د Flashcards
1
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to bless, wish well pray for
A
daa3a [biid3i] + la
2
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to curse, wish ill
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daa3a [biid3i] + 3ala
3
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to knead, to massage
to give (someone) a hard time
A
daa3ak [biid3ak]
4
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to support
to subsidise
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daa3am [biid3am]
mad3uum subsidised
5
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pornography, indecency, debauchery
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da3aara
6
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bump, bruise
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da3duura
7
Q
to bruise
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daa3dar
8
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support
A
daa3em
9
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lawsuit, claim, case, hearing
problem
A
daa3wa / da3aawi
10
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invitation
blessing
curse
A
daa3we / da3waat
11
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lasting, constant, perpetual
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daayem / daayme
12
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circle
office, department
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daa’ire / daayre / dawaa’er
13
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to dissolve, melt; to thaw
A
daab [biduub]
14
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to tan
A
daabag
15
Q
to stamp one’s foot
to dance the daabke
A
daabak [biidbek]
16
Q
thick stick
A
daabase
17
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to push, shove
to push over, knock down
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daabb [bideebb]
18
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tank
A
dabbaabe / dabbabaat
19
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tanner
A
dabbaag / dabbagiin
20
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to stamp one’s feet
A
daabbak [bidaabbek]
21
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to be sticky
A
daabbaq [bidaabbeq]
22
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large wasp, hornet
A
dabbuur
23
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pin, clip, brooch
A
dabbuus / dababiis
dabbuus shaabek safety pin
dabbuus shaa3er hairpin
dabbuus Taab3a thumbtack
24
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large rock
stones or rocks the size of a fist or larger
A
daabesh
shaafu sayyaara, raamu 3aleeha daabesh
they saw a car, they threw rocks at it
25
**to dub** (film)
**daablaj [bidaablej]**
**daablaje dubbing**
**fiilm mdaablaj a dubbed film**
26
**wilted, withered**
**dablaan / dablaane**
**iz-zhuur dablaane the flowers have wilted**
27
**instalment**
**time, occurence**
**daaf3a / daf3aat**
**'aawwal daaf3a the first instalment**
**daaf3a waaHade at once/ simultaneously/ at one fell swoop**
28
**payment, paying**
**daafe3**
**daaf3 iD-Daraayeb paying taxes**
**ta'khiir fi-d-daafe3 late payment**
29
**motive**
**daafe3**
**eesh kaan id-daafe3? what was the motive?**
30
**burial**
**daafen**
**miin biidfa3 nafaqaat id-daafen?**
**who's paying the burial expenses?**
31
**to heat, keep warm**
**daaffa [bidaaffi]**
**id-daffaay bitdaaffi-l-guurfe the heater heats the room**
**il-jakeet bitdaaffi the coat keeps you warm.**
32
**propeller**
**daffaash**
33
**stove, heater** (electric, gas, etc)
**daffaay / daffayaat**
**waale3 id-daffaay! Turn on the heater!/ Light the stove!**
34
**board, small plank**
**leaf (of a double door)**
**rudder**
**daaffe / daffaat**
**daafet il-baab the leaf of the door**
**daaffet is-safiine the ship's rudder**
**il-baab 'iilo daffteen It's a double door.**
35
**warm**
**daafi / daafye**
**'aadfa warmer**
**baarra baard, hoon daafi outside it's cold, here it's warm**
**baass fi-l-guurfe taanye 'aadfa but it's warmer in the other room**
36
**exercise book**
**notebook**
**daaftar / dafaater**
**l-m3aallme bitleemm id-dafaater the teacher collects the exercise books**
**daaftar shekkaat cheque book**
**maask id-dafaater bookkeeping**
37
**warm**
**dafyaan / dafyaane / dafyaniin**
**aana dafyaan I feel warm.**
38
**to get mumps**
**daaggam [bidaaggem]**
**huuwwe mdaaggem He's got mumps.**
39
**gold**
**daahab**
40
**to run over, knock down**
\*galilee
**daahak [biidhek]**
**is-sayyaara daahkato the car ran him over**
41
**to paint**
**to coat, spread**
**daahan [biidhan]**
**laazem niidhan il-baab we must paint the door**
**madhuun b-loon 'aabyaD painted white**
**idhaan-li l-khuubze ziibde spread butter on the bread for me**
42
**to run over, knock down**
**daahas [biidhes]**
**'aajat sayyaara daahsato came a car, ran him over**
43
**painting, coating, spreading**
**daahen**
**haada Saa3eb daahno that's hard to paint**
**sa3aadni fi daahn il-beet he helped me paint the house**
44
**to gild**
**daahhab [bidaahheb]**
**quubbet iS-Saakhra mdaahhabe**
**the dome of the rock is gilded**
45
**to coat, spread**
**daahhan [bidaahhen]**
**bidaahhen jiismo b-zeet Diidd ish-shaams**
**he coats his body with oil to protect himself from the sun**
**dahhaanet khuubzti biT-TaaTle**
**i spread jam on my bread**
46
[house] **painter**
**dahhaan / dahhaniin**
**dahhiin / dahhiine j**
47
**to wheedle, get round, suck up to, kiss up to**
**daahlaz [bidaahlez]**
**bidaahlez 3ala 'iimmo Haatta tkhalliih yiiTla3**
**He wheedles his motheri nto letting him go out**
**bidaahlez 3ala l-mudiir he sucks up to the boss**
48
**disaster, calamity**
**daahye / dawaahi**
**b-sittiin daahye!**
**I don't give a damn! He can go to hell for all I care!**
**taaHt is-sawaahi dawaahi**
**under a deceptively calm surface, dangers may lurk**
49
**to push in, insert, thrust**
**daaHash [biidHash]**
**biidHash Haalo fi shu'uun il-geer**
**He pushes himself into the affairs of the other.**
**ma tidHaash-esh Haalak! don't interfere!**
50
**very nice! isn't that nice!**
\*said when admiring something, said especially to a child
**DaaHH**
51
**to roll**
**daaHraj [bidaahrej]**
**bidaHrej il-barmiil la-taHet**
**he rolls the barrel downhill**
52
**to feel dizzy**
**daakh [biduukh]**
**'aana daayekh / daaykha I feel dizzy**
**Saar iduukh He felt dizzy**
53
**inside**
**interior**
**daakhel**
**daakhlo inside him/it**
**daakhel il-beet inside the house**
**khalliiha daakhel il-3aa'ile let's keep this in the family**
54
**income**
**connection (to a topic)**
**daakhel**
## Footnote
**daakhlo qaliil He doesn't earn much**
**Dariibet id-dakhel income tax**
**shuu daakhel haay b-haay?**
**What's the one got to do with the other?**
55
**to bring in, let in**
**to insert, put in**
**daakhkhal [bidaakhkhel]**
**daakhkhal SaaHbo fi-n-naadi He got his friend into the club**
**biiddo idaakhkhel tajdidaat fi-l-maa3mal**
**he wants to introduce innovations at the factory**
**laazem 'adaakhkhel hal-kiilme fi-l-juumle**
**I have to put this word into the sentence**
56
**to smoke**
**daakhkhan [bidaakhkhen]**
**bitdaakhkhen? Do you smoke?**
**maa badaakhkhen I don't smoke**
57
**protege, one who seeks asylum**
**dakhiil**
**'aana dakhiilak I am under your protection**
58
**inner, interior**
**daakhili / daakhiliiyye**
**maaraD daakhili internal disorder**
**talmiid daakhili a boarder student**
**maadrase dakhiliiyye boarding school**
59
**ammunition, munitions**
**dakhiire / dakhaa'er**
**maaSna3 dakhiire ammunition factory**
**khiilSat id-dakhiire the ammunition's run out**
60
**entrance** (action, not place)
**consummation of marriage** (on the wedding night)
**daakhle**
## Footnote
**qaddeesh id-daakhle? How much is the entrance fee?**
**id-daakhle b-balaash Entrance is free.**
**leelt id-daakhle the wedding night**
61
**pampering**
**daala3**
**haada 'iisem daala3 It's a pet name.**
62
**to leak**
**daalaf [biidlef]**
**is-saaqef biidlef The ceiling leaks.**
63
**guide**
**guidebook, instruction manual**
**sign, indication**
**daliil / 'adiille**
**daliil siyaaHi tourist guide**
**daliil it-talefoon telephone directory**
**haada daliil inno maa fiihem This is a sign that he didn't understand.**
**fii 3iiddet 'adiille la-haada There are a number of signs.**
64
**to lower, dangle (trans)**
**daalla [bidaalli]**
**bidaalli Haalo He leans out / He dangles himself**
**bidaalli 'ijreeh He dangles his legs**
**shaa3er-ha mdaalla 3ala ktaaf-ha Her hair hangs down over her shoulders**
65
**to spoil, make too much fuss of**
**daalla3 [bidaalle3]**
**waalad mdaalla3 a spoiled child**
**illi biiddo ikhaarreb 'iibno, idaall3o!**
**He who wants to ruin his son, spoil him.**
66
**to massage**
**daallak [bidaallek]**
**Daahri bujaa3ni, dallkii-li yyaa shwaayy**
**my back hurts, massage it a bit for me!**
**iz-zeet, bidaallku fii il-jaabha the oil is massaged into the forehead.**
67
**to pamper, make a pet of**
**daallal [biidaallel]**
**bidalleluuh They pamper him**
**waalad mdaallal a pampered child**
68
spoilt, spoiled
dalluu3 / dalluu3a
69
**vine**
**daalye / dawaali**
**waaraq dawaali vine leaves**
70
**to last, be constant**
**daam [biduum]**
**daamat Hayaatak May you live long!**
**ma-daam while/ as long as; since**
**ma-daam heek**
**if that's the way it is / as long as that's the way things are**
**ma-daamak hoon as long as you're here/ since you're here**
**ma-daam biiddo iruuH since he wants to leave**
71
**tear**
**daam3a / dmuu3**
**'iimmo maassaHat dmuu3o His mother whiped away his tears**
72
**to mix**
**to integrate**
**daamaj [biidmej]**
## Footnote
**biidmej is-suukkar ma3 il-maayy wiT-THiin**
**He mixes the sugar with the water and the flour.**
73
**to sing quietly to oneself, croon, hum**
**to grumble to oneself**
**daamdam [bidaamdem]**
## Footnote
**bidaamdem He's humming.**
**laamma siime3 heek, Saar idaamdem**
**When he heard that, he began to grumble to himself.**
74
**bloody**
**daami / damiiyye**
## Footnote
**il-'aHdaat id-daamiye fi lubnaan the bloody events in Lebanon**
75
**absorption, incorporation, integration, assimilation**
**daamj**
**daamj il-'aqalliyyaat fi Hayaat il-bilaad**
**the minorities integration into the life of the country**
**daamj ish-shabaab fi-l-muujtama3 integrating young people into society**
76
**blood**
**daamm**
## Footnote
**taHliil id-daamm blood test**
**id-daamm biinzal min manakhiiro His nose is bleeding.**
**daammo naazel He's bleeding**
**daammo khafiif He is an agreeable person.**
**daammo tqiil He is a disagreeable person**
**'eesh noo3 daammak? What's your blood type?**
77
**to destroy, demolish, ruin, wreck**
**daammar [bidaammer]**
## Footnote
**daammar SeeHHto, Hayaato He's ruined his health.**
**id-doole daammarat iqtiSaad-ha The country's wrecked it's economy.**
**il-giire wish-shaakk btiiqdar tdaammer 'aaHsan 3ilaaqa.**
**Jealosy and doubt can desroy the best of relationships.**
**mudaammira / mudammiraat destoyer**
78
**ear**
**daan / dineen**
'**iiftah dineek! Prick up your ears!**
**banaat id-dineen tonsils**
**banaat dineeh nazlaat He's got tonsillitis**
**id-denteen masdudiin Both ears are blocked.**
79
**tail**
**follower, supporter, henchman, hanger-on**
**daanab / dnaab or 'adnaab**
## Footnote
**daanab ish-shek the stub of the cheque**
**daanbet il-biiss the cat's tail**
**daanbato his tail**
**daanab Hukuume a governement's henchman**
**'adnaab il-isti3maar agents of imperialism**
80
**to dangle**
**daandal [bidaandel]**
## Footnote
**bidaandel Haalo He leans out.**
**bidaandel ijreeh He dangles his legs**
**bindaandel laamba min is-saaTeH We lower a lamp from the roof.**
81
**to hum**
**daandan [bidaanden]**
## Footnote
**bidaanden 'uugniye He hums a song.**
82
**to desecrate, contaminate**
d**ä**nnäs [bid**ä**nnes]
## Footnote
d**ä**nnäsu l-kn**ii**s / il-j**ää**me3.
They desecrated the synagogue / the mosque.
83
**to touch lightly, graze**
d**ä**qar [b**i**dqar]
## Footnote
däq**a**ret bil-qänn**ii**ne, inq**ä**lbät I just touched the bottle, it fell.
d**ä**qaro bil-3arab**aa**y He grazed him with the cart.
il-3arabiyye d**ä**qrato The cart struck him a glancing blow.
84
**chin**
**beard**
d**ä**qen / dq**uu**n
## Footnote
d**ä**qno Taw**ii**le. Hes got a long beard.
bir**ä**bbi d**ä**qen. Hes growing a beard.
85
**accurate, precise, meticulous**
**fine, delicate**
däq**ii**q / däq**ii**ä
## Footnote
cp 'äd**ä**qq
sh**u**gol däq**ii**q delciate / precise work
h**u**wwe däq**ii**q fi sh**u**glo He does precise / meticulous work.
t**ä**rjäme däq**ii**qä a precise translation
k**uu**n däq**ii**q fi käl**ää**mäk Be precise in what you say!
86
**minute**
däq**ii**qä / däq**ää**yeq
## Footnote
kh**ä**mes däq**ää**yeq five minutes
3ishr**ii**n däq**ii**qä twenty minutes
87
**a knock**
**a ring**
d**ä**qqä / däqq**ää**t
## Footnote
däqq**ää**t il-q**ä**lb heartbeats
sm**e**3t id-d**ä**qqä t-t**ää**nye I heard the second ring.
bis**ä**bbeb däqq**ää**t qälb sär**ii**3ä It speeds up the heartbeat.
88
**to be accurate, be precise, be meticulous**
d**ä**qqäq [bid**ä**qqeq]
## Footnote
bid**ä**qqeq fi sh**u**glo. He's very precise in his work.
89
**to get stuck**
**to stop short and be unable to continue**
d**ä**qqar [bid**ä**qqer]
## Footnote
l**ee**sh däqq**a**ret? Why did you stop short?
il-jäär**uu**r md**ä**qqer. The drawers stuck.
il-qäz**ää**z md**ä**qqer. The windows stuck.
90
**to revolve, turn**
**to roam, travel around, wander about**
d**ää**r [bid**uu**r]
## Footnote
il-3**ä**jäl bid**uu**rr. The wheel turns.
bid**uu**r fi-l-3**ää**läm. Hes roaming the world.
l**ää**zem nd**uu**r id-d**oo**ra. Well have to go the long way round.
