Because Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb to be in simple sentences like this.

So the structure is basically:

الصيدلي = the pharmacist
معاه الروشتة = has the prescription / the prescription is with him

So the whole sentence is a normal Arabic nominal sentence: topic + comment.

English needs is/has, but Arabic often does not.

معاه literally means with him.

It is made of:

• مع = with
• -اه / -ه = him

So literally:

الصيدلي معاه الروشتة
= The pharmacist, the prescription is with him

In Egyptian Arabic, this is a very common way to express possession, so it naturally means the pharmacist has the prescription.

In Egyptian Arabic, possession is often expressed through location or accompaniment rather than with a separate verb like English have.

So instead of saying:

• The pharmacist has the prescription

Egyptian Arabic often says something like:

• The prescription is with the pharmacist
• or literally The pharmacist, with him the prescription

This is completely normal Arabic grammar.

Both معاه and عنده can often translate as has, but there is a small difference in feeling:

• معاه often suggests the thing is with him right now, in his possession
• عنده can be broader, more like he has it / it is at his place / he possesses it

So:

• الصيدلي معاه الروشتة strongly suggests the prescription is physically with the pharmacist now
• الصيدلي عنده الروشتة is also possible, but can sound a little less immediate

In many everyday situations, though, both are acceptable.

الروشتة is a very common Egyptian Arabic word meaning prescription.

It is a colloquial word, and it is widely used in Egypt in medical contexts.

In more formal or Modern Standard Arabic, you are more likely to see something like:

• الوصفة
• الوصفة الطبية

But in everyday Egyptian Arabic, روشتة is extremely common.

Because both ص and ر are sun letters.

When ال comes before a sun letter, the l sound disappears and the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• الصيدلي is pronounced roughly eṣ-ṣeidali, not al-saidali
• الروشتة is pronounced roughly er-roshitta, not al-roshitta

This happens all the time in Arabic pronunciation.

Because both nouns are definite in this sentence:

• الصيدلي = the pharmacist
• الروشتة = the prescription

So the sentence is talking about a specific pharmacist and a specific prescription.

If you removed ال, the meaning would become less definite, more like:

• a pharmacist
• a prescription

Yes, but the emphasis changes.

The original:

• الصيدلي معاه الروشتة

starts with the pharmacist, so it focuses on him.

You can also say:

• الروشتة مع الصيدلي

This means roughly The prescription is with the pharmacist, and now the focus is more on the prescription.

But:

• مع الصيدلي الروشتة

is not the normal neutral way to say it in everyday Egyptian Arabic.

You replace the ending with a different pronoun:

• معايا = with me
• معاك = with you (to a male)
• معاكي = with you (to a female)
• معاه = with him
• معاها = with her
• معانا = with us
• معاكم = with you all
• معاهم = with them

So you could say:

• الصيدلي معاه الروشتة = the pharmacist has the prescription
• الصيدلية معاها الروشتة = the female pharmacist has the prescription
• معايا الروشتة = I have the prescription

You would usually say:

• الصيدلانية

So:

• الصيدلي معاه الروشتة = the male pharmacist has the prescription
• الصيدلانية معاها الروشتة = the female pharmacist has the prescription

Notice that معاه changes to معاها because the person is now feminine.