Adjectives 8 Flashcards
Gradual
تَدْرِيْجِي
Obedient
مُطِيْع، ج مُطِيْعِيْن
Polarising
اسْتِقْطابيّ
Secure
مْؤَمَّن
ما حَدَا شَاعِرِ بْحَالَو مْؤَمَّن هالإِيَّام = ما حَدَا شَاعِرِ إِنَّو بْأَمَان هالإِيَّام [S] Nobody feels secure these days
وَظِيفْتَو بِالشِّرْكِة مْؤَمَّنِة [S] His position with the company is secure
مِسْتَقْبَلَو مْؤَمَّن [S] His future is secured,
Urban
مَدَنِي، ج مَدَنِيِّيْن
Religious, related to religion
دِيْنِي
Proportional, proportioned
مِتْنَاْسِب
مَهَارْتَو مِتْنَاسِب مَع خِبِرْتَو [S] His skill is proportional to his experience,
جِسْمَهْا مِتْنَاسِب تَمَام [S] Her figure is well proportioned
Rugged, rocky, bumpy, stoney
وِعِر
مِحْجِر
صَخْرِي
أَرض صَخرِيِّة [P] rocky ground, stony ground; { ʔɑrḍ ṣɑḵriyye}
مِلِح صَخْرِي، ج أَمْلَاح صَخْرِيِّة [S] rock salt
قَطَعْنَا قِطْعِة أَرَاضِي مِحِجْرَة [S] We crossed a stretch of stony terrain
Border, located on the border
حُدُوْدِيّ
Populated
مَعْمُوْر
مَسْكُوْن
البَيْت صَار لَو (صَرْ لَو) سْنِين مُو مَسْكُوْن [S] The house hasn’t been occupied for years
مَنطِقَة مَسكُوْنِة [P] populated area; {mɑnṭiqa maskūne}
Bounded, bordered (ب = by)
مَحْدُوْد
Parallel
مِتوَازي، ج مِتوَازْيِيْن
مْوَاْزِي
هَا الخَطَّيْن مِتوَازْيِيْن [P] these two lines are
parallel;
خَطِّ مْوَازِي، ج خْطُوْطِ مْوَازْيِة [S] a parallel line
اْرْسُم (رْسُوْم) خَطِّ مْوَازِي لَهالخَطّ [S] Draw a parallel to this line,
صَفَّيْتِ السَّيَّارَة بْشَارِعِ مْوَازِي [S] I parked the car in a parallel street
Discontinuous, flowing intermittently (e.g. electric current, also sleep)
مُتَقَطِّع
حَكَى بْصَوْت مِتْقَطِّع [S] He spoke in a halting voice
لَمبَا مَع ضَوّ مُتَقَطِّع [P] blinking light, blinker, indicator light (lamp with an intermittent light
Byzantine
بِيْزَنْطِي
Widespread, common
شَاْئِع
مِنْتِشِر
الإِشَاعَة مِنتِشرِة [P] the rumour is widespread
الخَبَر مِنتْشِر [P] the news is widespread
قَدَّيْش هَالفِكْرَة شَايْعَة [S] How widespread is this view?
هَادَا غَلَط شَايِع [P] that’s a common mistake
مَرَض شَائِع [P] a common illness / widespread illness;
هَادَا مَرَض شَائِع جِدًّا [P] this illness is very common / that’s a very widespread disease
خَطَأ شَائِع [P] a common mistake;
بِالأَوَّل بِدّي أَصَلِّح خَطَأ شَائِع في المُجتَمَع [P] first of all I want to fix a mistake common in the society
Indigenous, native
Civil (in the sense of civil war)
أَهْلِي
هَايِّة عادِة أَهْلِيِّة [S] That’s a native custom
Esoteric
Internal
باطِنِي
ما على أَثَرِ جْرُوْح باطْنِيِّة [S] He died of internal injuries
الأَمرَاضِ البَاطِنِيِّة [P] internal diseases, internal disorders
Everlasting, eternal, endless
أَبَدِي
الحَياة الأَبَديّة Eternal life
Occupied, taken
مَأْخُوْد
هالكِرْسِي مَأْخُوْد [S] Is this seat occupied?
Past, bygone, former, extinct (era, time period, used in the sense that the past has been completely destroyed)
بَاْئِد
العَرَب البَائِدَة the genuine Arabs of the past (who have become extinct);
العصر البائد the bygone era
النِظام الابائِد the former regime
العَهْد البائِد the pre-revolutionary period
Commercial, trade, business (used attributively)
تِجَاْرِي
Of or pertaining to the church, ecclesiastical
كَنَسي، ج ـِين
Inclined, tending, having a tendency (ل = to)
مَيَّال، ج مَيَّالِيْن
هُوِّ مَيَّال لَليَسَار [P] he’s got leftwing tendencies
Ruling
حَاْكِم، ج حِكَّاْم
شُو بْتِعْنِي بِالطَّبَقَة الحاكْمِة [S] What do you mean by the “ruling class”
Signed
مُمْضِي
Constitutional
دَسْتُوْرِي
Announced
مُعْلَن
Simultaneous
آنِي
هُوِّ مِمْتَاز بِالتَّرْجَمِة الآنِيِّة [S] He’s excellent in simultaneous translation
Completed, ready, finished
خَالِص، ج خَالصِيْن
لِسَّا مِش خَالِص [P] it’s not completed yet; {lissaå miš ḵᾱleṣ}
البَنطَلَوْن مُش خَالِص [P] the trousers aren’t finished; {‘il-bɑnṭɑlōn muš ḵᾱleṣ}
وِ الطَاولِة أَيْمتَى بِتكُوْن خَالصَة [P] and the table, when will it be done?
Kept, retained
Memorised
Saved (said of a file, data, etc.)
Ensured, secured, safeguarded
مَحفُوْظ
المَعلُوْمَاتِ المَحفُوْظَة عَلَى القَرص [P] the data saved on the hard disk
Pressing, urgent, rushed
مِستَعجَل، ج مِستَعجَلِيْن،
حَالِة مِستَعجَلِة [P] an urgent case, an emergency case; {ḥāle mistaʕjale}
عَمَلِيِّة غَيْر مُستَعجَلِة [P] a non-urgent operation; {ʕamaliyye ġēr mustaʕjale}
عَنْدِي مَوْعِد مِسْتَعْجَل [S] I have a pressing appointment
شَغْلِة مِسْتَعْجَلِة [S] rush job
فِي تَعْمِلْ لِي شَغْلِة مِسْتَعْجَلِة [S] Can you do a rush job for me?
عَنْدِي طَلَب مِسْتَعْجَل [S] I have an urgent request
هالشِّي كْتِير مِسْتَعْجَل [S] Is it very urgent?
Manipulative
مِتْلَاْعِب، ج مِتْلَاْعِبِيْن
Alleged, so-called, supposed
مَزْعُوْم
مُفْتَرَض
Experienced
مْجَرِّب، ج مْجَرّْبِيْن
إِمِّكِ مْجَرّْبِة أَكتَر مِنِّك [P] your mother is more experienced than you; { ʔimmekᵉ mºjɑrrºbe ʔaktɑr minnek}
إِسأَلِ مْجَرِّب وَلَا تِسأَل حَكِيْم [P] proverb: ask the patient (the one how has first hand experience), not the doctor; { ʔisʔ¡alᵉ mºjɑrreb wala tisʔ¡al ḥakīm}
بْيِبْقَى مْجَرَّب (مْگَرَّب) بْتِيجِي بِتْبَوّْسُه، بِقٔول لك (بْئِلَّك) خَلَاص. [L] Even if a guy is sick, you kiss him.
Offensive
هُجُوْمِي
الِبْلَاد صَارْ لَهْا (صَرْ لَا) كَم شَهِر تِدَّخِر أَسْلِحَة هُجُوْمِيِّة [S] The country has been stockpiling offensive weapons over the past few months.
Defensive
دِفاعِي
Revolting, foul
كَرِيْه
رِيْحِتَهْا كَرِيْهَة [S] It has an offensive odor
مْنَيْن جَايِة هالرِّيْحَة الكَرِيْهَة [S] Where does that foul smell come from?
Neglected
مُهمَل، ج مُهمَلِيْن
Invested, profit earning (money, capital)
مُسْتَثْمَر
Hereditary
وِرَاْثِي
Developmental
نَمَاْئِيّ
تَنْمَوِيّ
Institutional
مُؤَسَّسيّ
Balanced
مِتوَازِن
الأَعجَال مِتوَازْنِيْن / اْلِعجَال مِتوَازْنِة [P] the wheels have been balanced; {‘il-ʔaʕjāl mitwāzºnīn / ‘ºlᵉʕjāl mitwāzºne}
الحِمِل مِتوَازِن [P] the load is balanced (equally distributed);
Probable, potential, likely
مِحْتَمَل
مْرَجَّح
مْرَجَّح هادا [S] That’s likely
مُو مِحْتَمَل = بْعِيْد عَنِ الاِحْتِمَاْل [S] improbable
مُو مِحْتَمَل تْرُوْح لَحَالَهْا [S] It is improbable that she will go alone,
مُو مِحْتَمَل يِجِي مِن هَلَّق وْرَايِح [S] It’s not likely that he’ll come any more
بْتِعْتِقِد إِنَّو مِحْتَمَلِ تْمَطِّر [S] Do you think it’s likely to rain?
هادا تَطَوُّر مِحْتَمَل لازِمِ نْوَاجْهَو [S] This is a likely development we have to face
هالحِزِر مِحْتَمَل أَكْتَر [S] That’s a more likely guess
مِحْتَمَل أَكْتَر شِي هادا يَللي بِيْصِير = الأَرْجَح هادا يَللي بِيْصِير [S] This is what is most likely going to happen
أَحْسَن لَك تِعْتِبْرَو عَدُوّ مِحْتَمَل [S] You’d do well to consider him a potential enemy
بِيْجُوْز يْكُوْن مِمْكِن بَسّْ مُو كْتِير مِحْتَمَل [S] It might be possible, but it isn’t very probable
هادا مُو مِحْتَمَل أَبَدًا [S] That’s very unlikely
Marginalised
مُهَمَّش
Refused, rejected
مَرفُوْض
Justified, justifiable
مُبَرَّر
غَيْر مُبَرَّرٍ [CA] unjustified
إجْراءات غَيْر مُبَرَّرةٍ [CA] unjust measures
قَرارات غَيْر مُبَرَّرةٍ [CA] unjust decision
Hostile
عَدَاْئِي
مُعَادِي
أَعمَال عَدَائِيِّة [P] hostile actions, hostile behavior; { ʔaʕmāl ʕadāʔiyye}
ما لِي عَرْفَان لَيْش عَم تاخُد مَوْقِف هَيْك عَدَائِي [S] I don’t know why you take such a hostile attitude,
Postponed, delayed
مْؤَخَّر
المَهرِ المُؤَخَّر [P] the postponed bridal dower (which is paid either 1. after divorce, or 2. after the wife’s death, or 3. after a predetermined period of time) (this is often shortened to just المُؤَخَّر); {‘il-mahrᴵ-l-muʔ¨aḵḵar}
مُؤَخَّرًا [P] lately; {muʔ¨aḵḵaran˜}
بِالمِدِّة الأَخِيْرِة = مْؤَخَّرًا [S] lately, recently
مْؤَخَّرًا شِفْتَو = ما لِي زَمَان شِفْتَو [S] I saw him only recently.
مُؤَخَّرًا صَار فِيْه تَغَيُّر [P] lately there has been a change; {muʔ¨aḵḵaran˜ ṣᾱr fīᴴ taġayyor}
رِحْنَا عَ أُوْتال وْرْجِعْنا مْأَخَّرِين [L] we went to the hotel and returned late;
سَوري سَوري بْرَوفَيْسُور، جاي مْؤَخَّر، كان فِيه عَجْقِٔة سَيْر. [L] “Sorry, Professor, for being late. There was a traffic jam.”
Literal
حَرفي
لفظي
Reliable, trustworthy
مَوْثُوْق فِيه
مَوْثُوْق فِيها [S] trusted, authentic
شُو هالأَخْبَار مَوْثُوْق فِيها [S] Are the reports authentic?
حْصِلْتْ عَلَيْه مِن مَصْدَر مَوْثُوْق فِيه [S] I got it from a reliable source
الصَّانْعَة مَوْثُوْق فِيْهَا تَمَام [S] The maid is absolutely trustworthy
إِجِتْنِي مِن مَصْدَر مَوْثُوق فِيه [S] I have it from a trustworthy source
Consistent (مع = with)
مِتِّفِق
مِتْمَاْشِي
مَوِقْفَو مُو مِتِّفِق مَع سِيَاسِتْنَا = مَوِقْفَو ما بْيِتِّفِق / بْيِتْمَاشَى مَع سِيَاسِتْنَا [S] His attitude is not
consistent with our policy.
أَعْمَالُهْن مُو مِتْمَاشْيِة مَع مَصْلَحِة الِبْلَاد [S] Their actions are not compatible with the welfare of the country
Cultural
ثَقَاْفِي
Discovered
مُكتَشَف
Transplanted, implanted (medicine)
مَزْرُوْع
قَلْب مَزْرُوْع transplanted heart (medicine)
عُضْو مَزْروع a transplanted organ
Unilateral
Solitary, secluded
اْنْفِرَاْدِي
حَبِس اْنْفِرَادِي [S] solitary confinement
Present, in attendance, available, existing
مَوجُوْد، ج مَوجُوْدِيْن
حَاضِر، ج حَاضرِيْن
مُتَوَاْجِد
Brief, concise, shortened
مِخْتَصَر
ما فِي طَرِيقَة مِخْتَصَرَة بْتَعَلُّمِ اللُغَات [S] There’s no short cut in language learning
مِخْتَصَر مُفِيد [S] in short
مِخْتَصَر مُفِيد، ما فِينِي اِتْرِك قَبْلِ السَّبِت [S] In short, I can’t leave before Saturday.
تَرَك رِسَالِة مِخْتَصَرَة [S] He left a brief message
خَلِّيْنِي أَعْطِيك شَرِح مِخْتَصَر عَن هَللي بْبَالِي [S] Let me give you a brief outline of what have in mind,
Profitable, lucrative
مِرْبِح
عَنْدَو تِجَارَة مِرِبْحَة [S] He runs a lucrative business
التِّجَارَة مِرِبْحَة [S] Is it a profitable business?
عَمَل مِربِح [P] profitable work
Under arrest, arrested, held
مُعتَقَل، ج مُعتَقَلِيْن
حَاوَلت أَفهَم عَلَى أَيْش أَنَا مُعتَقَل [P] I tried to understand why I was under arrest
Interested, concerned
مِهْتَمّ
Daily
يِوْمِي
Monthly
شَهْرِي
Detailed, elaborate
مْفَصَّل
بِالتَّفْصِيْل = مْفَصَّلًا [S] in detail
عَن قَرِيْب لَحَ يِطْلَع تَقْرِيْرِ مْفَصَّل عَنِ الكَشِف [S] A detailed report of the survey will soon be published,
فِي رَسْمِ مْفَصَّل لِلْبَيْتِ بْمَكْتَبِي [S] A detailed drawing of the house is in my office,
وَصَفلِ لْنَا السَّفْرَة وَصْفِ مْفَصَّل [S] He gave us an elaborate description of the trip,
بَرنَامَجِ مْفَصَّل [P] a detailed program; {barnāmajᵉ mºfɑṣṣɑl}
تَقرِيْرِ مْفَصَّل [P] a detailed report; {tɑʠrīrᵉ mºfɑṣṣɑl}
خَارطَة مْفَصَّلِة [P] a detailed map
Prevailing, dominant
ساْئِد
هالرَّأْي سائِد بِالوَقْتِ الحاضِر [S] This opinion prevails at the moment
Disastrous, catastrophic
كَاْرِثِي
Counter, opposite, opposing
مْعَاْكِس
اْقتِرَاح مُعَاكِس [P] counter proposal;
بِالاِتِّجَاهِ المُعَاكِس [P] [CA] in the opposite direction;
هُجُوْم مُعَاكِس [P] counter-attack;
Opposing
Opponent, antagonist, opposer
مُعَارِض
Posed, raised, presented
مطروح
ناقَشَ السُؤالَ المَطْروحَ [CA] to discuss the question raised
Hanging, suspending
Jammed
Commentator
Pending
مْعَلِّق، ج مْعَلّْقِيْن
الڤِيْتَيْسِ مْعَلِّق [S] The gears are jammed
مُعَلِّقِ اْقتِصَادي [P] economic commentator
Immortal
خَاْلِد، ج خَاْلْدِيْن
كانِت لَحْظَة عَن حَقَا خالْدِة [S] It was a truly historic moment
المُتَنَبِّي يُعْتَبَر مْنِ الشِّعَرَا العَرَبِ الخالْدِين [S] Mutannabi is considered one of the immortal poets of the Arabs
Theoretical
نَظَرِي
Empirical
اِخْتِبَاْرِيّ
Isolated, secluded, remote
مِنِزوي
البَيْت مِنِزوي [P] the house is secluded
Successive, consecutive
مِتْتَاْبِع
مِتْوَاْلِي
مُتَلَاْحِق
مَتَعَاْقِب
مُتَلَاحِق الحَرَكَةِ [CA] in continuous motion
في أَيّامٍ مُتَلاحِقةٍ [CA] on consecutive days
حُكومات مُتَعاقِبة [CA] successive governments
نِسِي شَمْسِيْتَو تْلِتْةِ اْيَّام مِتْوالْيِة [S] He forgot his umbrella on three consecutive days
Stable (physically or mentally), settled, fixed
رَاكِز، ج رَاكزِيْن
الكُرسي مُش رَاكِز [P] the chair is not stable (i.e. it is wobbly); {‘il-kursy muš rākez}
هُوِّ بَعدُو مِش رَاكِز [P] he hasn’t settled down yet; {huwwe baʕdo miš rākez}
هالبَدْلِة مُو راكْزِة [S] This suit isn’t a good fit
Changeable, capricious, fickle, unpredictable, volatile
مِتقَلِّب، ج مِتقَلّْبِيْن
مِتْقَلِّب، ما لَو قَرَار [S] he blows hot one moment and cold the next,
هالنَّاحْيِة مِن الِبْلَاد جَوَّهْا شْوَيِّة مِتْقَلِّب [S] That part of the country has quite variable weather
الطَّقِس مِتْقَلِّبِ كْتِيرِ بْهالنَّوَاحِي [S] The weather is very changeable around here
طَبَعَهْا مِتْقَلِّب [S] She has a changeable
هِيِّة مِتْقَلّْبِة كْتِير [S] She’s a very fickle
طَبعُو مِتَقَلِّب [P] his nature is changeable / unpredictable; {ṭɑbʕo mitaqalleb}
فِيْه عِندنَا طَقس مِتْقَلِّب [P] our weather is (easily) changeable
Stationed
مْرَاْبِط
الِـمْرَابْطِين على طُوْل الِحْدُوْدِ الشّْمَالِيِّة عَم يِتْعَزَّز [S] The troops stationed along the northern border are being reinforced
Acknowledged
Accredited, recognized, accepted
مُعْتَرَف في
الجَّامْعَة (الگامْعَة) مُعْتَرَف فيها دَوْلِيًّا [G] The university is internationally accredited
Frequent, repeated
مِتْكَرِّر
مُكَرَّر
هايّْ غَلْطَة مِتْكَرِّرَهْا بِيْسَاوُوْهَا غَيْرِ العَرَب [S] It’s a frequent mistake that non-Arabs make
Involved, concerned, relevant
مَعْنِي
الجِهاتِ المَعْنِيَّة the authorities concerned
السَّيِّدِ المِعْنِي ما كانِ هْنِيك [S] The gentleman in question was not there,
Sporadic
مُتَفَرِّق
Stagnant, slack, dull, listless (market, season, etc.)
Selling badly, little in demand (merchandise)
On the shelf, not marriageable (said of a woman who cannot find a husband)
كَاْسِد
سوق كاسِدة [CA] a stagnant market
مَوْسِم كاسِد [CA] a slack season
اْلِبضَاعَة كَاسْدِة [P] the goods aren’t selling
البِنت كَاسْدِة [P] the girl is on the shelf / the girl is not marriageable;
Intorverted
“انطوائي” (intuwa’i)
- “هو شخص انطوائي وما بيحب الاختلاط كتير.”
(Huwe shakhs intuwa’i w ma byiḥibb el-ikhtilāṭ ktīr.)
— “He is an introverted person and doesn’t like socializing much.”- “بحس انطوائي أكتر لما بكون بمكان جديد.”
(Baḥiss intuwa’i aktar lamma bkoon bimakān jdeed.)
— “I feel more introverted when I’m in a new place.”
- “بحس انطوائي أكتر لما بكون بمكان جديد.”
Source (adjective)
مَصْدَريّ
كود مَصْدَريّ = شِفْرة مَصْدَريّة [CA] source code
Thrown out, dismissed, fired
مَطْرُوْد
Lame, limping, having a limp
أَعرَج، ج عُرُج، المؤنث: عَرجَا
بْيِظْهَر عَلَيْه أَعْرَج [S] He seems to be lame.
السِّيَّارَة عَرْجَا [L] the car is limping (i.e., severely damaged after an accident)
Bombed
مقصوف
Stimulated
محاكي
