Al Kitaab Glossary 4 Flashcards
to concede (a point). accept (a decision)
سلّم بـ
to be correct
صحّ
to tell the truth. be sincere
صدق
to worship
عبد
to suppose. assume
افترض بأنّ
to be affected. moved by (emotionally)
انفعل بـ
to stand up to. resist. struggle against
قاوم
to be satisfied with. contented with
اكتفى بـ
to cite (s.t.) as an example or proverb
ضرب مثلاً
to exist
وجد
to embody
جسّد
to have feelings of
أحسّ بـ
to hold s.o. accountable for
حاسب على
to plan for
خطّط لـ
to be hidden (from)
اختفى عن
to create
خلق
to dance
رقص
to distort. disfigure
شوّه
to persevere. remain steadfast
صمد
to sacrifice
ضحّى بـ
to seek the help of s.t./s.o. against s.o./s.t
استعان بـ على
to worry. be nervous about
قلق من
to damn
لعن
to win. be victorious. achieve victory
انتصر على
to escape. flee
هرب
to import
استورد
to shake. to shake up. move emotionally
هزّ
to write. compose (music. etc)
ألّف
to give. bring (formal)
آتى
to take the place of
حلّ محلّ
to put s.t. in the place of
أحلّ
to cooperate with
تعاون مع
to view. eye
عاين
to possess. own
امتلك
to grant. bestow. award
منح
to create. bring into existence. find
أوجد
to broadcast
بثّ
to smile
ابتسم
to scatter. strew about
بعثر
to guard. watch over
حرس
to answer. reply to
ردّ على
to be satisfied. pleased with
رضي عن
to fall. tumble
سقط
to prevail. be dominant. be sovereign
ساد في
to complain about
شكا من
to hold (e.g.. a meeting)
عقد
to become jealous of
غار من
to corrupt. ruin. spoil
أفسد
to explain. interpret
فسّر
to hate. despise
كره
to earn. win. gain
كسب
to cost
كلّف
to prevent. forbid
منع
to be lacking
نقص
to contradict (each other)
تناقض مع
to consume
استهلك
to neglect. ignore
أهمل
to become mired in. stuck in
تورّط في
to invade. raid
غزا
to show s.th. to s.o.
أرى ـه ـه
to ignore. feign ignorance of
تجاهل
to rush into
اندفع لـ\إلى
to retreat. fall back. fall behind
تراجع
to personify. to diagnose
شخّص
for the sake of
من أجل
on the pretense/pretext that
بحجّة أنّ
within. among
ضمن
automatically. spontaneously
بشكل تلقائيّ
whatever. no matter what or how much
مهما
whereas
في حينِ (أنّ)
in terms of. regarding
من حيثُ
despite
بالرّغم من/على الرغم من (ف / فإنّ)
nonetheless. nevertheless. in spite of that
ومع ذلك (فَ / فإنّ)…
moreover
وفوقَ هذا (ذلك) كلّهِ (ف/فإنّ)
only
وحسب
throughout
طيلة
in general
عموماً
in return
بالمقابل
by means of. with the aid of
بواسطة
especially
ولاسيّما
uselessly. to no avail. in vain
عبثاً
between quotes
بين قوسين
for free
مجّاناً
simply
ببساطة
nonexistence
العدم
break of relations. estrangement
قطيعة
being
الكينونة
a being
كائن
the ideal. model. role model
المثل الأعلى
evening (of cultural event)
أمسية
precentage. ratio
نسب
publishing house
دار نشر
critic
ناقد
antithesis
نقيض
pain
ألم
desert or countryside
بادية
bedouin. nomad
بدويّ
figurative use of language
مجاز
decline. decadence
انحطاط
enthusiasm. zeal
حماسة
taste. good manners
ذوق
ladder. staircase
سلّم
conscience. pronoun
ضمير
hindrance. obstacle
عقبة
purpose. aim. theme or topic
غرض
adventure
مغامرة
curiosity
فضول
poem. ode
قصيدة
requirement. necessity. need
مقتضى
measure. standard. gauge. criterion
مقياس
epic (lit.)
ملحمة
tune
لحن
material
مادّة
joy. glee. exuberance
مرح
festival
مهرجان
prose
النثر
star
نجم
Arabic grammar. syntax
النحو
copy
نسخة
beast. wild animal. monster
وحش
benefit. favor
فضل
kinsfolk. tribe. people
قوم
man. person
امرؤٌ
livestock. cattle. etc.
الماشية
loyalty to
الوفاء لـ
foundations of one’s heritage
أصول
women
النسوة
paper. leaves
ورق
fire
حريق
step. stride. pace
خطوة
wind
ريح
poison
سمّ
silence
صمت
privilege. benefit
امتياز
nation
أمّة
merchant. trader
تاجر
narrator
راوٍ
tale. epic. story
سيرة
source. primary resource
مصدر
slave
عبد
introduction
مقدّمة
sleeping
نائم
order. imperative
أمر
mule
بغل
butcher
جزّار
genie
جنّيّ
genies (coll. pl.)
الجنّ
story. tale
حكاية
magic. sorcery
سحر
bride
عروس
bed
فراش
kiss
قبلة
pride. honor
كرامة
dog
كلب
gift. donation
هبة
building
مبنى
goodness. quality
الجودة
character
طابع
phenomenon
ظاهرة
bridegroom
عريس
factor
عامل
rule
قاعدة
being
الكون
house. residence
منزل
establishment. institution
منشأة
front. façade
واجهة
mark. vestige. trace
أثر
goods. merchandise
بضاعة
reward from God
ثواب
clothes
ثياب
foreign community
جالية
civilization
حضارة
wine
خمر
corner. pillar. cornerstone
ركن
wedding celebration
زفاف
path. way. public drinking fountain
سبيل
soap
صابون
health
صحّة
(social) class
طبقة
scent. perfume
عطر
announcement. commercial. advertisement
إعلان
architecture
فنّ العمارة
community of a religious denomination
ملّة
cleanliness. tidiness
نظافة
sample. model. type
نموذج
structure
بنية
infrastructure
البنية التحتيّة
income
مدخول
some day
ذات يوم
certain. particular
معيّن
dead
ميّت
to be abundantly available
توافر
elegant
أنيق
trite. banal. trivial
تافه
attractive
جذّاب
vulgar. low. base
منحطّ
close. intimate
حميم
neutral
محايد
high–class. refined
راقٍ
foolish. simpleminded. stupid. silly
سخيف
naive. simplehearted. unsophisticated
ساذج
very small. tiny
ضئيل
in hiding. latent. lying low
كامن
tangible. concrete
ملموس
rare
نادر
bold. courageous
جريء
loyal
وافٍ
present
حاليّ
imaginary
خياليّ
entertaining
مسلٍّ
next
مقبل
delightful. delicious
لذيذ
charitable. philanthropic
خيريّ
noticable. remarkable
ملحوظ
important
هامّ
fixed. firmly established. proven
ثابت
wonderful. awesome
رائع
luxurious. splendid
فاخر
farthest. maximum
أقصى
mature (ppl). ripe (food)
ناضج
clean. tidy
نظيف
abundant
وفير
primitive
بدائيّ
to be attached. fond of. to depend on
تعلّق بـ
to be or act superior to
تعالى على
no longer
لم يعد
to reclaim. take back
استعاد
to be corrupt. rotten
فسد
to recede. subside
انحسر
to be or become enthusiastic about
تحمّس لـ
to prevent. obstruct
حال دون
to intervene. interpose. come between
حال بين
to fear
خشي
to decline. deteriorate
تدهور
to taste
ذاق
to withdraw from
انسحب من
to leave. go away. refrain from
انصرف عن
to vanish. fade away into nothing
فني
to measure
قاس
to pronounce. speak. say aloud
نطق بـ
to breathe
تنفّس
to be hidden from
خفي عن
to go away. abate
زال
to live to an old age
عمّر
to live far from one’s homeland or people
اغترب
to dispense with. be able to do without
استغنى عن
to honor
كرّم
to extend (a hand)
مدّ
to consider. count (s.th. as)
حسب
to strike. to befall. to inflict injury upon
أصاب
to get. obtain
نال
to be angered by. displeased with
استاء من
to inherit
ورث
to be poisoned by
تسمّم بـ
to love passionately
عشق
to drown
غرق
to bring
أتى بـ
to begin
أخذ
to remain. let remain
أبقى
I heard that. news reached me that
بلغني أنّ
to spend the night
بات
to complete s.t.
أتمّ
to combine. link
جمع بين
Get out! Leave!
أخرج
to narrate. tell
روى
to add to
أضاف إلى
to be amazed by
أعجب بـ
to complete
أكمل
to move s.t.. to translate s.t.
نقل
to permit someone to
أذن لـ بـ
to order. give s.o. an order to
أمر بـ
to tell. relate (a story)
حكى
to save. rid. rescue (s.o.) from
خلّص من
to betray
خان
to hesitate
تردّد في
to put a spell on. to charm
سحر
to fall silent
سكت
to entertain
سلّى
to walk. march
سار
to become
صار
to laugh
ضحك
to drive out. dismiss. expel. evict
طرد
to rush. hurry
عجل
to be exposed to. to undergo
تعرّض لـ
to give
أعطى
to cover
غطّى
to be finished with. free of
فرغ من
to kiss
قبّل
to be able to
قدر على
to forget
نسي
to take revenge on
انتقم من
to give (as a gift). to grant
وهب
to take up. take on. adopt
اتّخذ
to build
بنى
to bathe
استحمّ
to overlap
تداخل
to relax
استراح
to be limited to
اقتصر على
to do a lot of
أكثر من
to live. lodge. room
نزل في
to pass on (news). relate. transmit to each other
تناقل
to seek (s.t.) as a goal
استهدف
to be important to. of concern to
همّ
to head in the direction of
اتّجه إلى
to possess as a characteristic. be described by
اتّصف بـ
to confirm. give assurance. emphasize
أكّد
to flourish
ازدهر
to be cured. healed. to recover
شفي
to join together. include
ضمّ
to announce
أعلن
to wash
غسل
to embark upon. give attention to
أقبل على
to mature. ripen
نضج
to provide in abundance. to make abundant
وفّر
to excavate. pull out
استخرج
to be centered in. concentrated on
تركّز في\على
of course. naturally
بالطبع
really
بالفعل
to be in his power to
بوسعه أن
Here I am!
ها أنذا
both
كلا
immediately
حالاً
by way of. by means of
عن طريق
on his way to
في طريقه إلى
no wonder
لا عجب
at that time
عندئذٍ
through. by means of
من وراء
across. through. by way of
عبر
quantity
كمّيّة
raw materials
الموادّ الأوّليّة
source. resource
مورد
newcomer. coming from abroad
وافد
well (oil or water)
بئر
iron (metal)
حديد
defect. flaw. imbalance
خلل
nanny. governess
مربّية
glass
الزجاج
chance. coincidence
صدفة
coincidence
مصادفة
harm. damage
ضرر
process. operation (med)
عمليّة
component. element. factor
عنصر
gap
فجوة
branch. sector
فرع
furnace. oven
فرن
proficiency. capability. competence
كفاءة
electricity
الكهرباء
land surface. area
مساحة
drainage. depletion. attrition
استنزاف
oil
نفط
skyscrapers (bldgs that ram clouds)
ناطحات سحاب
disaster
نكبة
development (esp economic)
التنمية
development. growth
النموّ
sense of belonging to
الشعور بالانتماء إلى
odd. peculiar. deviated
شاذّ
reverse. counter–
معاكس
prepared. ready for
مهيّأ لـ
to be lacking. to be devoid of
انعدم
to reflect. to reverse
عكس
to be reflected in
انعكس على
to interact with
تفاعل مع
to divide s.t.
اقتسم
to follow closely. catch up with. keep close to
لحق بـ
to enjoy
تمتّع بـ
to face. confront
واجه
to be characterized by
اتّسم بـ
to invest
استثمر
to crush. smash
حطّم
to be incorporated into. assimilated into
اندمج في
to destroy
دمّر
to raise. educate (a child)
ربّى
to throw. to aim it. intend
رمى
to accompany (s.o. or s.th.)
رافق
to drive
ساق
to be harmed by
تضرّر من\بـ
to apply s.t. to s.th.
طبّق على
to strengthen. reinforce
عزّز
to explode s.t.
فجّر
explosion
انفجار
to break. shatter. fracture
كسر
to be suitable for. to match
لاءم
to respond to. to fulfill
لبّى
to belong to. to be associated with
انتمى لـ\إلى
relatively
نسبيّاً
there is
ثمّة
by chance. by coincidence
بالصدفة
magazine. journal
مجلّة
feeling of being a stranger
الغربة
opportunity. chance
فرصة
article
مقالة
job. position
وظيفة
garden. yard
حديقة
public park
حديقة عامّة
bathroom
حمّام
swimming pool
حمّام سباحة
comfort. ease
راحة
dining (room)
السفرة
apartment
شقّة
kitchen
مطبخ
floor. story
طابق
room
غرفة
place
مكان
bay. the Gulf
الخليج
experience
خبرة
appropriate
مناسب
foreign
أجنبيّ
to come to
حضر الي
to attend
حضر
to return
رجع من\إلى
to desire. wish to
رغب في
I still. continue
ما زلت
to encourage someone to
شجّع على
to think that
ظنّ أنّ
it means
يعني
to fail
فشل في
to dismiss. fire
فصل
to settle down. become stable
استقرّ
to finish (something)
انتهى من
to find
وجد
to be in need of
احتاج إلى
to rent
استأجر
to leave
ترك
to happen
حدث
to mention. to recall
ذكر
to prepare. make ready
أعدّ
to receive. welcome
استقبل
to consist of. be made up of
تكوّن من
to hope. wish (for someone) to
تمنّى أن
to move to
انتقل إلى
finally
أخيراً
in front of. before
أمام
likewise. also
كذلك
previously. before
من قبل
behind
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