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.
National
Nationalist
قَوْمِي، ج قَوْمِيِّيْن
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.