Adjectives 15 Flashcards
Dark
مِعْتِم
Sharp
حَادّ
Blunt
مش حادّ
Additional, extra, more
إِضَافي، المؤنث: إِضَافِيِّة
أَنَا بْحَاجِة لَدَخِل إِضَافي [P] I need extra income; { ʔana bºḥāje ladaḵᵉl ʔiḍᾱfy}
لَازِم أَشتْغِل سَاعَات إِضَافِيِّة [P] I have to work extra hours; {lāzem ʔaštºġel sĒʕāt ʔiḍᾱfiyye}
عَطَانِي مَبْلَغ إِضَافِي لِلنَّتْرِيَّات [S] He gave me an amount for incidentals
عِمِل نِسْخَة إِضَاْفِيِّة لِلدَّوْسْيَيْه العامِّة [S] Make an extra copy for the main file
مِين بِقْدِر اِسْأَلَو مَعْلُوْمات إِضَافِيِّة [S] Whom can I ask for further information?
Possible, conceivable
مَعقُوْل، المؤنث: مَعقُوْلِة
مَعْقُول نْرُوح نُحْضَرُه [L] it is possible that we can go and attend it;
هالشَّرِح ظَاهِر عَلَيْه شَرِح مَعْقُوْل [S] This sounds like a plausible explanation
لَكِن مُو مَعْقُول يْرُوح هُوِّ بَلَانَا [S] But it isn’t conceivable that he’d leave without us
قِصّْتَو ظَهْرِت مَعْقُوْلِة تَمام [S] His story sounded very credible
لا يَا، مُو مَعْقُوْل [S] It’s too good to be true
Impossible
مُستَحِيْل، المؤنث: مُستَحِيْلِة
Weekly
أُسْبُوْعِي
[S] إِسْبُوْعِي
Theatrical
مَسْرَحِي
Rancid
زِنِخ، ج زِنْخِين
Seated
قَاعِد
جالِس
Feeble-minded
طَلْطَمِيْس
Hated, detested
مَكْرُوْه، ج مَكْرُوْهِيْن، المؤنث: مَكْرُوْهَة
Sumerian
سُوْمِرِيّ
Propaganda
دِعَائِي، المؤنث: دِعَائِيِّة
حَملِة دِعَائِيِّة [P] propaganda campaign
Assembled
مُرَكَّب
Petroleum, oil
نَفْطِيّ
Guided, remote-controlled
Directed, controlled (ب = by)
مُسَيَّر
Revolutionary
ثَورَوي، ج ثَورَوِيِّيْن
Understanding
مِتْفَاْهِم
شَرَحْتِ لَّو المِشِكْلِة وْطِلِع مِتْفَاهِمِ كْتِير [S] I explained the problem and he proved very understanding
Orientalist
استشراقي
Repressed
مقْموع، ج مقْموعين
Leaned, tilted
مَسْنُوْد
السِّلُّم كان مَسْنُوْد عَ الحَيْط [S] The ladder was resting against the wall
Kidnapped, hijacked
مَخْطُوْف
High on weed
مْحَشِّش
Cosmetic
تَجمِيْلي، المؤنث: تَجمِيْلِيِّة
جِرَاحَة تَجمِيْلِيِّة [P] cosmetic surgery / plastic surgery; {jirᾱḥɑ tajmīliyye}
جِرَاحَة تَجْمِيْلِيِّة [S] plastic surgery
Capable, competent
مِقْتِدِر
قَدِيْر
الكِلّ بْيِعْتِبْرُوه عَلَّامِة قَدِير [S] Everyone considers him a competent scholar.
Ancient Greek
إغْريقيّ، ج إغْريق / أَغارِقة
Roman
رُوْمَاني، ج رُوْمَان
Pure
طَاهِر، ج طَاهْرِيْن
قَلبُو طَاهِر [P] his heart is pure
Linguistic
لُغَوِي، ج لُغَوِيِّيْن
Work, working (adjective)
عَمَلِي
Shocking, surprising
صادِم
الكتاب صادم [E] the book is shocking
Perforated, having holes in it, pierced, punctured
مَبْخُوْش
مَثْقُوْب
الجوارب المثقوبة [CA] socks with holes in them, holy socks
إطار مَثْقوب [CA] a punctured tyre
Phoney
Affected, fake
مِتصَنِّع، المؤنث: مِتصَنّْعَة
ما بْتِفْتِكِر إِنَّو لَهْجِتْهَا مِتْصَنَّعَة [S] Don’t you think her accent is put on?
Fraternal
أَخَوِيّ
Arabised
مُتَعَرِّب
Become big
كِبْران
Asian
أَسيَوي، المؤنث: أَسيَوِيِّة
Variable, uneven
مِتْفَاْوِت
إِنْتَاْجَو مِتْفَاْوِت بِالجُّوْدِة [S] His works are of uneven quality
ما فِينَا نْحَافِظ على ثَبَاتِ الأَسْعَار لَإِنَّو تَكَاْلِيْفْنَا (تَكَلِيْفْنَا) مِتْفَاوْتِة [S] We can’t hold the prices steady because our costs are variable,
المَشَارِيع (المَشَرِيْع) مِن هالشِّكِل عَادَةً بِتْلاقِي نَجَاح مِتْفَاوِت [S] Projects of this sort usually meet with variable success
Having lost weight
نَحَفَاْن
Ready, all set, prepared
مْتْحَضِّر
أَنَا مِتْحَضِّر لَأَسْوَأ شِي [S] I’m prepared for the worst
أَنَا مِتْحَضِّر لَحَيَالله شِي [S] I’m ready for anything
كِنَّا مِتْحَضّْرِيْنِ نْرُوْح عَ السِيْنَمَا [S] We were all set to go to a movie
Naturalised
مُتَجَنِّس
Associate
مِنْتِسِب
هِنِّة أَعْضَاء مِنْتِسْبِين بِالنَّادِي [V] They are associate members of the club,
Persevering
صَامِد، ج صَامدِيْن، المؤنث: صَامدِة
مُثَاْبِر
Soaked
مَنْقُوْع
Womanly, female, woman’s, women’s (in compounds);
(also: womanish, effeminate, depending on context);
أُنْثَوِيّ
Poisonous, venomous
مُسِمّ / مْسَمّ، ج مُسَمِّيْن / مْسَمِّيْن
سَاْمّ
هَا الحَيِّة مُش مُسِمِّة [P] that snake is not poisonous
غَاز سَامّ [S] poison gas
Feverous
مْسَخَّن / مْصَخَّن، ج مْسَخَّنِيْن / مْصَخَّنِيْن
سَخْنَان
هُوَ مْسَخّن [E.G.] he’s feverish
إِنْتَ مَرِيض ومْسَخَّن [G] You are sick and running a temperature.
حَاسِس حالَو سَخْنَاْن [S] He feels feverish
Relative, proportional, comparative
نِسبي
الِـمْخَطَّطِ البَيَانِي عَم يْوَرْجِي التَّوْزِيعِ النِّسْبِي لَتَسَاقُطِ الأَمْطَار [S] The graph shows the proportional distribution of rainfall
كِلّْ شِي بِالدِّنْيِة نِسْبِي [S] Everything in life is relative
نِسْبِيًّا [S] relatively
نِسْبِيًّا هُوِّ زْغِير [S] He’s relatively young,
عايْشِينِ بْرَفَاهَة نِسْبِيِّة [S] They live in comparative comfort
Deceitful
خَدَّاْع
Coalition
اِئْتِلَاْفِي
حْكُوْمِة اِئْتِلافِيِّة مِمْكِن تِجْلِبِ الاِسْتِقْرار لَهَالِبْلاد [S] A coalition government may bring stability to the country.
Accepting
مُتَقَبِّل
قَبلَان
طَيِّب، أَنَا قَبلَان [P] fine, I accept
Clientelist
زبائني
Last, final, latest
أَخِيْر
نِهَاْئِي
آخْرَاْنِي
آخِر، ج أَوَاْخِر
آخِر + نكرة
آخِر وَاحَد [P] the last one
آخِر مَرَّة [P] the last time
هِيِّة آخِر واحْدِة تَرْكِت [S] She was the last to leave
نَاْوِلْنِي الِكْتَابِ الآخْرَانِي / آخِر كْتَاب مْنِ الرَّفِّ الفَوْقَاْنِي [S] Hand me the last book on the upper shelf
قَبْلِ الآخْرَاْنِي [S] next to the last
بِتْلَاقِيْهَا عَ الصَّفْحَة قَبْلِ الآخْرَانِيِّة [S] You’ll find it on the next to the last page,
سْمِعْت نَشْرِةِ الأَخْبَارِ الأَخِيْرِة = سْمِعْت نَشْرِةِ الأَخْبَارِ الأَخِيْرِة الآخْرَانِيِّة [S] Have you heard the late news?
حْصَانِي طِلِعِ الآخْرَاْنِي [S] My horse ran last
البَيْتِ الأَخرَاني في الشَارِع [P] the last house in the street; {‘il-bētᴵ-l-ʔaḵrāny fy-š-šāreʕ}
الأَخرَانِيِّيْن في الصَفّ [P] the last people in the line
في المُدِّة الأَخِيْرِة [P] of late, in the last period; {fy-l-mudde-l-ʔaḵīre}
أَخِيْرًا [V] at last, finally; { ʔaḵīran˜}
أَخِيْرًا رَاحُوا [P] they’ve finally left!; { ʔaḵīran˜ rᾱḥu}
أَخِيرًا وْصِلْنَا [S] Here we are at last
أَخِيْرًا وَلَيْسَ آخِرًا بْرِيد اْشِيْر لَ [S] last but not least I’d like to mention the fact that…
سْمِعْت نَشْرِةِ الأَخْبَارِ الأَخِيْرِة = سْمِعْت نَشْرِةِ الأَخْبَارِ الأَخِيْرِة الآخْرَانِيِّة [S] Have you heard the late news?
هَايّ الِـمْحاضْرَة الأَخِيْرِة = هايّْ آخِرِ مْحَاضَرَة [S] This is the final lecture
Constipated
مُمْسِك
Arms folded
مِتكَتِّف
وَقَّف مِتكَتِّف جَنبِ (جَمْب) البَاب [P] he stood beside the door with his arms folded; {waqqaf mitkattef jamb / janbᴵ-l-bāb}
تْكَتَّفُوا [P] fold your arms
Packed in, crammed in
مَزْرُوْك
البَيْت مَزْرُوْك بَيْن بِنَايْتَيْن [S] The house is hemmed in between two tall buildings
كِنَّا مَزْرُوْكِين مِتْلِ السَّرْدِين [S] We were packed in like sardines,
Disguised
مِتْنَكِّر
ما عْرِفْتَو بْتَنَكّْرَو = ما عْرِفْتَو وْهُوِّ مِتْنَكِّر [S] didn’t recognize him in his disguise
Individual
فَردي، المؤنث: فَردِيِّة
هَاي قَضِيِّة فَردِيِّة [P] this is an individual case; {hāy ʠɑḍiyye fardiyye}
مِنعَالجُو بْشَكِل فَردي [P] we’re treating him individually
Ivory
عَاْجِي
Heart
قَلْبِي
نَوْبِة قَلْبِيِّة [S] heart attack
سَكْتِة قَلْبِيِّة [S] heart failure
Stimulating
مُنَبِّه
القَهوِة فِيْهَا مَادِّة مُنَبِّهَة [P] coffee has a stimulant in it; {‘il
Dented
Crooked, bent out of shape
مَطْعُوْج
الِغْلَاْف كِلَّو مَطْعُوْج [S] The cover is bent out of shape.
هَالدَّبُّوْس مَطْعُوْج [S] This pin is crooked
البِرْنَيْطَة كِلَّهْا مْطَعْوَجِة [S] The hat’s all out of shape
Pornographic
إِبَاحي، المؤنث: إِبَاحِيِّة
أَفلَام اِبَاحِيِّة [P] pornographic films
Surprising, astonishing; (also striking, curious, odd)
عَجِيْب، المؤنث: عَجِيْبِة
مِدْهِش
شُوْ قِصَّة مِدِهْشِة [S] What an astonishing story
شُو فِي مِدْهِشِ بْهالشَّغْلِة يَعْنِي [S] What’s so remarkable about it?
فِي شَبَه مِدْهِش بَيْنِ التّْنَيْن [S] There’s a striking resemblance between the two
لِسَّا فِي عَدَد مِدْهِش مْنِ النِّسْوَان إِمِّيِّيْن [S] A surprising number of the women are still illiterate
حَكَى لِي حْكِايِة مِدِهْشِة [S] He told me an amazing story
خَبَر مُدهِش [P] an astonishing piece of news; {ḵɑbɑr
هَادَا إِشي عَجِيْب [P] that’s a surprising thing! (i.e. that’s surprising / wonderful); {hāda ʔišy ʕajīb}
مُو شِي عَجِيب إِنَّك تْلَاقِيه بِالبَارَات مِن عَنْدْ على بِكْرَا [S] It’s not uncommon to find him in a bar early in the morning,
هاي طَرِيْقَة عَجِيْبِة بِتعالِج فِيْهَا الـمَسْأَلِة [S] That’s an odd way of looking at the problem
Having happened, occurred, taken place
صَاْيِر، ج صَاْيْرِيْن، المؤنث: صَاْيْرَة
شُو صايِر لَك [V] what happened to you?
Unsteady, wobbly;
(if used to describe a person, often refers to their walk or gait);
مْقَلقَز، ج مقَلقَزِيْن
وَاحَدِ مْقَلقَز، يَعني بيْمشِيْش مِتوَازِن [P] an unsteady person, meaning he is not walking in a balanced way; {wāḥadᵉ mºqalqaz، yaʕny byºmšīš mitwāzen}
إِشي مْقَلقَز، يَعني مُش مَخطُوْط بِ التَوَازُن [P] something unsteady, meaning it has not been placed down in a balanced way; { ʔišy mºqalqaz، yaʕny muš mɑḵṭūṭ bi-t-tawāzon}
الطَنجَرَة مْقَلقَزِة [P] the pot is unsteady / wobbly;
Spherical
كِرَوِي
Blurred, blurry, indistinct, fuzzy
مْغَبِّش، المؤنث: مْغَبّْشِة
طِلِعِ مْغَبِّش [P] it didn’t come our clearly, it came out fuzzy (e.g. a photo); {ṭileʕᵉ mºġabbeš}
الصُوْرَة مْغَبّْشِة [P] the picture is fuzzy
Conclusive, decisive
قَاطِع، المؤنث: قَاطعَة
هَادَا دَلِيْل قَاتِعِ اْنُّو [P] this is conclusive evidence that…; {hāda dalīl ʠᾱteʕᴵ ‘ºnno}
الِحْكُوْمِة طالَعِت تَكْذِيْب قاطِع [S] The government issued a categorical denial
بْصُوْرَة قاطْعَة [S] categorically
Numbered, counted
مَعْدُوْد
إِيَّامَو مَعْدُوْدِة [S] His days are numbered
كِلّ واحِد مَعْدُود زَلَمِة كانِ هْنِيك [S] everybody who’s anybody was there
Continuous (e.g. numbering, events) chain (reaction, of events), serial, sequential
مُتَسَلْسِل
تَفَاعُل مُتَسَلْسِل [CA] chain reaction
Permitted, authorised
مَأْذُوْن فِيه
هايّ تَرْجَمِة مَأْذُوْن فِيْهَا لِلِكْتَاب [S] Is this an authorized translation of the book
Exalted, lofty, sublime
سَامي، المؤنث: سَاميِة
هَادَا لَهَدَف سَامي [P] it is for a lofty objective; {hāda lahadaf sāmy}
لَمَّا بيْفَكِّر عَلَى إِشي سَامي [P] when he got his mind on higher things; {lamma byºfakker ʕala ʔišy sāmy}
أَفكَار سَاميِة [P] sublime thoughts
Integrated
مُندَمِج، ج مُندَمْجِيْن
هِنِّ مُندَمْجِيْن في مُحِيْطهِن [P] [P, G] they are integrated into their environment
Composed, poised, solemn
رَزِيْن
قَدَّمِ لْنَا تَقْدِير رَزِين لَحَالِتْنَا [S] He gave us a sober appraisal of our situation
شِ بَك؟ هَيْئْتَك رَزِينِ اليَوْم [S] What’s the matter with you? You look so solemn
بِقِي رَزِين طُوْلِ الِـمْحاكَمِة [S] He remained composed during the whole trial
Of or related to taxation (adjective)
ضَرِيْبِي
إعفاء ضريبيّ [E] forgiving of taxes
Approaching, near
قَرْبَاْن
تَجْدِيْد اِشْتِرَاكِي قَرْبَاْن [S] The renewal of my subscription is coming up
Spontaneous, automatic
تِلقَائي، ج تِلقَائِيِّة
بْيِعمِلهَا بْشَكِل تِلقَائي [P] he does it spontaneously; {bºyeʕmelha bºšakᵉl tilʠᾱʔÁy}
مُظَاهَرَات تِلقَائِيِّة [P] spontaneous demonstrations; {muẓᾱhɑrᾱt tilʠᾱʔÁiyye}
صَلَا تِلقَائِيِّة مُش رُوْتِيْن [P] a spontaneous prayer, not a routine (prayer); {ṣɑlɑ tilʠᾱʔÁiyye muš rūtīn}
تِلقَائِيًّا [P] spontaneously, automatically
Bad, shitty, cruddy
Tarmacked
مْزَفَّت
حظّ مْزَفِّت [L] crappy luck, bad luck;
Gastric
مِعْدِي
عُصَارَة مِعْدِيِّة [S] Gastric juice
Deflated
مْنَفِّس
العَجَلِ مْنَفِّس [P] the tire is flat (passive participle giving meaning of perfective aspect, i.e. the air has already gone out and the tire is no deflated);
Republican
جَمْهُوْرِي، ج جَمْهُوْرِيِّيْن
Tight, pulled taut
مَشدُوْد، المؤنث: مَشدُوْدِة
الحَبِل مَشْدُوْدِ كْتِير [S] The rope is too tight.
خَلّي الخَيْط مَشدُوْدِ شْوَيّ [P] keep the rope a bit taut; {ḵally-l-ḵēṭ mašdūdᵉ šºwayy}
اْلِقْمَاش لَازِم يْكُوْن مَشدُوْد [P] I pressured him to eat; {‘ºlᵉqºmāš
Tattooed
مْوَشَّم
Insulted
بالإهانة
حسيت بالإهانة
Clogged up
مَسْطُوْم
بُوْرِي الصَّوْبَة كان كِلَّو مَصْطُوْم [V] The stovepipe was all choked up.
Chosen
مُختَار، ج مُختَارِيْن، المؤنث: مُختَارَة
[S] مِخْتَاْر، ج مِخْتَاْرَاْت
Untied, undine
Dislocated (said of a limb)
مَفْكُوْك
فَرْدِة صَبَّاطِي مَفْكُوْكِة [S] My shoe is untied
إِيْدي مَفكُوْكِة [P] my wrist is dislocated
Waste (adjective)
عَاْدِم
الغَاز العادِم [CA] exhaust gas
المِيَاه العادِمَة [CA] sewage, waste water
مِياه عادِمة [CA] waste water
Multi-faceted
مُتَشَعِّب
• النقاش مُتَشَعِّب وصَعب نوصل لَحلّ. • Pronunciation: el-niʾāsh mutashaʿʿib w ṣaʿb nūṣal la-ḥall. • Meaning: “The discussion is complex, and it’s hard to reach a solution.”
