Arabic Flashcards

1
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في غضون + مصدر

A

in the course of, during, within (a period of time)

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2
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حَاْشِيَة

A

entourage
retinue
court

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3
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خَطَاْ
يخطو

A

to proceed
to advance
to progress

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4
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مَنَاْر / مَنَاْرَة، ج مَنَاْوِر / مَنَاْئِر

A

lighthouse
minaret
beacon
marker
landmark

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5
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جُرْأَة / جَرَاْءَة

A

courage
boldness
daring
nerve

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6
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وَاْظَبَ على

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to do regularly
to persevere
to take pains to

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7
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في أَرْجَاْءِ

A

inside
within
everywhere in
throughout

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8
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ضَاْقَ ذَرْعًا بِ

A

be fed up with
be tired of
feel uneasy about
be oppressed by

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9
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بَاْعِث، ج بَوَاْعِث

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incentive
motive
reason
cause

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10
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تَقْرِيْظ، ج تَقْرِيْظَاْت / تَقَاْرِيْظ

A

praise, commendation

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11
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بَقْعَة، ج بُقَع / بِقَاْع

A

place
spot
site

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12
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نَسِيْم، ج نِسَاْم / نَسَاْئِم

A

breeze
gentle wind

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13
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صَبًا (الصَبَاْ)، ج أَصْبَاْء / صَبَوَاْت

A

east wind (feminine noun)

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14
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زُهَاْء

A

roughly
some
approximately

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15
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بويِعَ بالخِلافة

A

allegiance was pledged to him as the Caliph

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16
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حِصْن، ج حُصُوْن

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fortress
castle
citadel
stronghold
bastion

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17
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وَلَّى، يُوَلِّي، تَوْلِيَة

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to appoint as manager, director, administrator, governor, or ruler

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18
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اِرْتَحَلَ

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to set out, leave, depart

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19
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عَاْمِل ج عُمَّاْل

A

governor, vicegerent

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20
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دَوَّخَ

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to conquer, subjugate

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21
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اِسْتَنْقَصَ

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to find decreased, deficient, short, defective, incomplete, imperfect, inferior

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22
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مُخْصِب

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fertile

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23
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زَاْهِد، ج زُهَّاْد

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ascetic

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24
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مَحْرَس، ج مَحَاْرِس

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guardhouse

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25
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مَنْزِلَة، ج مَنَاْزِل

A

degree, grade, rank
position, status, standing

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26
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أَشْكَلَ على

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to be dubious, ambiguous, obscure, intricate, difficult for

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27
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أَشْفَقَ، يشفق، إشفاق على

A

to feel pity for
to have compassion for
to sympathize with

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28
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سُنَّة، ج سُنَن

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the Sunna of the Prophet, e.g., his sayings and doings
can also refer to customs and traditions more generally

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29
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إِثْم، ج آثام

A

sin, offense, misdeed, crim

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30
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عَمَل + [اسم]

A

government of

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31
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يَوْمَئِذٍ

A

(on) that day, then, at that time

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32
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بَاْيَعَ، يُبَاْيِع، مُبَاْيَعَة

A

to acknowledge as sovereign or leader

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33
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اِسْتِرَاْب، يَسْتَرِيْب، َاِسْتِرَاْبَة

A

to be in doubt, be skeptical (في = about)

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34
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تَبَيَّنَ ل

A

to be or become clear, intelligible, evident to

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35
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كَتَمَ، يَكْتُم، كَتْم / كِتْمَاْن

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to hide, conceal (ه = s.th., عن = from s.o.)

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36
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هَلَكَ، يَهْلِك، هَلْك / هُلْك / هَلَاْك / تَهْلُكَة

A

to perish

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37
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تَمَاْدَى، يَتَمَاْدَى، تَمَاْدٍ (التَمَاْدِي) في / ب / على

A

to persist, persevere

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38
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لا حَصْرَ له

A

no limit to, countless

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39
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طاعة

A

obedience

40
Q

النَهْيِ عن المُنْكَرِ

A

prevention of vice

41
Q

اِنْقَرَضَ

A

to become extinct
to die out

42
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فَتْح، ج فُتُوْح / فُتُوْحَاْت

A

conquest
(has positive connotations. Generally this is only used to by Muslims to refer to the conquering of the Middle East)

43
Q

سَرَّحَ

A

to let go
to discharge
to grant leave

44
Q

لِثَاْم، ج لُثُم

A

veil, cover, wrapping

45
Q

ظَاْهِرِيَّة

A

Zahirism, theological school following the principle of literal interpretation of the Qur’an

46
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تَصْنِيْف، ج تَصَاْنِيْف

A

literary work, writing

47
Q

وَطْأَة

A

pressure
(the root of this has meanings of walking on s.th. or treading on s.th., so this is like putting pressure on s.th.)

48
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نَظَمَ، يَنْظِم، نَظْم / نِظَاْم

A

to render in poetry (ه = s.th.)

49
Q

نَاْزَلَ

A

to get into a fight, clash (ه = with s.o.)

50
Q

اِمْتَعَضَ

A

to be annoyed (على = by) be angry (من = at), resent (من = s.th.)

51
Q

ضَرِيْح، ج ضَرَاْئِح / أَضْرِحَة

A

grave, tomb, mausoleum

52
Q

قَيَّمَ

A

to rate according to value, evaluate, judge

53
Q

إِغْفَاْل، ج إِغْفَاْلَاْت

A

neglect, disregard, omission

54
Q

خَيْل، ج خُيُوْل

A

horses, horse (collective noun)

55
Q

ذَاْكَرَ، يذاكر، مذاكرة

A

to parley, negotiate, confer, have a talk, take counsel (ه = with s.o.)

56
Q

لِوَاْء، ج أَلْوِيَة / أَلْوِيَاْت

A

brigade

57
Q

سُرُوْر

A

joy, happiness, delight, pleasure, gladness, cheer

58
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غَاْرَة، ج غَاْرَاْت

A

attack (على = on)

59
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مُنَاْوَشَة، ج مُنَاْوَشَاْت

A

skirmish

60
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ظَاْهِر، ج ظَوَاْهِر

A

outskirts, periphery

61
Q

اِنْهَزَمَ

A

to be defeated, be routed, be put to fligh

62
Q

صِهْر

A

relationship by marriage

63
Q

مُرْتَكَز

A

pillar

64
Q

نَاْشِئَة

A

youth, rising generation

65
Q

مَوْطِن العِبْرَةِ

A

the salient point, the crucial point

66
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دَسِيْسَة، ج دَسَاْئِس

A

intrigue, machination, scheme, plot

67
Q

كانَ قَلَمُهُ سَيّالاً

A

he was a skilled writer, he wrote copiously

68
Q

جَدِيْر، ج جَدِيْرُوْن / جُدَرَاْء

A

worthy, worth, deserving (ب = of s.th.)

69
Q

صبّ جامَ الغضب

A

he poured out all of his anger, vented his anger

70
Q

ثِقَة، ج ثِقَاْت

A

trustworthy person, trusted agent, informant, reliable authority or source

71
Q

شَنَقَ، يَشْنُق، شَنْق

A

to hang (ه = s.th., or s.o. on the gallows)

72
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فَتَكَ، يَفْتُك / يَفْتِك، فَتْك

A

to assassinate, murder, slay, kill (ب = s.o.), destroy, annihilate (ب = s.th.)

73
Q

مَدَنِيَّة

A

civilization

74
Q

إِبَاْدَة

A

annihilation, extermination, eradication, extirpation

75
Q

تَنْصِيْر

A

baptism, Christianization, conversion to Christianity

76
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خَرَجَ، يَخْرُج، خُرُوْج على

A

to rebel, revolt (على = against)

77
Q

خَفَى، يَخْفِي

A

to hide, conceal (ه = s.th.)

78
Q

عَذَاْب، ج عَذَاْبَاْت / أَعْذِبَة

A

pain, torment, suffering, agony, torture

79
Q

هَزَمَ، يَهْزِم، هَزْم / هَزِيْمَة

A

to put to flight, rout, vanquish, defeat (ه = the enemy)

80
Q

رُكْبَة، ج رُكَب / رُكْبَاْت

A

knee

81
Q

وَضَعَ السُمَّ في الدَسَمِ = دَسَّ السُمَّ في الدَسَمِ

A

to offer s.th. harmful in an attractive

82
Q

جَيْش عَرَمْرَم

A

a numerous huge army

83
Q

اذا جد الجد

A

when push comes to shove

84
Q

جَفَاْف

A

dryness

85
Q

تَنْسِيْق

A

ordering, arraying

86
Q

زِمَام الأَمْرِ

A

reins of power

87
Q

مُقْفِر

A

empty, bleak, forsaken, forlorn, deserted, lifeless, uninhabited, uninhabitable, depopulated, deserted, devastated, desolate, waste

88
Q

طَبْع، ج طِبَاْع/ أَطْبَاْع

A

natural disposition, temper, nature, character (of s.o. or s.th.)

89
Q

تَكَهَّنَ

A

to predict, foretell, presage, prophesy (ب = s.th.)

90
Q

فِدْيَة، ج فِدَيَاْت / فِدًى

A

ransom (money), redemption money

91
Q

تَنَزَّلَ

A

to lower o.s., stoop, condescend (إلى = to s.th.)

92
Q

ثَبَّتَ، يثبّت، تثبيت

A

to prove guilty, convict (على = a defendant)

93
Q

شَهُمَ، يَشْهُمُ، شَهَاْمَة

A

to be / become courteous, chivalrous

94
Q

حَيّاك اللهُ

A

may God grant you a long life, God keep you

95
Q

رَضَخَ ل

A

to yield, bow, give in, acquiesce, subordinate o.s., submit (ل = to s.o., to s.th.)

96
Q

تَبَاكَى، يَتَبَاكَى، تَبَاْكٍ (التَّبَاكِي)

A

to pretend to cry, to fake cry

97
Q

خَدّ، ج خُدُوْد

A

cheek