Arabic 4 Flashcards
desert
صَحْراء
fast
سَريع
rich
غَنيّ
poor
فَقير
inexpensive/cheap
رَخيص
expensive (masc., fem.)
غالٍ,غالية
many/a lot
كَثير
week
أُسْبُوع(أَسَابِيع)
the past
الماضي
since, ago
مُنْذُ
today
الْيَوْم
now
الآن
to be
كان/يكون
to fly
طار/يطير
to sell
باع/يبيع
to say
قال/يقول
to visit
زار/يزور
to walk
مَشى/يَمشي
to throw
رَمى/يَرمي
to run
جَرى/يَجري
the world
العالَم
continent
قارّة(قَارَّات)
Africa
أَفْرِيقِيَا
Asia
آسِيَا
tower
بُرْج(أَبْراج)
field
حَقْل(حُقول)
building/structure
بِناء
sweet
حُلْو
important
هَامّ
more/most
أَكْثَر
better/best
أَفْضَل
car rental
اِسْتِئْجار السيّارات
actor
مُمَثِّل(مُمَثِّلون)
actress
مُمَثِّلة(مُمَثِّلات)
grandfather/grandmother
جَدّ/جَدّة
Saturday
(يَوْم)السَّبْت
Sunday
(يَوْم)الأحَد
Monday
(يَوْم)الاِثْنَيْن
Tuesday
(يَوْم)الثُلاثَاء
Wednesday
(يَوْم)الأَرْبِعَاء
Thursday
(يَوْم)الخَميس
Friday
(يَوْم)الجُمعَة
after
بَعْدَ
before
قَبْلَ
year
سَنَة(سَنوات)
20 years ago
مُنْذُ عشرين سنة
to go back/return
عاد/يَعود
to increase/go up (in price, etc.)
زاد/يَزيد
to complain
شَكا/يَشكو
good, virtuous
فاضِل
From p. 231. From root ف ض ل * (f-ḍ-l) “related to surplus, excess”. Not in WK
watermelon
بِطِّيخَة
army, military
جَيْش
pyramids
هَرَم (أَهْرام)
place, location; status
مَكَان (أَمْكِنَة)
square (open space in a town); field, sphere
مَيْدَان (مَيَادِين)
at that time
قي ذاك الوقت
used to study
كُنتُ أدرُس
education
التَعْليم
sport
الرِّياضَة
history
التَّاريخ
geography
الجُغْرافِيا
music
الموسيقى
mathematics
الرِياضيَّات
science
العُلوم
languages
اللُّغات
religious education
التَرِبية الدينيَّة
chemistry
الكيمياء
drawing/art
الرَسْم
Arabic (language)
العَرَبيّة
English (language)
الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة
lecture
مُحاضَرة (ات)
faculty/college
كُلِّيّة (كُلِّيّات)
From كُلّ (kull) “all, totality, everyone, everything”. Not etymologically related to English “college” (which is from Latin con- + lēgō (“appoint”))
library/bookshop
مَكْتَبة (مَكْتَبات)
professor/lecturer
أُسْتاذ (أَساتِذة)
medicine
الطَّبّ
From the root ط ب ب (ṭ-b-b). “forms words relating to curing, to medicine; forms words relating to treating someone gently”. See طَبَّ * (ṭabba) I “to treat medically”
engineering
الهَنْدَسة
law (academic study)
الحُقوق
minister
وَزير (وُزَرَاء)
ministry
وِزارة (وِزارات)
emir, prince
أَمير (أُمَراء)
emirate
إِمارَة (إِمارات)
ambassador
سَفير (سُفَرَاء)
embassy
سِفارة (سِفَارات)
president/chairman
رَئيس (رُؤَسَاء)
presidency/chair
رِئاسَة (رِئاسَات)
Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʾasa) (form I) “to be in charge, to preside”. From the root ر ء س (r-ʾ-s), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Cognate with Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rósh) and Aramaic רֵישָׁא (rēšā)
leader
زَعيم (زُعَماء)
From the root ز ع م (z-ʿ-m). Compare زَعَمَ “to claim; to pretend, assert; to impart one’s opinion”
leadership
زَعامة (زَعامات)
agent
وَكيل (وُكَلاء)
agency
وَكالة (وَكالات)
colleague/associate
زَميل (زُمَلاء)
colleagueship / fellowship / camaraderie
زَمالة (زَمالات)
manager
مُدير (مُدَراء)
Also “superintendent, boss, chief; (music) conductor”. From root د و ر * (d-w-r) “related to circling”. As adjective, active participle of أَدَارَ * (ʾadāra) IV “(of a business, company, organization, etc) to run, to manage, to govern, to operate; to make turn, to rotate, to spin, to revolve, to whirl; to turn around”. See دَارَ * (dāra) I “to turn, to revolve, to rotate”
the prime minister
رَئيس الوُزَراء
the Cabinet (council of ministers)
مَجْلِس الوُزَراء
the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
الإمارات العَرَبيّة المُتَّحِدة
advertising
الإِعْلان
From إِعْلَان * (ʾiʿlān) m “advertisement; announcement; publication”. Verbal noun of أَعْلَنَ (ʾaʿlana) (form IV). “to reveal to the public, to publish, to publicize; to announce; to indicate; to summon”. From the root ع ل ن (ʿ-l-n) “related to publicity”.
company (business)
شَرِكة (شَرِكات)
meeting
اِجْتِمَاع (اِجْتِماعات)
conference
مُؤْتَمَر (مُؤْتَمَرات)
Noun of place in the form of the passive participle of اِئْتَمَرَ (iʾtamara, “to deliberate”), from the root ء م ر (ʾ-m-r) “related to commanding or instructing”. Recall تَحت أَمْرَك “تَحت أَمْرَك” from Unit 12.
industry
الصِناعة
From صَنَعَ (ṣanaʿa, “to make, manufacture”), from the root ص ن ع (ṣ-n-ʿ) “related to building and designing”. Cognate “arsenal” from Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa).
health
الصِحَّة
From the root ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ) “forms words relating to health and truth”.
private
خاصّ
Also “special; particular; specific; designated; characteristic; distinguished; exclusive”. Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ) “related to things being or becoming special”
different
مُخْتَلِف
Derived from the active participle of اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa, “to differ”), from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f) “Having to do with change, difference, or transition.”. Compare خَلَفَ “to follow; to replace; to lag behind; to be detained”.
life
حَياة (حَيَوات)
From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), related to Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”, also a man’s name).
beginning
بِداية
the people (troop, band, tribe, nation)
الشَّعْب
From the root ش ع ب (š-ʿ-b). Compare شَعَبَ “to gather, unite; to mend; to disperse; to get separated; to leave one’s people; to appear”. Different root from Sabian (الصابئة).
worker
عامِل (عُمّال)
From ع م ل * (ʿ-m-l), “related to doing; related to working”
to begin
بَدَأ / يَبْدَأ
From the root ب د ء. Not to be confused with بَدَا * (badā) I “to seem, to appear” (root ب د و (b-d-w)), or ٱبْتَدَعُ “to originate” (root ب د ع).
to know
عَرَف / يَعْرِف
to ride (on)
رَكِب / يَرْكَب
until
حَتَّى
outside of
خارِج
but rather, instead
بَلْ
education, rearing, pupil
تَرْبِيَة
Also “progress; increase; pupil, foster child”. Verbal noun of رَبَّى (rabbā, “to raise, to educate”), from the root ر ب و (r-b-w)
in the afternoon
ظُّهْرًا
generally
عُمُومًا
workshop
جَلْسَة عَمَل
session, sitting
جَلْسَة
station
مَحَطَّة
search; request; order; invite
طَلَبَ / يَطْلُبُ
visit (noun)
زِيارة (زِيارات)
cement
أَسْمَنْت
to clean
نَظَّف / يُنَظِّف
the future
المُسْتَقْبَل
Passive participle of the verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, “to receive, meet, face”). From the root ق ب ل (q-b-l) “related to front or acceptance”. Compare Unit 19 “to meet” (قابَل) and “to receive”, Unit 13, 17 “before” (قَبْلَ)
tomorrow
غَداً
Adverb - adverbial accusative of غَد (ḡad, “morrow; tomorrow”, noun).
birthday
عيد ميلاد
holiday
عُطْلة (عُطَل)
From the root ع ط ل (ʿ-ṭ-l). “forms words related to being unoccupied”. See عَطِلَ * (ʿaṭila) I “to lack; to be unemployed, to bt idle; to be unadorned”
study (noun)
دِراسة (دِرَاسَات)
exam
اِمْتِحان (اِمْتِحانات)
From the root م ح ن (m-ḥ-n). “related to experience, to try, to put to the test, to afflict”
plan
خِطّة (خِطَط)
Or “project, projected course”. Also pronounced خُطَّة. From the root خ ط ط (ḵ-ṭ-ṭ). Compare خَطَّ * (ḵaṭṭa) I, non-past يَخُطُّ (yaḵuṭṭu) “to draw a line; to carve, inscribe”. Different from root ق ط ع “Related to cut and separate”.
to attend
حَضَر / يَحْضُر
From the root ح ض ر (ḥ-ḍ-r), “related to being present”. Compare “lecture” (مُحاضَرة) from Unit 18, “certainly” (حاضِر) from Unit 11.
to hope
أَمَل / يَأْمُل
to ask
سَأَل / يَسْأَل
From the root س ء ل (s-ʾ-l) “related to asking”, cognate with Hebrew שָׁאַל (sha’ál, “he asked”).
