Arabic Frequency Dictionary Flashcards
الـ
(definite article) the; (written ل after prep. لِـ)لِلْكِتابِ
وَ
and; prep. with
فِي
in, inside; on (a date); at (a time); about (a topic); among (with pl. pron.) فِيكُم among you; could (in requests) هَل فِينا أَنْ could we…?
مِن
from; (with foll. verb or vn.) since
لِـ
for, to; (with pron.) لِي/لِيَّ but لَـ for all others: لَهُ, لَها, etc.
بِـ
with, by; (with pron.) بِها, بِهِ, بِيَّ, etc.; بِسَبَبِ because of, due to
عَلَى
on, above; (with pron.) عَلَيْـ; عَلَيَّ on/above me (Dia.) عَلَيّا; (Lev.) عَلَيِّي
أَنَّ
that (with foll. noun in acc.); (with pron.) أَنِّي and أَنَّنِي that I; أَنَّنا and (less frequently) أَنّا that we
إِلَى
to, towards; till, until; (with pron.) إِلَيْهِ to him/it, إِلَيَّ to me
كانَ
to be; (Irq.Gul.) چان /chaan/
لا
no; not, non-; وَلا…وَلا neither…nor; ألا doesn’t/didn’t…?; (Dia.) لأ /la’/ no
الله
God, Allah; (with prep. لِـ)لله /li-l-laah/; وَاللهِ (I swear) by God; (in names) عبد الله Abdallah, نصر الله Nasrallah
أَنْ
(with subjunctive) to; لِأَنْ in order to; بَعْدَ أَنْ (with perf. or imperf.): بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَهَبَ after he went, بَعْدَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ after he goes
عَن
from, about; (with pron.) عَنِّي from/about me; عَنّا from/about us; عَنْ طَرِيقِ by way of, via
قالَ
to say إنَّ that, to tell ل sb إنَّ that
هٰذا
this (masc.sg.); هاذا (non-standard spelling); هدا (substandard or dialect spelling)
مَعَ
with; مَعَ هٰذا/ذٰلِكَ nevertheless; مَعاً together; (Dia.) مَعا (with pron.) مَعاك, مَعاي, مَعايا, etc.; مَعَ السَّلامَة goodbye!
الَّتِي
(fem.sg.) who, whom; which
كُلّ
each; every; all (of); الكُلّ everyone; كُلُّ شَيْءٍ everything; كُلُّ ما everything that; كُلُّ مَنْ everyone that; كُلٌّ مِن each one of (the following); عَلى كُلٍّ in any case, anyhow; عَكُلٍّ (Lev.) adv. anyways
هُوَ
he, it; (Dia.) /huwwa/, (Lev.) /huwwe/
فَـ
and, so; (Dia.) sometimes written separately as فا
هٰذِهِ
this (fem.sg.), these (things)
أَو
or
الَّذِي
(masc.sg.) who, whom; which
أَنا
I
يَوْم
pl. أَيّام day; اليَوْمَ today; يَوْماً (ما) some day; يَوْمَها that day; يَوْماً ever; (with neg.) never
لَمْ
(with jussive) did not; أَلَمْ didn’t…?
ما
not; أَما don’t/doesn’t/didn’t…?
إِنَّ
(after the verb قالَ and the vn. قَوْل) that; (with pron.) إِنِّي and (less frequently) إِنَّنِي that I; إِنَّنا and إِنّا that we
ما
what, whatever, that which
بِـ
(with imperf., indicates continuous or habitual action; Lev. also /mi-/ with 1st pers. pl.); بيقول /bii’uul/ he says, he’s saying; بتحب…؟ /bitHibb/ would you like…?
بَيْنَ and ما بَيْنَ
between; among; (with pron.) بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ between (just) me and you; بَيْنَنا وَبَيْنَهُم between us and them; فِيما بَيْنَنا among ourselves
هِيَ
she; it (fem.sg.); they (non-human pl.); هي and هيه (Egy.Irq.Gul.) /hiyya/, (Lev.) /hiyye/
بَعْدَ
after; (with pron.) بَعْدَهُ after him/it, بَعْدِي after me
يا
(you) O…!; يا أُسْتاذ! Sir!; interj. oh! how (wonderful, horrible, etc.) يا سَلام! wow!; (Dia.) يا..يا conj. either…or; (Irq.) interrog. which
ذٰلِكَ
that (masc.sg.)
قَدْ
(with perf.) has/have already; كانَ قَدْ had already; يَكُونُ قَدْ will have already
آخَر
pl. -uun, أُخَر fem. أُخْرَى pl. أُخْرَيات other, another; one more, additional; هُوَ الآخَر he also, هِيَ الأُخْرَى she also
شَيْء
pl. أَشْياء thing, something; (Lev.Irq.Yem.) شي /shii/, (Gul.) شي /shayy, shey/, (Lev.) اشي /’ishi/; شي /shi/ (Mor.) indef.art. a, one
عِنْدَ
with, next to; at (time, location); (with pron. often indicating possession = “to have”) عِنْدِي I have, ما عِنْدِي I don’t have
أَوَّل
fem. أُولَى, pl. أَوائِل first; best, top-most; n. أَوَّل beginning; أَوائِل forefathers; أَوَّلاًً first of all, primarily
غَيْر
other (than), different (than); neg.part not; غَيْرَ أَنَّ however, but; بِغَيْر without
إِذا
when, if, whenever; (in indirect questions) (ما) إِذا if, whether; وَإِذا بِـ and (then) suddenly
نَفْس
pl. أَنْفُس (with pron.) same, self
عَرَبِيّ
pl. عَرَب Arab; Arabian; Arabic; عَرَبِي (Dia.) n. Arabic (language)
أَيّ
fem. أَيَّة (in idafa) any; interrog. what, which; rel.pron. whatever, whoever
رَئِيس
pl. رُؤَساء president, leader; chief, head, chairman; adj. main, chief, principal
عَمَل
working; n. pl. أَعْمال work, activity, action
عَرَفَ
to know sth/sb or أَنَّ that; (perf.) to learn, find out أَنّ that; (Lev.) عَرِفْت كِيف؟ you see (what I mean, what I’m saying)?
بَعْض
some, several; بَعْضَ الشَّيْء a little, to some extent; بَعْضُهُم بَعْضاً each other; مَع بَعْض together; على بَعْض on top of each other; وَراءَ بَعْض in line, in a row (one behind the other)
دَوْلَة
pl. دُوَل state, country
كَما
and, also, as well
إِلَّا
(exception) except (for), but (for), save; إِلّا أَنَّ however, except that; وَإِلّا otherwise
أَنْتَ
you (masc.sg.); (Dia.) إنت, انته and انتا /’inta/
كَثِير
pl. -uun many, much, numerous; كَثِيراً very much; كَثِيراً ما frequently, often; كتير (Egy.) /kitiir/, (Lev.) /ktiir/ adj./adv.
واحِد
one; adj. one, single; (Dia.) n. fem. واحدة, وحدة /waHda/ a person, someone
لِأَنَّ
because (with foll. noun in acc.); (with pron.) لِأَنِّي and لِأَنَّنِي because I; لِأَنَّنا because we
لٰكِنَّ
(with pron. or following noun in acc.) however, but; لٰكِنِّي and لٰكِنَّنِي however I, but I
لَيْسَ
(perf. only) لَيْسَ he/it is not, لَيْسَت she/it is not, لَسْنا we are not; أَلَيْسَ isn’t…?
جَدِيد
pl. جُدُد new, modern; مِن جَدِيد again, anew
إِنْ
if; whether; وَإِنْ even if, although; ما إِنْ..حَتَّى no sooner had…than, had just…when
عام
pl. أَعْوام year
أَحَد
fem. إِحْدَى one (of), someone; anyone; (neg.) nobody, no one; num. (in compounds) أَحَدَ عَشَرَ, fem. إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ eleven
أَكْثَر
more/most, greater/greatest in number
كَبِير
pl. كِبار large; great, important, major; adult, senior; pl.n. الكِبار adults
أَخ
pl. إِخْوان, إِخْوَة brother; (in idafa) nom. أَخُو, gen. أَخِي, acc. أَخا; (with pron.) أَخُوهُ, أَخِيهِ, أَخاهُ his brother; أَخِي my brother, (Lev.Gul.) أَخُوي, (Egy.Irq.) أَخُويا; (Dia.) ياخِي, ياخُوي, ياخُويا= يا أَخِي my friend; (hey) buddy
كَيْفَ
how; (Lev.) /kiif, keef/, (Gul.) چيف /cheef/; (with pron.) كيفك (Lev.) /kiif-ak, keef-ak/ how are you?
قَبْلَ
before; مِن قَبْلِ before, prior to; قَبْلُ adv. (also مِن قَبْلُ) previously, earlier
سَنَة
pl. سَنَوات, سِنُون (gen./acc. سِنِين) year
أَمْر
pl. أُمُور matter, issue, concern, affair
قُوَّة
pl. -aat, قُوىً and قِوىً power, strength, force; قُوّات (armed) forces
هَل
هَلْ هُناك is there any…?
خِلالَ
during, through; في خِلالِ in the course of; في خِلالِ ذٰلِكَ meanwhile; مِن خِلالِ by means of, through; across, via; on the basis of, based on
مَرَّة
pl. -aat, مِرار time, moment, occasion; مَرَّةً once; مَرَّتَيْنِ twice; مِراراً repeatedly; مَرّاتٍ several times, repeatedly; بِالمَرَّة totally, completely; (with neg.) never, not at all
رَأَى
يَرَى to see sth/sb; to think, believe أَنَّ that
أَب
pl. آباء father; الأَبَوانِ the parents; (in idafa) nom. أَبُو, gen. أَبِي, acc. أَبا; (with pron.) أَبُوهُ, أَبِيهِ, أَباهُ his father; أَبِي my father, (Lev.Gul.) أَبُوي, (Egy.Irq.) أَبُويا
هُناكَ
there, over there; there is, there are; مناك /minnaak/ (Irq.Gul.) from there, from that place; لهناك /la-hunaak/ (Dia.) to there, to that place
تَمَّ
to finish, conclude, come to an end; to take place, be held (event)
حَيْثُ
where, in which; conj. حَيْثُ and بِحَيْثُ so that, in order to; حَيْثُ أَنَّ since, because, given that; مِن حَيْثُ الـ in terms of, based on
ثانٍ (def. ثانِي)
second, additional; next, following; ثانِياً secondly, furthermore; ثانِيَةً again, once more; تانِي (Egy.) adv. again, more, also
حَتَّى
until, up to; لحتى (Lev.) /la-Hatta/ prep. until, up to
جَمِيع
all (of); every one (of); الجَمِيع everyone; جَمِيعاً altogether; all, entirely
مِنْطَقَة (often مَنْطَقَة or مَنْطِقَة)
pl. مَناطِق region, area, zone, territory
حَقّ
truth; pl. حُقُوق (legal) right; حُقُوق law; adj. true, right; حَقّاً really, truly
أَمْرِيكِيّ and أَمِيرِكِيّ /’ameeriki/
pl. -uun, أَمْرِيكان, أَمِيرِكان /’ameerikaan/ American
مِثْل
pl. أَمْثال (somebody, something) like, similar; (in idafa) مِتْلَ like, such as; أَمْثالَ like, such as, the likes of
لَوْ
if; وَلَوْ even if; لَوْلا if not, if it weren’t for
عامّ
general, common, public
اِسْم
pl. أَسْماء, أَسامٍ (def. أسامِي) name
أَمْكَنَ
to be possible (ل for sb) to do sth; يُمْكِنُ أَنْ it’s possible to (do sth); يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ you can (do sth)
لٰكِن
however, but; (also لاكِن in informal or sub-standard spelling)
رَجُل
pl. رِجال n. man
عالَم
pl. -uun, عَوالِم world; رَبّ العالَمِين Lord of the Universe (God)
حَياة
life
مَوْضُوع
pl. مَواضِيع subject, topic, issue, theme; adj. placed, laid down; located, situated; spurious (Hadith)
وَزِير
pl. وُزَراء minister
نَحْنُ
we; إحنا, حنا /iHna/ (Dia.); نحنا /niHna/ (Lev.)
وَقْت
pl. أَوْقات time, moment, period; في الوَقْت الذي while
بَلَد
(rarely fem.; Dia. masc./fem.) pl. بِلاد, بُلْدان country, nation; البِلاد the country; بَلَد (Egy.Lev.) fem.n. town, village
مَن
who, whom
مَجْلِس
pl. مَجالِس council, board; مَجْلِس الشَّعْب parliament; مَجْلِس الشُّيُوخ (US) Senate
قامَ
to rise, stand up; to undertake, carry out ب (task, activity); to play ب (a role); to be based على on; (with imperf.) to start to do sth
حُكُومَة
pl. -aat government, administration
بَيْت
pl. بُيُوت house; family; pl. أَبْيات verse (poetry)
دُونَ
without; under, below; مِن دُونِ and بِدُونِ without
سِياسِيّ
political; n. pl. -uun, ساسَة politician, statesman
فِلَسْطِينِيّ
Palestinian
ثُمَّ
then, afterwards; besides, furthermore
جاء
to come (إلى to); to come to sb: e.g. جاءني صَدِيق a friend came to (see) me; جاءَتْني رِسالَة I received a letter; to appear, show up (في in sth written or spoken)
قَلْب
pl. قُلُوب heart; center, essence; vn. overthrowing, toppling (a regime); turning over (pages)
أَلْف
pl. آلاف thousand; (du.) أَلْفانِ (gen./acc. أَلْفَيْنِ) two thousand, أَلْفا/أَلْفَيْ كِتابٍ two thousand books
اللي /illi/ (Dia.)
that, which, who; whoever, whichever; (Lev. also) يللي /yalli/; (Lev.Gul.) هاللي /ha-lli/ (this, the one) that
راح
(Dia.) to go; راح (Dia.) future marker (with imperf.) will (do sth), (is/are) going (to do sth); (MSA) راحَ ضَحِيَّةَ to be the victim of; (Dia.) to pass على sb by (opportunity), leave على sb behind (time)
ناس
(also fem.sg.) people, humans; persons
طَرِيق
(MSA rarely fem.; Lev. mostly fem.) pl. طُرُق, طُرُقات road, course; way, method; عَن طَرِيقِ via, by way of; by means of, by using
أَرْض
pl. أَراضٍ (def. أَراضِي) earth, ground; land, territory
سَبَب
pl. أَسْباب reason, cause; بِسَبَبِ because of
شَرِكَة
pl. -aat company, corporation
عَدَد
pl. أَعْداد number, quantity; (periodical) issue, edition; بَيْنَ أَعْدادِ الـ among those who
صُورَة
pl. صُوَر picture, image, photo; manner, way, form
دُوَلِيّ and دَوْلِيّ
international, world, global; دُوَلِيّاً internationally, worldwide, globally; دَوْلِيّ adj. (rare) state, national
شَعْب
pl. شُعُوب people, nation
عادَ
to return, go back إلى to sth; to be attributed إلى to sth/sb; (with imperf.) عادَ يَفْعَلُ to repeat sth, do sth again; (neg.) لَمْ يَعُدْ (Dia. ما عاد) to no longer do sth or be sth
شاء
to want, desire sth; كَما شِئْتَ as you wish; إن شاءَ الله (informally انشاء الله and انشالله) hopefully, God willing
آن
time, moment; الآنَ now
أَرادَ
to want, desire sth or أَنْ to do sth
إِنَّ
indeed
أَهْل
pl. أَهالٍ (def. أَهالِي) family, relatives, folks; people, inhabitants; أَهْلاً welcome! hello! (Lev.) أهلين /’ahleen/
تِلْكَ
that (fem.sg.); those (non-human pl.)
عَيْن
pl. عُيُون, أَعْيُن eye; water spring, water source; spy, secret agent; eye (needle)
الَّذِينَ
(masc.pl.) who, whom; (with prep. لِـ)لِلَّذِينَ
شَكْل
pl. أَشْكال manner; form, shape; appearance, look; (Gul.Lev.) شكلي /shakl-i/ it seems to me, شكلك /shakl-ak/ it seem that you
عَمَلِيَّة
pl. -aat operation, process
أَمّا
(focus) أَمّا .. فَـ as for…, concerning…; أَمّا بَعْدُ approx. and now, to our main point
خاصّ
special, specific; private, personal; exclusive, elite
حَوْلَ
around; about, concerning
عَمِلَ
to work, function; to make, prepare, build sth
عَنَى
to mean, imply sth or أَنَّ that; (pass.) عُنِيَ/يُعْنَى to be concerned ب with, take an interest ب in
وَجَدَ
to find sth/sb; (pass.imperf.) يُوجَدُ to exist (there is, there are)
خَيْر
goodness, good; adj. better (مِن than), best; صَباح الخَيْرِ good morning!; نَحْنُ بِخَيْر we’re fine; الوِقايَة خَيْرٌ مِن العِلاج prevention is better than cure
شو /shu/ (Lev.Kuw.UAE)
what
آه (Dia.)
yes, right, ah, yeah
وَطَنِيّ
national; nationalistic; n. pl. -uun nationalist
مَدِينَة
pl. مُدُن city
اِبْن
pl. أَبْناء son; أَبْناء children; أَبْناء البِلاد the native population; (shortened to بن after personal name) عمر بن الخطاب
أَيْض
أَيْضاً also, as well; besides
طَيِّب
good, nice; pleasant; delicious; طَيِّب interj. good, fine, OK; (Egy.Lev. shortened to طَب; Lev. shortened also to طا)
يَد
pl. أَيْدٍ (def. أَيْدِي) hand; (Dia.) إِيد; إيديك /’iideek/ your (two) hands
سَـ
(future marker, short form of سَوْفَ) will
مَشْرُوع
pl. -aat, مَشارِيع project, enterprise; adj. lawful, legal; مشروع قانون bill, draft law
ثَلاثَة
fem. ثَلاث three; ثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ thirteen; تلاتة /talaata/ (Egy.), /tlaate/ (Lev.), تلاثة /tlaatha/ (Irq.)
صَوْت
pl. أَصْوات voice, sound; vote
أَمام
front, front part; أَمامَ in front of, facing; إلى الأَمامِ forward
سَمِعَ
to hear sb, listen إلى to sb
نِسْبَة
pl. نِسَب ratio, rate, percentage figure; بِالنِّسْبَةِ إلى concerning, regarding, in relation to
بَسّ (Egy.Lev.Irq.Gul.)
only, just; conj. however, but; (Lev.Irq.Gul.) interj. enough! stop! (Lev.) (with imperf.) as soon as
حال
(rare as fem.) pl. أَحْوال situation, condition, case; كَيْفَ حالُكَ how are you?; حالاً immediately, right now; لَحال (Lev.) adv. (with pron.) لَحالَك alone, by yourself
شَهْر
pl. أَشْهُر, شُهُور month
هُنا
here
بَل
but, rather; in fact
بَرْنامَج
pl. بَرامِج program
لَن
(with subjunctive) will not, will never
أُمّ
pl. أُمَّهات mother; بِأُمِّ العَيْن/عَيْنَيْهِ with one’s own eyes; the best, greatest, finest; أُمّ الدُّنْيا Egypt
إِيه /’iih/ and إِي /’ii/ (Dia.)
yes, OK, uh-huh; إِي نَعَم yes, that’s right; إِيه وَالله /’iih waLLa/ yes indeed
حَرْب
pl. حُرُوب war, warfare
عِنْدَما
when, as soon as
وَضْع
laying down, putting, placing; drafting (document); n. pl. أَوْضاع situation, state of affairs, status, condition
هُم
they (masc.); همه and هما /humma/ (Egy.Irq.Gul.), همه and همي /humme/ (Lev.), هم /ham/ (Alg.)
دَوْر
pl. أَدْوار role, part; task, function; floor (building level); round, stage, set (sports tournament); turn (chance to act, play a role)
وَجْه
pl. وُجُوه face, front; side; way, manner; pl. أَوْجُه aspect, facet; بِوَجْهٍ عامّ/خاصّ generally, specifically; وُجُوه persons, individuals; وجه and ويه /weeh/ (Gul.) face
جِدّ
seriousness, earnestness; جِدّاً very, much; جَيِّد جِدّاً very good; بِجِدٍّ seriously, in earnest
بَدَأَ
to start, begin (في) sth or (with imperf.) to do sth; (Dia.) بَدَى, يَبْدَى, بديت /badeet/
كَلِمَة
pl. -aat word; remark; speech
طِفْل
child, infant; boy, baby boy; fem. طِفْلَة girl, baby girl, pl. أَطْفال n. children, infants; babies
مُنْذُ
since, ago; conj. (ever) since, starting from
لَدَى
with, by, at; (with pron.) لَدَيْهِ he/it has, لَدَيَّ I have
عِراقِيّ
Iraqi
أَصْبَحَ
to become sth; to begin, start (to do sth)
مَكان
pl. أَماكِن, أَمْكِنَة place, location; position, role, post
صارَ
to become; to happen; (with imperf.) to begin to do
مُشْكِلَة
pl. -aat, مَشاكِل problem, issue
عَشَرَة
fem. عَشْر ten; n. عَشَرات tens, scores, dozens; (used in the numbers 11–19)
وَصَلَ
to arrive إلى at; to connect, link, join بَيْنَ between; (Egy.Lev.) /wiSil, yiwSal/ (Lev. also /yuuSal/), (Irq.Gul.) /wuSal, yooSal/
إِسْلامِيّ
Islamic; n./adj. Islamist
ساعَة
pl. -aat hour, time, o’clock; clock, watch, timepiece
شَيْخ
pl. شُيُوخ, مَشايِخ sheikh, leader; pl. شُيُوخ old man; (pol.) senator
أَكَّدَ
to confirm sth or أَنَّ that; to underscore, emphasize (على) sth or (على) أَنَّ that
سَلام
peace; pl. -aat greeting, salute; السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم hello; السَّلام الوَطَنِيّ the national anthem
سَيِّد
pl. سادَة Sir, Mr; lord, master, boss
صاحِب
pl. أَصْحاب owner, possessor; originator; friend, companion; pl. صَحْب companion (esp. of the Prophet); صاحِبَة n. -aat (female) friend, girlfriend
عَدَم
(in idafa) absence of, lack of; non-, not
ها
look! here (he/she is, they are, I am, we are); (with pron.) هاكَ here, take!; (Dia.) interrog. huh?
حَرَكَة
pl. -aat movement, motion, activity; organization, (political) movement
رَبّ
pl. أَرْباب lord, master; Lord (God); owner, proprietor
أَكْبَر
fem. كُبْرَى larger/largest, greater/greatest; adj. senior, elder; important, significant; great, major
كِتاب
pl. كُتُب book
حَدّ
pl. حُدُود extent, limit, level; edge, corner; حُدُود border, frontier; range, scope; لَحَدّ (Lev.) prep. up until
أَخَذَ
to take sth; (with imperf.) to begin to do sth; (imperat.) خُذْ, (Irq.) أُخُذ take!
نِظام
pl. أنْظِمَة, نُظُم regime, government; system; نِظام orderliness
ذات
pl. ذَوات ego, self; ذات same, -self (himself, herself, etc.); (in idafa) a certain, a given (day, time, occasion, person, thing); بِالذّات exactly, precisely
نَعَم
yes
قَضِيَّة
pl. قَضايا problem, issue; lawsuit, legal case
ماضٍ (def. ماضِي)
past; previous, last; n. الماضِي the past
إِنْسان
fem. إِنْسانَة, pl. أُناس human being
حالَة
pl. -aat condition, state, situation; case, instance
أَخِير
last; latest, recent; الأَخِير the latter; أَخِيراً finally; recently, lately
رَغْم and رُغْم
رَغْمَ, عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِن, and بِالرَّغْمِ مِن in spite of, despite
جانِب
pl. جَوانِب side, aspect, part; إلى جانِبِ and بِجانِبِ next to, beside
حُبّ
love, affection; حُبّاً لِـ out of affection for, for love of
جامِعَة
pl. -aat university; league
قَرار
pl. -aat decision, resolution
لُبْنانِيّ
Lebanese
لَقَدْ
(with perf.) has/have already
زالَ
to cease; (with neg.) لا يَزالُ, ما زالَ, لا زالَ and ما يَزالُ to continue to be or do sth (lit. to not cease being or doing sth)
رَأْس (Dia. راس /raas/)
pl. رُؤُوس head; tip, top; رَأْس مال, pl. رُؤُوس أَمْوال (fin.) capital; (geo.) cape; رَأْساً immediately
تَحْت
bottom part; تَحْتَ prep. below, under; لتحت /la-taHt, la-taHit/ (Lev.) adv. down, downward
وِزارَة
pl. -aat ministry
هَدَف
pl. أَهْداف goal, target; intention, objective; (in sports) goal, point
عَلاقَة
pl. -aat relation, link, tie, connection
شُكْر
thankfulness, thanks; شُكْراً interj. thank you, thanks
مُتَّحِد
united
مُجْتَمَع
pl. -aat society
مَرْكَز
pl. مَراكِز center; station; (sports) ranking, position
حَكَى
to tell, relate, report; (Lev.) /Haka, tiHki/, (Irq.) /Hicha, tiHchi/ to speak, talk; say; tell
نَتِيجَة
pl. نَتائِج result, outcome; consequence; نَتِيجَةً لِـ as a result of
أُخْت
pl. أَخَوات (Lev.Irq.Gul. خَوات) sister; mate, counterpart (in a pair); إِخْوات (Egy.) sisters; siblings
رَأْي
pl. آراء opinion, view; idea
إِدارَة
pl. -aat administration, management; bureau, office, directorate
مُسْلِم
pl. -uun Muslim
صَغِير
pl. صِغار small; young; الصغار children, youths; (Lev.Irq.) زغير /zghiir/, زغار /zghaar/
ما
what, which
قانُون
pl. قَوانِين law, statutes, regulations
إِسْرائِيلِيّ
pl. -uun Israeli
بِما
with what, with which; بِما أَنَّ because, in view of the fact that, considering that; بِما في ذٰلِكَ including
اِسْتَطاعَ
to be able أَنْ/vn. to do sth, to be capable أَنْ/vn. of doing sth
ماء
pl. مِياه water; liquid; juice; مِياه (body of) water; waters; (Dia.) ماي /maay/, مي /mayy/ and مية /mayya/: (Egy.) /mayya/; (Lev.) /mayy(a)/; (Irq.) /mayy(a), maay/; (Gul.) /maay, mayy(a)/
أَمْسِ
yesterday; الأَمْسِ and بِالأَمْسِ yesterday
أَمْن
safety, security, protection; order, control, discipline
مِش and مُش (Egy.Lev.Gul.)
not
قَدَّمَ
to offer, present sth; to submit (request, complaint); to apply على for (position)
شَخْص
pl. أَشْخاص person, individual
كَلام
speech, talk; statement, remark; saying, quote
مَوْقِع
pl. مَواقِع position, location, site; website
مِئَة and مِائَة
(one) hundred, pl. مِئات hundreds; مِئَتانِ two hundred; في المِئَة and بِالمِئَة percent; مية (Egy.Irq.) /miyya/, (Lev.) /miyye/, (Gul.) /miya, ’imya/; مية (in idafa) (Egy.Lev.Irq.) /miit/, (Gul.) /miyat, ’imyat/
حِينَ
when
داخِل
interior, inside; داخِلَ prep. inside (of); a.p. entering, coming in
وَحْدَة
unity; solitude, loneliness; pl. -aat unit, item; portion, section
أُمَّة
pl. أُمَم nation; people, community; الأُمَّة الإِسْلامِيَّة the Islamic community; الأُمَم المُتَّحِدَة the United Nations
مُهِمّ
important, serious; المُهِمّ the main thing, what’s important
مِلْيُون
pl. مَلايِين million; (Alg.) pl. ملاين /mlaayin/
سَيّارَة
pl. -aat car, automobile, vehicle
بِنْت
pl. بَنات daughter, girl; بِتّ (Egy., short form of بِنْت)
دُكْتُور
pl. دَكاتِرَة doctor (physician or holder of a doctorate); (title) Dr
فِعْل
doing; n. pl. أَفْعال deed, act, action; (ling.) verb; فِعْلاً and بِالفِعْل really, actually, in fact; بِفِعْلِ because of, owing to
حُلْو
sweet, nice, pleasant; (Dia.) /Hilu/, fem. /Hilwa/, pl. /Hilwiin/
فَرِيق
team, group, band; faction, party; pl. فُرَقاء lieutenant general
بَقِيَ
to remain, stay (على in a state); to last, endure; to remain, be left over; to continue doing sth or being sth; (with neg.) to no longer do sth or be sth
لَجْنَة
pl. لِجان committee, council, commission
مُخْتَلِف
different, divergent; various; in disagreement (في/على about sth)
وَجَبَ
to be necessary على for sb أَنْ to do sth; to be incumbent على upon sb أَنْ to do sth
نَظَر
looking إلى at; examining, looking في into; n. pl. أَنْظار view, look, glance; opinion; نَظَراً لِـ in view of the fact that
مَجال
pl. -aat area, space; field, domain, sphere; sector; arena; مَجال جَوِّيّ air space
فَتْرَة
pl. فَتَرات time period, phase, interval
شَبّ
young man, شَبَّة young woman, pl. شَباب youths
شَأْن
pl. شُؤُون matter, affair, case; situation, condition
ذَكَرَ
to mention sth/sb; to remember sth/sb; يُذْكَر it’s worth mentioning (أنّ that)
سُؤال
pl. أَسْئِلَة question, inquiry
وُجُود
existence; presence, being present
حَلّ
solving (a problem); n. pl. حُلُول solution; dissolution, annulment; cancellation
طالِب
pl. طُلّاب, طَلَبَة student, طالِبات female students; الطلاب/الطلبة والطالبات male and female students; pl. -uun applicant; (person) seeking, requesting
مُسْتَوىً
pl. مُسْتَوَيات level, standard
وَ
(oath) وَاللهِ by God! (I swear!); وحياتك I swear (by your life)
أَم
or (in questions) ..أَمْ لا؟ ..or not?
فَقَط
only, just, solely; (with neg.) لَيْسَ..فَقَطْ بَلْ.. not just…but (also)…
ماذا
what
وِلايَة
mandate, term of office; pl. -aat state, province; الوِلايات المُتَّحِدَة the United States
قَدْ
(with imperf.) may, might; قَدْ لا may not, might not
عُضْو
pl. أَعْضاء member, associate; (anat.) organ, member, limb
حَتَّى
(with foll. subjunctive) in order to, so that
عَـ and عَ (Dia.)
(short form of عَلَى) on; عَفِكْرَة (Lev.) by the way; عَكُل حال (Lev.) in any case
عُمْر
pl. أَعْمار age (of a person); life, lifetime; (Dia.) يا عُمْرِي my dear, my darling
شاف
(Dia.) to see, look at sth/sb; a.p. شايف /shaayif/, fem. شايفة /shayfa/, pl. شايفين /shayfiin/
دائِم
lasting, enduring; permanent, constant; دائِماً always
سابِق
pl. -uun former, previous, preceding; سابقاً formerly, previously
خَبَر
أَخْبار news, report; (gram.) predicate; الأَخْبار the news; (Egy.) أَخْبارَك إيه؟ (Irq.) شَاخْبارَك؟ What’s new with you? How are you?
تارِيخ
date; history
دِراسَة
pl. -aat study, research, examination
مَوْقِف
pl. مَواقِف position
حِزْب
pl. أَحْزاب (political) party
مُؤَسَّسَة
pl. -aat institution, organization; foundation
أَضافَ
to add sth
قِطاع
pl. -aat sector, section; قِطاع غَزَّة Gaza Strip
مَجْمُوعَة
pl. -aat collection, group; squad; bloc
سَلَّمَ
to turn over, surrender sth إلى to sb; to greet, salute sb; سَلِّم لي على give my regards to; يسلمه and يسلموو /yislamuh/ (mostly Gul.) interj. thanks!
سُوق
(rarely masc.) pl. أَسْواق market
حَمْد
praise; commendation; الحَمْدُ لله praise God, thanks be to God; (Dia.) حمدالله عالسلامة /Hamdilla 9-s-salaama/ praise God for your safety! (said to sb returning from a trip)
دَخَلَ
to enter sth
باب
pl. أَبْواب door, gate; category, rubric; section, chapter
مِمّا (مِن ما)
which; a fact that
أَجْل
sake; مِن أَجْلِ and لِأَجْلِ because of, for the sake of; لِأَجْلِ أَنْ in order to
اِتِّحاد
unification, unifying; n. pl. -aat union
تَحْقِيق
and n. pl. -aat achievement, realization; investigation; interrogation (مع of sb)
مَدْرَسَة
pl. مَدارِس school
جَمِيل
beautiful, nice; الفُنُون الجَمِيلَة fine arts
نَوْع
pl. أَنْواع type, kind, form; نَوْعاً ما somewhat, more or less
طَلَعَ
to appear, emerge, rise; to go out, come out, get out; (Dia.) طِلَع (a) to appear, seem; to turn out, end up, amount to
خِدْمَة
pl. خَدَمات service, assistance; خَدَمات services, assistance, aid; خِدْمَة (Magh.) work, employment; job, task
عالَمِيّ
international, global, worldwide, world
فِيما
while, meanwhile; فِيما بَعْدُ later
حالِيّ
present, current; حالِيّاً presently, currently
حُكْم
rule, government; pl. أحْكام judgment, decision, verdict; أحْكام statutes, laws; بِحُكْم by virtue of, because of
أَشارَ
to indicate, mention, cite, refer to إلى sth
جِهَة
pl. -aat side; direction; part, party; sector, office, institution; جِهات entities, parties, individuals, “players”
نَحْوَ
towards; approximately
فيه /fii-h, fii/
(Egy.Lev.Gul.) there is, there are; (Lev.Gul.) مافيه /ma-fii-h/, (Egy.) مافيش /ma-fii-sh/, (Lev.) مافش /ma-fi-sh/, and (Lev.) فش /fi-sh/ there isn’t, there aren’t
طَوِيل
pl. طِوال long; tall; طَوِيلاً for a long time; extensively
كَذٰلِكَ
likewise, also
كَأَنَّ and وَكَأَنَّ
as if; (with pron.) كَأَنِّي and كَأَنَّنِي as if I; كَأَنَّنا and (less frequently) كَأَنّا as if we
حاوَلَ
to attempt, try to do sth
قَوْل
pl. أَقْوال statement, remark; saying, utterance
مَرْأَة
woman, wife; (without def. article) اِمْرَأَة : (Lev.Irq.; Egy. derog.) مرة /mara/ woman, wife; (in idafa) مرات /miraat/ (Egy.), (Lev.Irq.) مرة /mart/; (with pron.) مراتي /miraat-i/ (Egy.) my wife, مرتي (Irq.Lev.) /mart-i/, (Lev.) /marat-i/
حَقِيقَة
pl. حَقائِق truth, reality; fact
جَعَلَ
to make sb/sth do sth (with imperf.); to cause sb/sth to be sth; to appoint sb (minister, etc.); to begin to do sth (with imperf.)
لَمّا
when, after
سَأَلَ
to ask sb (في/عن about; إن/إذا whether); to request from sb (أن to do sth); to pray to (God)
عاشَ
to live, be alive; to experience sth
مُواطِن
pl. -uun citizen; fellow citizen, compatriot
سُلْطَة
pl. سُلُطات power, rule, authority; سُلُطات authorities, people in power
بَدا
to appear, seem (ل to sb, أَنَّ that); to look, seem (big, small, happy, sad, etc.); عَلى ما يَبْدُو and كَما يَبْدُو evidently, apparently, it seems
خَمْسَة
fem. خَمْس five; خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ fifteen
اِقْتِصادِيّ
economic, economical; (Lev.) thrifty
بَحْث
pl. بُحُوث , أَبحاث search (عن for); discussion (في of); research, examination (في of)
دِين
pl. أَدْيان religion
حَمَلَ
to carry, bear sth; to transport (cargo); to become pregnant (حامِل); to attack على sth, campaign على against
عَسْكَرِيّ
pl. -uun military, army; n. soldier, private
كَم
how many/much; (Egy.) كام /kaam/, (Irq.Gul.) چم /cham/
جَيْش
pl. جُيُوش army; armed forces; troops
جِهاز
pl. أَجْهِزَة apparatus, machine; device, appliance; organization; agency, bureau, office
مُشارَكَة
pl. -aat participation, association
طَبْع
nature, character; طَبْعاً and بِالطَّبْعِ naturally, of course; vn. printing
اِعْتَبَرَ
to consider sth/sb to be; to regard sb/sth as; to believe أَنَّ that
أَحَبَّ
to love, like sb; to want, like sth or to do sth
أَتَى
to come إلى to sth; to come to sb; to bring ب sth
بِدّ and بَدّ (Lev.)
(verbal) to wish, want, need; (with pron.) بِدِّي I want, مابِدِّي and (ما)بِدِّيش I don’t want
خَرَجَ
to exit, go out من/عن from; to leave من (a place); to deviate عن from; (Alg.) to appear, show up, be visible
أَعْطَى
to give, provide sth to sb, or ل to sb
حَبِيب
pl. أحِبَّة, أحْباب, (Dia.) حَبايِب dear, beloved, sweetheart, darling
فَوْق
top, upper part; فَوْقَ above, over
خارِج
outside, outer part, exterior; خارِجَ outside (of); بِالخارِج and في الخارِج overseas, abroad; خارِجاً outside
مَثَل
pl. أَمْثال example; proverb; مَثَلاً for example
رَقْم
number, numeral, figure; rate; record
ضِدّ
opposite; ضِدَّ prep. against
جَرَى
to occur, take place; to happen ل to sb; to flow, run (liquid); to run (person) وَراءَ after sb
مَسْؤُول and مَسْئُول
pl. -uun official, functionary; employer, boss, supervisor; adj. responsible, dependable
بَعِيد
pl. بِعاد distant, far, remote; بَعِيداً عَن far away from
أَرْبَعَة
fem. أَرْبَع four; أرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ fourteen
كَتَبَ
to write sth; (pass.) كُتِبَ لَهُ to be granted (success); كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ to be destined (by God) to
حِين
pl. أَحْيان time, moment, opportunity; أَحْياناً sometimes, occasionally
وَضَعَ
to put, place sth في/على/تحت inside/on/under; to lay down (rules, conditions); to lay (an egg); to give birth to (a child); to write, compile, draft, compose sth
نائِب
pl. نُوّاب deputy, delegate; vice-
خاصَّة
خاصَّةً especially, particularly; الخاصَّة the elite, the upper class
وَلَد
pl. أَوْلاد, (Egy.) وِلاد child, son, boy
دَم
pl. دِماء blood; (Dia.) دَمّ
صَحِيح
true, correct; sound, healthy; authentic (Hadith): صَحِيح البُخاري Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith collection); interj. yes, right; صَحِيحاً really, truly
إِسْلام
Islam
مَرْحَلَة
pl. مَراحِل phase, stage, step; (sports) round
ثالِث
third (ordinal); ثالِثاً thirdly, in third place
اِجْتِماعِيّ
social; الحالَة الاِجْتِماعِيَّة personal status
حَدِيث
pl. أَحادِيث discussion, conversation, talk; story, interview; Hadith (narratives based on the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad)
سِياسَة
politics; pl. -aat policy
طَرَف
pl. أَطْراف edge, side; tip, end; extremity (body limb); participant, player, party, team
أَ
(interrog., often with neg.part.) ألا doesn’t, don’t; ألَم didn’t, ألَيْسَ isn’t, aren’t
وَطَن
pl. أَوْطان nation, homeland
رُبَّما and لَرُبَّما
perhaps, maybe
لِماذا
why
قَلِيل
few, small amount; قَلِيلاً adv. a little, somewhat; briefly, shortly
عَلِمَ
to know sth or أَنَّ that; to find out أَنَّ that
حَتَّى
even, including; although, even though
مُدِير
director, manager; (office) boss, chief
نِهايَة
end, finish; termination, ending
مِصْرِيّ
pl. -uun Egyptian; (Egy.Lev.Gul.) /maSri/
إِضافَة
addition; بِالإضافة إلى in addition to
واقِع
reality, fact; actual situation; adj. falling (date), occurring (time); located, found, situated (place)
كامِل
complete, full; integral, perfect; بِالكامِل completely
عَبْرَ
across, over, via; through, be means of
شَرْق
east; شَرْقاً eastward, in the east
ظَلَّ
to stay, remain; to continue to be; (with imperf.) to keep on doing
تَعْلِيم
pl. -aat, تَعالِيم education, teaching; instruction; تَعْلِيمات instructions, guidelines; تَعالِيم precepts
رُوح
pl. أَرْواح spirit, soul; life; يا رُوحِي! my love!; (Gul. with ب and pron.) by oneself; بروحي /b-ruuHi/ by myself
أَفْضَل
better/best
مال
pl. أَمْوال money, capital; رَأْس مال and رَأْسمال capital; أَمْوال assets, funds, monies
لَيْل
night, night-time; لَيْلاً by night; لَيْلاً (وَ)نَهاراً day and night
أُسْبُوع
pl. أَسابِيع week
مُؤْتَمَر
pl. -aat conference, congress, convention
لِقاء
pl. -aat meeting, encounter; interview
رَدَّ
to answer على sb, to respond على to sth/sb; to return, reciprocate (a favor)
كَي and لِكَي
(with foll. subjunctive) in order to, so that
صَدِيق
pl. أَصْدِقاء friend
دُولار
pl. -aat dollar
بِناء
building, constructing, erecting; n. building, structure, edifice; بِناءً على based on, according to
طَرِيقَة
method, procedure, way
أَعْلَى
fem. عُلْيا higher/highest; adj. advanced, superior; أعْلاهُ above (mentioned), aforementioned
مُمْكِن
possible
دَعْم
support, assistance, bolstering, promotion
إيه /’ee/ (Egy.)
what; n. الإيه /il-’ee/ the thing; so-and-so
وين /ween/ (Lev.Irq.Gul.)
where; لوين (Lev. /la-ween/, Irq. /li-ween/) to what place, to where; (with pron.) وينك /ween-ak/ where have you been?
مَصْدَر
pl. مَصادِر source
حَدَثَ
to happen, occur, take place
لَحْظَة
pl. لَحَظات moment, instant
فُرْصَة
pl. فُرَص chance, opportunity
نادِي
pl. أَنْدِيَة club, association
مَعْلُومَة
item of information, piece of data; pl. مَعْلُومات information, data
هَيْئَة
pl. -aat agency, organization; outward appearance, look
قِصَّة
pl. قِصَص story, tale
بِدايَة
pl. -aat beginning, start; starting point; بِدايات origins, early history
جَنُوب
south, southern part; جَنُوباً southward
دَرَى
to know, be aware of sth or ب sth or أَنَّ that; مادري and مدري /ma-dri/ (Gul.Irq.) I don’t know
دَعا
to call إلى for sth; to call (upon) sb إلى to do sth; to invite sb إلى to or to do sth
مُباراة
pl. مُبارَيات game, match, bout; competition
تَعالَى
to be exalted (God); قالَ تَعالَى approx. God said (used when quoting the Qur]an); (imperat.) تَعالْ (fem. تَعالِي, pl. تَعالُوا) come! let’s…; (Lev. shortened to تَعْ, fem. تَعِي)
إِذ
as, since, seeing that; while, when; إِذ أَنَّ since, given that
اِعْتَقَدَ
to believe في in sth, or أَنَّ/بِأَنَّ that
حَسَب
حَسَبَ, بِحَسَبِ, and عَلى حَسَبِ according to
دَقِيقَة
pl. دَقائِق minute
مَلِك
pl. مُلُوك king; المَلِك (title) King
أَعْلَنَ
to announce, declare, proclaim (عن) sth or أَنَّ that
قِيمَة
pl. قِيَم value, worth; importance; قِيَم values, morals, ethics
لاعِب
pl. -uun player, athlete; a.p. playing
أَدَّى
to cause, produce إلى sth; to lead, direct, guide ب sb إلى to; to perform (function), to carry out (duty, mission); to take (test, oath)
مادَّة
pl. مَوادّ substance, material; subject matter, topic; (school) course, subject; article, paragraph; material things, money
خَطّ
pl. خُطُوط line; phone line; air route; airline (company); handwriting; script, calligraphy
عَرْض
pl. عُرُوض show, display, presentation; offer, tender; width, breadth
رِسالَة
pl. رَسائِل letter, missive; message, communication; dissertation, thesis; pl. -aat mission, task
اِنْتِخاب
pl. -aat election; selection
هٰؤُلاءِ
these (people)
مَعْنىً
pl. مَعانٍ (def. مَعانِي) sense, meaning, significance; concept, nuance; (Lev.) مَعْناة (with pron.) مَعْناتُه, مَعْناتْها its meaning
نُقْطَة
pl. نِقاط point, dot; location, position
قَوِيّ
strong, powerful; great; (Gul.Irq.) serious, major, intense; قوى and اوى /’awi/ (Egy.) adv. a lot, very much, very
حِوار
pl. -aat discussion, conversation, dialog, talk
رَدّ
pl. رُدُود response, reply; رَدّ فِعْلٍ reaction
لُغَة
pl. -aat language
لِـ
(with foll. subjunctive) in order to, so that; لِيَكُونَ for him/it to be…
بَلَغَ
to reach, arrive at, attain sth; to come to sb (i.e. to hear) أَنَّ that
سِعْر
pl. أَسْعار price, cost, rate
حَصَلَ
to get, obtain, acquire على sth
أَقَلّ
less/least, smaller/smallest, lower/lowest; n. minimum
قَلَّ
to be less (عن than), decrease, diminish
تَمام
exact; complete; good, fine; تَماماً exactly; completely, totally
صَباح
morning; صَباحاً in the morning
مَوْجُود
existing, found, located; present
تَمَنَّى
to wish ل sb (happiness, success); to hope أَنْ that
مَرَض
pl. أَمْراض illness, disease
تَحَدَّثَ
to speak إلى/مع to/with sb; to discuss عن (a topic)
أَهَمّ
more/most important
بُدّ
avoidance, escape; لا بُدَّ مِن there is no avoiding, escaping (it’s necessary, it’s inevitable)
فَعَلَ
to do sth
طَلَبَ
to request, ask for sth (مِن from sb); to apply for sth; to order, place an order for sth; to seek, look for sth; to dial, press (number on a phone)
صِحَّة
health, wellness; authenticity, truth; صحتين /SaHteen/ (Lev.) interj. bon appétit!
وَقَعَ
to fall down; to take place; to be located
سَوْفَ
(future) will, shall
أَيْنَ
where
لازِم
necessary, required; needed; (Dia.) (modal verb) must, should; لازِمْنِي I need, have to, should
تَعاوُن
cooperation
زَوْج
pl. أَزْواج spouse; husband; زَوْجان married couple
لِذٰلِكَ
therefore
تالٍ (def. تالي)
following, subsequent; بالتالي therefore, consequently
شارِع
pl. شَوارِع street; (fig.) الشارع the public, public opinion
نار
pl. نِيران fire; gunfire; hellfire
عَدِيد
large number, large quantity; adj. numerous, many
صَلَّى
to pray; to worship; to say a prayer على for sb
فِكْرَة
idea, concept, notion (عن about); عَلَى فِكْرَة (Dia. عَفِكْرَة) by the way, now that you mention it
تَرَكَ
to leave (behind), quit, abandon sth
دَرَجَة
pl. -aat degree, grade, level; class, rank
آخِر
pl. أَواخِر last, final, concluding; n. end, tail, conclusion; bottom, foot; إلى آخِرِهِ et cetera; أَخِيراً وَلَيْسَ آخِراً last but not least
اِجْتِماع
pl. -aat meeting, gathering; عِلْم الاِجْتِماع sociology
قَرِيب
near, close; related; pl. (Lev.) قُراب related; قَرِيباً recently; soon; n. pl. قَرائِب relative, near relation
وَسَط
pl. أَوْساط middle, center; environment; وَسْطَ amid, among, in the middle of; أَوْساط (diplomatic) circles, quarters
نَظَرَ
to look إلى at; to examine, look في into
سَعُودِيّ
pl. -uun Saudi
واضِح
clear, explicit; obvious, visible
مَوْت
death
خُصُوص
(as to this) matter, issue; (in this) regard, respect; خُصُوصاً especially, particularly
إِنَّما
but rather, on the contrary; (not just) but (also)
مَصْلَحَة
pl. مَصالِح interest, advantage, favor; department, agency
أَساس
pl. أُسُس foundation, base; basis, principle; أَساساً basically, fundamentally; عَلى أَساسِ on the basis of; في الأَساس in principle; (Egy.Lev.) عاساس and عساس انه /9asaas ‘innu/ so that; with the understanding that; on condition that
صَحِيفَة
pl. صُحُف newspaper
وَقَفَ
to stop, cease (doing sth); to stand, rise; وَقَفَ جَنْبَهُ to stand by, support sb; قِفْ! stop!
جَيِّد
good; جَيِّداً adv. well
ذَهَبَ
to go, leave, depart
زِيارَة
visiting; n. pl. -aat visit
رائِع
fantastic, amazing, marvelous, magnificent, awesome
إِجْراء
conducting, carrying out, undertaking; n. pl. -aat procedure, process; step, measure; move, action
اِتِّصال
pl. -aat contact, communication; connection, relation, relationship
دُنْيا
world
حَبَّ
to love, like sb; to want, like sth or to do sth; حابّ and (Lev.) حابِب a.p. wanting, desiring; loving, liking
زَوْجَة
pl. -aat wife
تَنْفِيذ
execution, implementation, carrying out
لَوْن
pl. أَلْوان color, tint, hue; type, sort, kind
قَدِيم
pl. قُدامَى, قُدَماء old, ancient; قُدامَى n. old timers, veterans
قادِم
next, following, future; a.p. arriving, coming, proceeding
كُرَة
pl. -aat ball, globe, sphere; كورة (Dia.) /kuura/, (Egy.) /koora/ football (soccer); (shortened in idafa) كرة قدم /kurat qadam/
زادَ
to grow, increase; to exceed, go beyond عن/على sth; to increase, add to (مِن) sth
عِدَّة
(in idafa) a number of; adj. (invar.) several, numerous
عَوْدَة
return, going back; return trip
عالٍ (def. عالِي)
high, elevated
سِوَى
other than, except for
بَحْر
pl. بِحار sea
شَعَرَ
to feel, be aware of ب sth
تَقْرِير
pl. تَقارِير report, account
مَرَّ
to pass by, go by (time, event); to pass by, go past ب/على sth/sb; to visit, stop by على (sb’s place)
نِساء
women (sg. اِمْرَأَة)
فَتَحَ
to open sth; to open, start (a business); to turn on (lights, radio, TV); to conquer (city, land)
شَهِدَ
to witness, observe, see sth/sb; to testify, bear witness: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا الله I testify that there is no god but God
سِلاح
pl. أَسْلِحَة weapon; branch of the armed forces; سِلاح الجَوّ air force
عِلْم
knowing; عِلْماً أَنَّ knowing that, in view of the fact that; n. knowledge, information; pl.n. عُلُوم (Gul.) news; ويش علومك /weesh cluumak/ what’s new? (what news do you have?)
إِعادَة
repeating, doing sth again; returning, giving sth back
عَم (Lev.)
(with imperf., to indicate present continuous) عَم بَمْزَح مَعَك I’m (just) kidding you
لَيْلَة
pl. لَيالٍ (def. لَيالِي) night, evening; اللَّيْلَةَ tonight
ثَقافَة
pl. -aat culture, civilization
داخِلِيّ
internal; domestic; الرَّقَم الدّاخِلِيّ telephone extension, direct number
مُنَظَّمَة
pl. -aat organization
فِكْر
pl. أَفْكار thinking, thought; idea, concept, notion
رَسُول
messenger (Muhammad); pl. رُسُل messenger, apostle
جُزْء
pl. أَجْزاء part, section, piece; portion, fraction
اِنْتَهَى
to end, finish, conclude sth
غَرِيب
strange; n. pl. غُرَباء stranger, foreigner
غُرْفَة
pl. غُرَف room, chamber
مُرُور
passing (of time); going through; passing by; stopping by (to visit); كَلِمَة المُرُور password; مُرُوراً بِـ passing, crossing, going through, via; n. traffic
حُرِّيَّة
pl. -aat freedom
هٰكَذا
like this, this way, thus
سَلِمَ
to be safe; to be faultless; تَسْلَم, fem.sg. تَسْلَمِين thanks!
هيك /heek/ (Lev.), هيچ /hiich/ (Irq.)
like this, like that, thus
زِيادَة
increase, rise, growth; addition, supplement
قائِد
pl. قادَة leader, commander
وَسِيلَة
pl. وَسائِل device, instrument, medium, means
نَقْل
transportation, transfer; transmission, relaying (of news); نَقْلاً عَن quoting, as reported by
حَقِيقِيّ
true, real, factual, authentic
اِحْتاجَ
to need, want إلى sth/sb
مُسْتَقْبَل
future; مُسْتَقْبَلاً in the future
مَحْكَمَة
pl. مَحاكِم court, tribunal
قِيادَة
leadership, command; driving (a vehicle), piloting (an aircraft); قِيادات leaders, commanders
دِفاع
defense (military, legal, sports); protection
سَبِيل
pl. سُبُل way, road; means
أَنْتِي and إِنْتِي (Dia.)
you (fem.sg.); (Tun.) you (masc./fem.sg.)
عِلْمِيّ
scientific, scholarly, academic; خَيال عِلْمِيّ science fiction
بَيْنَما
while
أَصْل
pl. أُصُول source, origin; descent, lineage; original, master copy; أَصْلاً originally, primarily; أُصُول principles, basic rules; funds, assets, capital
عِلْم
pl. عُلُوم science, the study of; عِلْم النَفْس psychology
أَمْنِيّ
safety, security, protection
مَنْزِل
pl. مَنازِل house, residence
زَمَن
time, period, duration
بَيان
statement, declaration; bulletin, communiqué; (press) release; بَيانات data, information; غَنِيّ عَن البَيان needless to say, it goes without saying
غَرْبِيّ
Western; n. pl. -uun Westerner; prep. west of
أَثَر
pl. آثار record, trace; sign, mark; effect, influence; على/في أَثَرِ immediately after; آثار antiquities; عِلْم الآثار archeology
ضَرُورَة
necessity, need; بالضرورة necessarily
كَرِيم
pl. كِرام noble, distinguished; decent, dignified; generous, magnanimous; dear, precious; القُرْآن الكَرِيم the Holy Qur]an
أَساسِيّ
basic, fundamental
وَرَق
paper; leaves; cards; وَرَقَة un.n. pl. أَوْراق sheet of paper; leaf; playing card
والِد
father; fem. والِدَة mother; الوالِدان parents
جَمْعِيَّة
pl. -aat association, society
رَسْمِيّ
official, formal; رَسْمِيّاً officially, formally
أُسْتاذ
fem. أُسْتاذَة, pl. أَساتِذَة professor, teacher; (title) Prof, Mr; (polite form of address) يا أستاذ Sir!; استاز (Egy.) /’ustaaz/, (Lev.) /’istaaz, ‘ustaaz/
اِحْتِلال
occupation (of land or property); filling (a post, a position)
أَبْيَض
fem. بَيْضاء, pl. بِيض white; البِيض n./adj. whites, Caucasians
مَكْتَب
pl. مَكاتِب office, bureau, department
مُنْتَدىً
pl. مُنْتَدَيات assembly room, gathering place; (Internet) forum
مُقاوَمَة
resistance, opposition
شِعْر
poetry
مَحَلِّيّ
local; مَحَلِّيّاً locally
عَظِيم
pl. عِظام great, mighty, powerful
إِعْلام
information, media; vn. informing, notifying
فَرَنْسِيّ
pl. -uun French
فِيلم /film/
pl. أَفْلام film, movie
طَبِيعِيّ
natural, normal
طَلَب
pl. -aat request; demand; application; (purchase) order
شابّ
pl. شُبّان young man; adj. youthful, fresh
وَراء
وَراءَ behind, past, beyond; إلى الوَراءِ backward, in reverse; وَراءُ adv. behind; مِنْ وَراءُ from behind
سُورِيّ
Syrian
وَحْد
(with pron.) وَحْدَهُ, وَحْدَها alone, by itself/himself/herself; only it/he/she
فَهِمَ
to understand sth/sb or في sth or أَنّ that; (Dia.) to understand على sb
بِلا
without; (Lev.) /bala/, (Alg.) /bla/
دَعْوَة
pl. دَعَوات call; invitation; propaganda; دَعْوَة (إِسْلامِيَّة) (Islamic) missionary work, Da’wah
خَطْوَة and خُطْوَة
pl. خَطَوات, خُطُوات, خُطىً step, stride; measure
أَبَد
eternity, forever; أَبَداً never; not at all; (Irq.Gul.) أَبَد never; not at all
تَقْدِيم
offering, presenting, submitting
مَدىً
range, extent, reach; time period, duration
تَجْرِبَة
pl. تَجارِب experiment, test; experience, encounter; trial, ordeal
وَحِيد
only, sole, exclusive; alone
أَمِير
prince, commander; (title) Emir, Prince; fem. أَمِيرَة princess; (title) Emira, Princess
مُدَّة
time period, length of time, interval
سِتَّة
fem. سِتّ six; سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ sixteen
تَغْيِير
pl. -aat change, modification; replacement, switch
ماتَ
to die, pass away; (Lev.) to love في sth/sb to death
دار
pl. دِيار, دُور house, home, abode; family, household
دُخُول
entering, entrance
أَهَمِّيَّة
importance, significance
صَعْب
difficult, hard
مُقْبِل
next, coming, approaching, nearing
حَدَث
pl. أَحْداث event, incident
دَوْرَة
pl. -aat (sports) championship, tournament; cycle, turn, rotation, lap; circulation; round (elections); session (meeting); tour, patrol, round; (school) course, class; دَوْرَة مِياه bathroom, toilet
نَشاط
pl. -aat, أنْشِطَة activity, movement, action
ضِمْنَ
within, inside; among
أُورُوبِّيّ and أُورُبِّيّ /’urubbi/
pl. -uun European
فَنِّيّ
artistic; technical; n. technician
أَوْضَحَ
to clarify, explain (ل to sb) أَنَّ that
قُدْرَة
pl. -aat, قُدُرات capacity, ability, potential, power
نِصْف
half, middle, semi-
صَراحَة
sincerity, candor, frankness; بِصَراحَة and صَراحَةً frankly
جَماعَة
pl. -aat group, party; gang
مَعْرِفَة
knowing sth/sb; meeting sb, becoming acquainted with sb; n. pl. مَعارِف knowledge, information; culture, education
ظَهَرَ
to appear; seem كَأنَّ as if
مُواجَهَة
facing, confronting, encountering; n. pl. -aat confrontation, encounter
رَجَعَ
to return, go back, come back إلى to; to be traced back إلى to; to reverse عن (one’s decision); to go back (بِكَلامِهِ on one’s word)
إِيّا
(with object pron.) إِيّاها (to/of) her; (with واو المَعِيَّة)وَإِيّاها with her (= مَعَها)
عِشْرُون
twenty; twentieth
بُطُولَة
heroism; starring role; pl. -aat championship, tournament
نَجاح
pl. -aat success
شُرْطَة
police
لَعِبَ
to play (game, role)
تَنْمِيَة
development, growth; progress
حاجَة
pl. -aat need, want (for what one lacks); desire, wish; objective, purpose, goal; بِحاجَة إلى in need of
فَكَّرَ
to think في/ب about sth/sb; to consider في أَنْ doing sth; to think, believe أَنَّ that
تَطْوِير
development, advancement; promotion, encouragement
شَمال
north; adj. northern
بَنْك
pl. بُنُوك bank (financial institution)
فَرْد
pl. أَفْراد individual, person; فَرْداً فَرْداً separately, individually, one by one
قَدَم
pl. أَقْدام foot (also as unit of measure)
عامِل
pl. -uun employee; العامِلُون staff, workforce, personnel; pl. عُمّال worker, laborer; operator; regent, prefect; حِزْب العُمّالِ Labor Party
ثَقافِيّ
cultural, intellectual, educational
قاعِدَة
pl. قَواعِد rule, principle, basis; (military) base; القاعدة Al-Qaeda
عادِيّ
regular, normal; ordinary
أَكِيد
sure, certain, definite; أَكِيداً definitely, for sure
سَواء
except, whether (or not), regardless, either (or); n. equality
يَوْمِيّ
daily; يَوْمِيّاً adv. every day, on a daily basis; per diem
صَلاة
pl. صَلَوات prayer
شاعِر
pl. شُعَراء poet
حُلْم
pl. أَحْلام dream
وُصُول
arrival; attainment, achievement
قَتَلَ
to kill sb; (often pass.) قُتِلَ to be killed
سُرْعَة
speed; بِسرعة quickly
عَزِيز
pl. أَعِزّاء dear, precious
مَساء
evening
عُنْوان
pl. عَناوِين address; title, headline; (website) URL
طَبِيب
pl. أَطِبّاء physician, doctor
اِسْتِخْدام
usage, using, utilization
عَقْل
pl. عُقُول mind, intellect; بالعقل (Alg.) /bi-l-9qal/ slowly
عِيد
pl. أَعْياد holiday, festival, feast
أَمَل
pl. آمال hope, wish; أَمَلاً hoping, wishing, in the hope (في أَنْ that)
خارِجِيَّة
foreign ministry, foreign office
دَفَعَ
to push sth; to pay (a sum of money); to compel, move sb إلى to do sth
قِيام
undertaking, carrying out ب (task, activity); playing ب (a role); rising, standing up
مُنْتَخَب
elected; n. -aat (spo.) national team
اِثْنانِ
fem. اِثْنَتانِ two; اِثْنا عَشَرَ fem. اِثْنَتا عَشْرَةَ twelve
جُنْدِيّ
pl. جُنُود soldier
إِذَن and إِذاً
therefore, consequently
اِتِّفاق
pl. -aat agreement; accord, treaty
نُور
pl. أَنْوار light; lamp
شَدِيد
intense, strong, severe
شَعْبِيّ
popular; national, of the people
مُحافَظَة
pl. -aat province, governorate
اِنْتَظَرَ
to expect, wait for sth/sb
مَثَّلَ
to represent, speak for sb; to play, act as sb (film); to exemplify, illustrate sth
ظَرْف
pl. ظُرُوف circumstance, condition, situation
أُسْرَة
pl. أُسَر family, community
قَرْيَة
pl. قُرىً village
مُقابِل
opposite (to), corresponding (to), vis-à-vis
جَوّ
pl. أَجْواء air, atmosphere; weather, climate; جَوّاً by air, by plane; سِلاح الجَوّ air force
وِكالَة and وَكالَة
pl. -aat agency; office; dealership; proxy, deputation, power of attorney
حاجَة
(Egy. /Haaga/ pl. -aat, Magh. /Hazha/ pl. حوايج /Hwayizh/) thing, something, object; حوايج (Magh.) clothes; belongings
خُطَّة and خِطَّة
pl. خُطَط, خِطَط plan, project
مَدَنِيّ
civil, civilian; n. pl. -uun civilian
شارَكَ
to participate, share (with sb) في in sth
نَزَلَ
and نَزِلَ (a) to descend; stay في at
صَحّ
right, correct; true
أَزْمَة
pl. أَزَمات crisis, crunch
بَحَثَ
to look, search عن for; to discuss, debate (في) sth; to research, examine, look into في sth
مَمْلَكَة
kingdom
إِطْلاق
releasing, launching; (النّار) firing, shooting; إِطْلاقاً and على الإِطْلاق (yes) absolutely, definitely; (no) not at all; على وَجْهِ الإِطْلاق for sure
أَوْسَط
fem. وُسْطَى middle, central; الشَرْق الأَوْسَط the Middle East
مُحاوَلَة
pl. -aat attempt, effort
قَدَرَ
and قَدِرَ (a) to be able to, be capable of (doing sth)
أَسْوَد
fem. سَوْداء, pl. سُود black; السود n./adj. blacks
قِسْم
pl. أَقْسام section, portion; department, division
تَحْدِيد
specification; definition; تَحْدِيداً and بِالتَّحْدِيد specifically
خَلْف
back, rear part; خَلْفَ (prep.) and مِن خَلْفِ behind (of) sth/sb; مِن الخَلْفِ from the back, from the rear; خَلفُ (adv.) and مِن خَلْفُ at the back, in the rear
شَمْس
sun
مَزِيد
addition, added amount, greater number (مِن of); more, additional, increased (مِن)
تَعَرَّضَ
to be exposed إلى to sth; to encounter, run into, have to deal with إلى sth
سَبْعَة
fem. سَبْع seven; سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ seventeen
اِهْتِمام
interest, attention; care, concern
دِينِيّ
religious; spiritual
مُساعَدَة
pl. -aat help, support; مساعدات aid
كافَّة
(in idafa) all of, the entirety of; كافَّةً all together
عَبْد
pl. عَبِيد servant, slave; pl. عِباد servant (of God); العِباد humanity, humankind; العَبْد لله I, myself
غَرْب
west; West; غَرْباً westward, in the west
عاصِمَة
pl. عَواصِم capital city
إِطار
framework, context
صِحِّيّ
health-related, sanitary
مَشْكُور
thankful, grateful; interj. thanks!
حُضُور
arrival, coming; attending, being present at (meeting, party, concert); viewing (film, TV show)
مَحَلّ
pl. -aat, مَحالّ place, location; shop, store
يَهُودِيّ
pl. يَهُود Jew, Jewish
تَنْظِيم
organizing, planning; regulating, controlling; n. pl. -aat organization, network
رِياضَة
sports; physical exercise; physical education; mathematics
فَضْل
favor, grace; kindness, goodwill; distinction, merit, credit; surplus; بِفَضْلِ due to, thanks to; فَضْلاً عَن aside from, not to mention; فَضْلاً عَن ذٰلِكَ furthermore, moreover
أَثْناءَ
during; في أثْناءِ during; في تِلْكَ/هٰذِهِ الأثْناءِ meanwhile
حَقَّقَ
to achieve, realize (success, goals); to serve, promote (interests); to investigate في sth; to interrogate مع sb
رَفَضَ
to reject, refuse sth
شَخْصِيَّة
pl. -aat personality, identity; person, individual
أَمِين
pl. أُمَناء trustee, keeper; secretary; adj. loyal, faithful, reliable; أَمِين الصَّنْدُوق treasurer
مُسْتَشْفىً
pl. مُسْتَشْفَيات hospital
ولا and والا
or; otherwise, or else; (Egy.) /walla/, (Lev.Irq.Gul.) /willa/, (Magh.) /wella, wala/
طُول
length; height; طُولَ throughout, during (the entire); عَلى طُول (Egy.) straight ahead; directly; (Lev., also عطول / 9a-Tuul/) immediately; always; completely; for good
رابِع
fourth (ordinal)
كَذا
thus, like that, in this way; كَذا وَكَذا such-and-such, so-and-so; كَذا وَكَيْتَ this and that
طاقَة
energy, power; potential, ability
مِين (Egy.Lev.)
who; لَمِين (Lev.) to/for whom; whose
قائِل
saying; n. (person) saying
كاتِب
pl. كُتّاب writer, author; pl. كَتَبَة office worker, clerk; a.p. pl. -uun writing
مَعْرُوف
known, well-known; n. favor, kind gesture, good deed; what is right (opposite of مُنْكَر)
رِياضِيّ
sports, sportive; mathematical; n. pl. -uun mathematician; رِياضِيّات mathematics; تَرْبِيَة رِياضِيَّة physical education
اِتَّصَلَ
to contact ب sb, get in touch ب with sb; to be connected or related إلى to sth
أَجْنَبِيّ
pl. أَجانِب foreign, foreigner
جُمْهُور
pl. جَماهِير multitude, public; الجَماهِير the masses
هاي (Lev.Irq.Gul.)
this (fem.sg.), these (non-human pl. and fem.pl.)
اِسْتَمَرَّ
to last, go on (for a certain amount of time); to continue في doing sth
قَرَأَ
and (Dia.) قَرَى (a) to read sth
سَماء
pl. سَماوات, سَمَوات sky, heaven
هٰذِي (often written هاذي)
this (fem.sg.), these (MSA: non-human pl.; Dia. also fem.pl.)
نَسِيَ
to forget sth/sb
جَهْد and جُهْد
pl. جُهُود effort, exertion; endeavor
شَهِيد
pl. شُهَداء martyr
رَفَعَ
to lift, raise sth; to increase, boost sth; to lodge على against sb (a complaint)
عادَة
pl. -aat habit, custom, practice; عادَةً usually, generally, typically
ضَغْط
pressing, exerting pressure; n. pl. ضُغُوط pressure, stress; voltage
سَهْم
pl. أَسْهُم (econ.) share, stock; pl. سِهام arrow
زَمان
time, period, duration; مِن زَمانٍ (it has been) for some time; (it was) a long time ago; بِالزَّمانات (Lev.) a long time ago
مَسْأَلَة
pl. مَسائِل issue, affair; matter, question
كَوْن
being, by virtue of being; لِكَوْنِ because; n. الكَوْن the universe, existence
جَرِيمَة
pl. جَرائِم crime
إِرْهاب
terror, terrorism; vn. terrorizing, frightening
شوي /shway/ (Lev.Gul.Irq.)
a little bit; شوية /shwayya/ (Egy.Lev.Gul.Irq.Yem.) n. some, a few; adv. a little bit
قَدْر
extent, degree; amount, value; ability, capability, capacity
نِهائِيّ
final, definitive, conclusive; n. pl. -aat final (in sports); نِهائِيّاً finally, in the end
جِسْم
pl. أَجْسام body; form, mass; organism
حِساب
pl. -aat calculation, appraisal; account, invoice; expense
إِنْسانِيّ
human; humane, humanitarian
ساكِن
pl. سُكّان resident, inhabitant; a.p. ساكِن see under verb سَكَنَ (u)
شُغْل
pl. أَشْغال work, labor; occupation, business
عِلاج
treatment, therapy
يَعْنِي
(used as a filler) I mean, y’know, like, uh; (as a response) sort of, more or less
إِقامَة
residency; setting up, establishing; erecting
سَعادَة
happiness; (honorific) His Excellency
مُو (Irq.Gul.Lev.)
not; مُو مُشْكِلَة no problem; (Lev.) مو هيك؟ /muu heek/, (Irq.) مو هيكي؟ /muu hiichi/ isn’t that so? innit?
أَصابَ
(usu. pass.) أُصِيبَ to suffer ب (injuries); to be struck, afflicted ب by (illness)
تَعَلَّقَ
to be connected ب with, have to do ب with sth/sb
حِمايَة
protection, protecting
اِعْتِبار
considering, regarding; n. pl. -aat consideration, regard, belief; اِعْتِباراً مِن beginning on, starting from (date)
تَقَدُّم
progress, advancement; vn. coming forward
شَخْصِيّ
personal, private; شَخْصِيّاً personally, in person
مُشِير
pointing out, indicating; adj. indicative
شَبَكَة
pl. -aat, شِباك net; web, network; grid, system
خَلَّى
(Dia.) to preserve, keep sb safe (of God): الله يِخَلِّيك God keep you safe! (used to express thanks for a service); to let sb do sth: خَلِّينِي أَرُوح let me go!; (aux. verb, with 2nd pers. pron.) stay: خَلِّيك مَعِي stay with me; خَلِّيك قاعِد remain se
زَواج
marriage; wedding
خارِجِيّ
foreign; outer, exterior, outside
مُجَرَّد
bare, naked; free (من/عن from); pure, absolute (truth); n. mere, nothing but; بِمُجَرَّدِ as soon as, the instant; لِمُجَرَّدِ for no other reason but, for the sole reason that
قَرَّرَ
to decide, resolve أن to do sth
كَمان (Egy.Lev.)
also; كَمان مَرّة again, once more; أَنا كَمان me too; كَمانَة (Lev.) adv. also
حَدِيث
new, recent; modern; pl. -uun (mostly in idafa) أطْفال حَدِيثُو الوِلادَة newborn babies; حَدِيثاً recently, lately
عَمّ
pl. عُمُوم paternal uncle; (يا) عَمُّو/عَمُّه/9ammo/ (Lev.Irq.Gul.) friendly term of address: (hey) buddy, pal, man
بال
mind, attention; خَطَر عَلى بالِي it occurred to me; راح عَن بالِي it slipped my mind; ما على باليش (Alg.) I don’t know
كَشَفَ
to reveal, disclose عن sth; to expose, uncover النِّقابَ عن sth; to examine على sb (medically)
ذُو
(gen. ذِي, acc. ذا) pl. ذَوُو (gen./acc. ذَوِي), أُولُو (gen./acc. أُولِي), fem. ذات, pl. ذَوات having, possessing; (pl.) those who
طالَبَ
to demand, call for ب sth (from sb); to require ب sth (from sb)
غَد
tomorrow; غَداً tomorrow
أَحْسَن
better/best
مِلَفّ and مَلَفّ
pl. -aat file, folder; dossier; (computer) document, file
حَجْم
volume, size
شَرْط
pl. شُرُوط precondition, stipulation
شَكَّلَ
to constitute, form, compose sth
وَفْق
وَفْقَ and وِفْقاً لِـ according to, in accordance with, pursuant to
عُنْصُر
pl. عَناصِر factor, element; component, ingredient; race, ethnicity; member, agent; (pl.) individuals
مُناسَبَة
pl. -aat occasion, opportunity; مُناسَبات special occasions (feasts, holidays); بِالمُناسَبَة incidentally, by the way
اللّٰهُمَّ
oh God! dear God!; اللّٰهُمَّ إِلّا apart from (the fact that)
غالٍ (def. غالِي)
expensive, costly; dear, precious, beloved; غالِياً dearly; (Gul.) يا غالي buddy, pal; يا غالية darling, love
صَدْر
pl. صُدُور chest; bosom
سَمَحَ
to allow, permit ل sb (to do sth); اِسمَح لي excuse me (allow me); لَوْ سَمَحْت please (if you don’t mind)
فَوْز
victory
بَعْدُ
afterward, later; still; (not) yet; أَمّا بَعْدُ approx. and now, to our main point (the reason for this speech, letter, etc.)
سِجْن
pl. سُجُون prison
فَتاة
pl. فَتَيات young woman, girl
سِرّ
pl. أَسْرار secret; سِرّاً secretly, privately; أمِين/كاتِب السِّرّ secretary; السِّرّ المُقَدَّس sacrament
حُرّ
pl. أَحْرار free, independent; n. أحْرار liberals; independents
مَسْؤُولِيَّة and مَسْئُولِيَّة
pl. -aat responsibility, duty
مَن
who, whom; المن /’il-man/ (Irq.Gul.) interrog. to/for whom; whose
نَشْر
spreading, propagation; publication, announcement
صِناعَة
manufacture, industry; pl. -aat trade, craft
قِمَّة
pl. قِمَم summit
عَدُوّ
pl. أَعْداء enemy
مَلَكَ
to own, possess sth; to control sth
ناحِيَة
pl. نَواحٍ (def. نَواحِي) side, perspective, aspect; area, region
مَطْلُوب
wanted, needed; demanded, required, necessary
اِسْتِثْمار
investing; n. pl. -aat investment
تَوَقَّعَ
to expect, anticipate sth; to look forward to sth
نَفْس
pl. نُفُوس soul, spirit; عِلْم النَّفْس psychology
اِسْتِمْرار
continuation, continuity; بِاسْتِمْرار constantly
مُناسِب
suitable, appropriate
حَوالَيْ and حَوالَى (Dia. حَوالِي)
approximately, around, about
حَضَرَ
to come, show up; to attend, be present at (meeting, party, concert); to view (film, TV show)
إِمارَة
pl. -aat Emirate
خَطَأ
pl. أَخْطاء mistake, blunder, error; adj. (invar.) wrong, mistaken
تَحِيَّة
pl. -aat, تَحايا greeting, salute, salutation
نَبِيّ
pl. أَنْبِياء prophet; النَّبِيّ the Prophet Muhammad
تَطَوُّر
pl. -aat progress, development, growth; تَطَوُّرات events, developments
مَتَى
when
إِصابَة
affliction, illness; pl. -aat casualty, injury; pl. -aat point, score, goal
فَنّ
pl. فُنُون art; specialty; type, variety
قَتْل
murder, killing
سارَ
to move, march; (Gul.) to go, walk
مُهِمَّة and مَهَمَّة
pl. -aat, مَهامّ task, assignment, mission; مُهِمّات equipment, material, supplies
حُزْن
pl. أَحْزان sadness, grief, sorrow, anguish
مَرِيض
pl. مَرْضَى patient, sick person; adj. ill, sick
مُشْتَرَك
shared, common, joint, collective
جُمْهُورِيَّة
republic
واسِع
wide, broad, extensive, widespread
ده and دا /da/ (Egy.)
this (masc.sg.)
قادِر
pl. -uun capable, able
حاكِم
pl. حُكّام ruler, governor; adj. ruling, in power
تَرْبِيَة
education, pedagogy; raising, child-rearing; breeding
جَبَل
pl. جِبال mountain
أَطْلَقَ
to let go, let out sth; to release, set free سَراح sb; to fire, shoot النّار/الرَّصاص على at sb; to call على sth/sb (ب a name)
جَلْسَة
pl. جَلَسات session, meeting; (court) hearing
حَيّ
pl. أَحْياء quarter, district
عَدَّ
to count, enumerate sth; to consider, regard sth/sb as; لا يُعَدُّ countless
عافِيَة
good health, vigor; (الله) يُعْطِيكُم العافِيَة (lit.: may God give you good health) well done! nice job!
تِجارِيّ
commercial, business
القُرْآن
the Qur]an
أُغْنِيَة and أُغْنِيَّة
pl. أَغانٍ (def. أَغانِي), أُغْنِيات song, melody
رَئِيسِيّ
main, chief, principal
كَأْس and كاس
pl. كُؤُوس cup; Cup (in prize names)
مُعْظَم
(in idafa) most of, the majority of
شَكّ
pl. شُكُوك doubt; لا شَكَّ and بِلا شَكّ without a doubt
لَعْب (also لِعْب or لَعِب)
playing; n. pl. ألْعاب game, sport
قَناة
pl. قَنَوات canal; channel (broadcasting)
إِنْتاج
production, output
حُصُول
obtaining, getting, acquiring; occurring, happening
مُعَيَّن
specific, determined; fixed, set, prescribed; appointed, designated
رَفْع
raising, lifting, elevating; increasing, augmenting, boosting
بَسِيط
pl. بُسَطاء simple, plain; naive, unsophisticated; easy, uncomplicated; insignificant (amount), trifle, pinch; بَسِيطَة (Lev.) interj. no problem! no big deal!
عائِلَة
pl. -aat family, household, clan
عارِف (Egy.Lev.Gul.)
knowing (to know); (to be) familiar, acquainted (with sb)
مَسْجِد
pl. مَساجِد mosque
أَيُّها
fem. أَيَّتُها oh!
سَرِيع
quick, prompt; سَرِيعاً quickly, promptly
سَلامَة
security, safety; integrity; مَعَ السَّلامَة goodbye!
مالِيَّة
finance
اِتِّجاه
pl. -aat direction; course; trend, movement
نَقَلَ
to transfer, transport sth; to transmit (news); to translate sth; نَقَلَتِ (الصَّحِيفَةُ) عَنِ (الرَئِيسِ) قَوْلَهُ إِنَّ (the newspaper) quoted (the President) as saying that
صَمْت
silence
سَعَى
to strive إلى for sth; to pursue, chase وَراءَ after (a goal)
أَقامَ
to install, establish, set up sth; to hold, host (event, party); to reside, live, set up residence في at
خَوْف
fear; خَوْفاً for fear (مِن of), fearing (على for)
ضَوْء
pl. أَضْواء light, lamp; دَوْرِيّ الأضْواء Premier League
بَدَل
substitute; بَدَلاً مِن instead of, in lieu of
طِبِّيّ
medical
دائِرَة
pl. دَوائِر office, bureau; district, circuit; circle, ring
رِئاسَة
presidency, leadership, direction, chairmanship
اِرْتِفاع
rise, increase; height, elevation
عالِم
pl. عُلَماء scientist, scholar; عُلَماء ulama (Muslim legal scholars); a.p. knowing, knowledgeable of
كَـ
as, like; كَالتّالِي as follows; (occasionally written separately as كا in informal media)
بَطَل
pl. أَبْطال hero; (sports) champion; (film) star
خُرُوج
departure, leaving; getting out, exit; deviation (عن from)
إِعْلان
announcing, declaring; n. pl. -aat announcement, declaration, statement; advertisement, billboard
عَقَدَ
to hold, conclude, convene (meeting)
ثَمانِيَة
fem. ثَمانٍ (def. ثَمانِي) eight; ثَمانِيَةَ عَشَرَ eighteen; تمانية /tamaaniya/ (Egy.Lev.)
ظِلّ
pl. ظِلال shade; patronage; ظِلال auspices; ثَقِيل الظِلّ unpleasant, disagreeable (person)
سَجَّلَ
to register; to record (audio); to score (point)
أُرْدُنِّيّ (Dia. /’urduni/)
Jordanian
ساحَة
pl. -aat scene; field, arena
عَصْر
pl. عُصُور age, period, time, epoch
نَوَوِيّ
nuclear, atomic; nucleic
فِرْقَة
pl. فِرَق group, team, troupe; (music) band, ensemble; (mil.) division, squad
قَرْن
pl. قُرُون century, age; horn
حُكُومِيّ
governmental, state; official; n. state or government officer
رُؤْيَة
vision, sight; view, viewing; perspective, view, opinion
تِجارَة
commerce, business
تابَعَ
to continue, follow sth/sb; to monitor, keep an eye on sth/sb
تَصْرِيح
pl. -aat declaration, statement
وَقْف
stopping, ceasing; n. pl. أَوْقاف waqf (Islamic religious endowment)
صِراع
pl. -aat struggle, conflict, fight
تَعامُل
pl. -aat working, doing business (مع with); relations, (business) dealings
عَهْد
pl. عُهُود age, period; tenure, administration, reign; treaty, pact, promise, oath; وَلِيّ العَهْدِ crown prince
كُلِّيَّة
pl. -aat college, institute, faculty; entirety, totality
ثِقَة
confidence, trust
ضَبْط
adjusting; regulating; seizure, confiscation; بالضبط (at) exactly; بالزبط /bi-z-zabT/ (Egy.Lev.) interj./adv. exactly
سَمَّى
to name, designate, call
زَيّ (Egy.Lev.)
like, as, similar to; (with pron.) زَيِّي like me; زي ما as much as
عانَى
to suffer sth or من from sth
مُعَلِّم
pl. -uun teacher, instructor; master (of a trade); foreman, boss, chief
هَلا /hala/ and ياهلا /ya-hala/ (Lev.Irq.Gul.)
welcome! hello!
عُنْف
violence, force
طَبِيعَة
nature, character; normal, natural (state)
مُمَثِّل
representing, acting on behalf of; n. pl. -uun representative, delegate; actor; مُمَثِّلَة pl. -aat actress
عِبارَة
pl. -aat expression; phrase, word; بِعِبارَةٍ أُخْرَى in other words
صَفّ
pl. صُفُوف line, row, rank; class, classroom
تَحْرِير
liberation; editorship, editing
برِيطانِيّ
pl. -uun British
مَضَى
to pass, go by, elapse (time); to continue (في) doing sth; to proceed, go إلى/نحو to/towards
سُمُوّ
loftiness, nobility; (in titles) His/Her Highness
فَتْح
opening; beginning; conquest (esp. in Islamic history)
خَطَر
pl. أَخْطار danger, threat; risk, hazard; alarm (signal), warning (sign)
مُباشِر
direct, immediate; live (broadcast)
تَقْرِيب
approximation; تَقْرِيباً approximately, around; almost, not quite
نَصّ
pl. نُصُوص text; wording; نَصّاً وَرُوحاً in letter and spirit
مُوَظَّف
pl. -uun employee
صَفْحَة
pl. صَفَحات page; leaf
مُسَلَّح
pl. -uun gunman; adj. armed, bearing arms; armored, reinforced
حَمْلَة
pl. حَمَلات campaign, expedition; attack, raid
باقٍ (def. باقِي)
pl. باقُون remaining, lasting; n. remainder, remnant
شَكَرَ
to thank, give thanks to sb; كُلْ وَاْشكُر Kul Wa-Ishkur (a type of baklava pastry; lit. eat and be thankful)
لَعَلَّ
perhaps, maybe; (with pron.) لَعَلِّي perhaps I, maybe I
تَدْرِيب
training, coaching; practicing; n. pl. -aat exercise, drill, practice session
قِراءَة
reading; recitation; interpretation; قراية /qraya/ (Alg.) education, studying
جَلَسَ
to sit (down); to sit إلى at (a table); to sit على on/upon sth
فَنّان
fem. -a, pl. -uun artist
تَكَلَّمَ
to speak (a language); to speak مع with sb (عن/حول/على about)
أَحْمَر
fem. حَمْراء, pl. حُمْر red
بَقِيَّة
pl. بَقايا remainder, left over, remnant; end, ending, conclusion (article or story)
أَلَم
pl. آلام pain, hurt; suffering
نَوْم
sleep
ضَمَّ
to include, incorporate sth
ما
(durative) ما دامَ as long as, provided that; ما لَمْ as long as…(do/does) not
عَشان and عَلَشان (Egy.Lev.Gul.)
because, in order to; prep. for the sake of; (from على شأن)
دَلِيل
pl. أَدِلَّة, دَلائِل sign, clue, indication, evidence, proof (على of); pl. أَدِلَّة guide, handbook
رَغْبَة
pl. رَغَبات wish, desire
تَوَقَّفَ
to stop, halt; to be dependent, conditional على on (sb’s will)
قائِم
carrying out ب (task, activity); playing ب (a role); adj. ongoing, present; standing
لِما
to what, for what
صُحُفِيّ
journalistic, press; n. journalist, reporter
صَهْيُونِيّ
Zionist
مَحَطَّة
pl. -aat station (gas, electrical power, broadcasting); stop, layover
مِلْيار
pl. -aat billion (Fr. milliard)
دِيمُقراطِيّ and دِيمُوقراطِيّ
democratic; n. pl. -uun democrat; Democrat
إِيرانِيّ
pl. -uun Iranian
إِصْلاح
pl. -aat reform, restoration; إِصْلاحات corrections, amendments
أَداء
performance, execution; rendering, carrying out; fulfillment, satisfaction
شَعْر
hair, un.n. شَعْرَة, pl. شُعُور (rare)
نَفْط and نِفْط
petroleum, (mineral) oil
صالِح
advantage, interest; adj. suitable, applicable; pious, upright, righteous
سُلْطان
Sultan; power, authority (على over)
ما
(in apposition, after indef. noun) a certain, some, any; إلى حَدٍّ ما to a certain extent; نَوْعاً ما somewhat
تَغَيَّرَ
to change, be modified
شامِل
comprehensive, thorough; extensive, sweeping, global; full, complete
نَجَحَ
to succeed
جُمْعَة
(يَوْم) الجُمْعَة Friday
شَهادَة
pl. -aat certificate, degree; testimony, witness
تابِع
belonging ل to; attached ل to, associated ل with; n. pl. -uun adherent, follower; التابعون contemporaries of the Prophet Muhammad
خِلاف
pl. -aat dispute, conflict; disagreement, difference (في الرَّأْيِ of opinion)
اِخْتِيار
choice, selection; election; preference
ذِكْرَى
pl. ذِكْرَيات remembrance, memory; anniversary; ذِكْرَيات memoirs, diary
زَيْن
beautiful, lovely, pretty, charming; (Irq.Gul.) /zeen/ adj. pl. -iin good, fine, okay
مَبْلَغ
pl. مَبالِغ amount, sum (of money); extent, degree; scope, range
جَسَد
pl. أَجْساد body
رَجا
to hope for sth; to request sth من from sb; يُرْجَى الاِتِّصال بِـ (would you) please contact; أَرْجُوك please!
ـش
(Dia. suffix, negative marker) not; بَعْرَفِش/ماعْرَفْش I don’t know; ما كانش he/it wasn’t
كِتابَة
pl. -aat writing; script; essay, piece of writing
إِنْشاء
establishing, setting up, founding; إنشاء الله substandard spelling of إن شاء الله
سَيِّدَة
pl. -aat lady
اِقْتِصاد
economy; saving
مَعْرَكَة
pl. مَعارِك battle, campaign
بارَكَ
to bless في sb (of God); to send blessings على upon (of God, usu. on the Prophet)
رَحْمَة
mercy, compassion
طائِرَة
pl. -aat aircraft, airplane
كُلَّما
(with perf. verb) whenever; the more (this)…the more (that)
دَمْع
tears, un.n. دَمْعَة teardrop, pl. دُمُوع tears, teardrops
كَفَى
to be enough, be sufficient (for sth/sb)
قُرْب
proximity, nearness; قُرْبَ and بِالقُرْبِ مِن and بِقُرْبِ near, near to
مَوْسِم
pl. مَواسِم season, festival
مالِيّ
financial, monetary, fiscal
نَهار
daytime, day; نَهاراً by day, during the day
تَمَكَّنَ
to be able مِن to do sth
دامَ
to last, continue; to endure, persevere; ما دامَ as long as
وَجَّهَ
to send, direct sth إلى to
جَنَّة
pl. جِنان, جَنّات paradise; garden
كادَ
to almost (with imperf.) do sth or أَنْ do sth; (with neg.) ما كادَ…حَتَّى and لَمْ يَكَدْ…حَتَّى as soon as (this happened)…(that happened); no sooner had (this happened)…than (that happened)
تَطْبِيق
implementation (plan, project, decision, strategy); application, enforcement (law, regulation, standards)
أَخْضَر
fem. خَضْراء, pl. خُضْر green; المِنْطَقَة الخَضْراء the Green Zone
مُمارَسَة
practice, pursuit (profession, hobby); practicing, playing (sport); exercising, carrying out (policy); exerting (pressure); n. pl. -aat activity, practice, action
صَدَّقَ
to believe sb/sth; to confirm, ratify على sth
وَفْد
pl. وُفُود delegation
نَفْسِيّ
mental, spiritual; psychological
تَقْدِير
appreciation, gratitude; تَقْدِيراً in appreciation (ل for); n. pl. -aat estimate, calculation; appraisal; (academic) level, performance
خَلِيج
gulf
نَظْرَة
pl. -aat look, glance, view
عَكْس
opposite, reverse, contrary
قَصِيدَة
pl. قَصائِد poem, ode
اِسْتِقْرار
stability; setting down
تَشْكِيل
formation, composition, constitution
مُسْتَمِرّ
continuous, incessant; continuing
كده and كدا /kida/ (Egy.)
thus, this way, like this
شَجَر
trees, un.n. شَجَرَة, pl. أَشْجار
ذِكْر
mention, citation; memory
دِيمُقراطِيَّة and دِيمُوقراطِيَّة
democracy
ذاكَ
that, that (other) one; (Egy.) داك, fem. دِيك; (Irq.Gul.) ذاك, fem. (Irq.) ذِيچ /dhiich/, (Gul.) ذِيك
مَوْعِد
pl. مَواعِد appointed time or date; deadline; appointment, engagement, commitment, rendezvous
بَغَى
to pursue, strive for sth; (Gul.) بَغَى, يِبْغَى (frequent variant يَبِي/يِبِي) to want, need sth or to do sth
واجَهَ
to face, be opposite sth; to confront sb
ضابِط
pl. ضُبّاط officer; pl. ضَوابِط controller, controlling device
رِحْلَة
pl. -aat trip, excursion; journey, voyage; career
مَعْرِض
pl. مَعارِض exhibit, exhibition, show
جُرْح
pl. جُرُوح, جِراح wound, injury
خامِس
fifth (ordinal)
تارِيخِيّ
historical
تَوْفِير
providing, furnishing; fulfillment (conditions, requirements); saving (time, money)
سَفِير
pl. سُفَراء ambassador
كمبيوتر and كومبيوتر /kumbyuutar/
computer
أُسْلُوب
pl. أَسالِيب style, manner, way; method, device
دَوْرِيّ
pl. -aat (sports) league, tournament; adj. regular, periodic, intermittent, cyclical; circulatory
نَجْم
pl. نُجُوم star, constellation; celebrity
تَأْثِير
pl. -aat effect, impact, influence, impression (في/على on)
قَلَم
pl. أَقْلام pencil, pen; بِقَلَم written by
مَقال and مَقالَة
pl. -aat article, essay
بَدْء
start, beginning; بَدْءاً مِن starting from
أَظْهَرَ
to show, manifest, demonstrate
سَبَقَ
to precede, come before sb/sth; سَبَقَ لَهُ أن to have done sth previously
لِسان
pl. أَلْسِنَة tongue; language; spokesperson; (publication) mouthpiece
سَفَر
traveling; n. journey, trip
غايَة
utmost, extreme; لِلغاية extremely, greatly; غاية pl. -aat goal, objective, purpose; لِغايةِ until
شَمِلَ
and شَمَلَ (u) to include, comprise, contain sth
قَطَعَ
to cut off, sever sth; to interrupt, stop (flow); to block (street); to cover, travel (a distance); to pledge (a vow)
ثَوْرَة
revolution, uprising
بعدين /ba9deen/ (Egy.Lev.)
later, afterwards; then, after that; besides; وبعدين and then;
تَأْكِيد
confirmation; affirmation; certainty; بِالتَأْكِيد certainly; تَأْكِيداً لِـ in confirmation of; underscoring, emphasizing
دارَ
to revolve, turn; to circle, go around حَوْلَ sth
نَشَرَ
to publish sth; to announce sth; to propagate sth
دِينار
pl. دَنانِير dinar
إِشارَة
mentioning, pointing out; n. pl. -aat indication, sign, signal
ظَنَّ
to think, believe, presume أنَّ that
بِيئَة
environment; milieu
مُسابَقَة
pl. -aat contest, competition; race
رِعايَة
custody, protection; patronage, sponsorship; (social) welfare, (health) care
خافَ
to fear sth/sb; to be afraid مِن of sth/sb; to be worried على about sth/sb; to fear على for (sb’s safety)
أَلْقَى
to throw, toss; to deliver, give (a speech); أَلْقَى القَبْضَ على to arrest sb
اِحْتِرام
respect, honor; اِحْتِراماً لِـ out of respect for, in honor of
مَفْتُوح
open, opened
جاب
(Dia.) to bring, fetch sth (ل for sb); to get, earn (school grade); to score (goal); to have, give birth to (baby boy, girl)
تَحَوَّلَ
to be changed, be converted, be transformed
فَجْر
dawn
اِلْتَقَى
to meet, encounter ب/مع sb
صَدَرَ
to be published, be issued; to emerge, come forth, appear
طَعام
pl. أَطْعِمَة food
اِمْرَأَة
woman (pl. نِساء is listed separately); (with def. article) المَرْأَة
أيش /’eesh/ (Lev.Gul.)
what
ضَحِكَ
to laugh (على at)
اِسْتَخْدَمَ
to use, employ, utilize sth
ساعَدَ
to help, assist, support sb
ظاهِرَة
pl. ظَواهِر phenomenon
سَقَطَ
to fall; drop, decline
سُبْحان
praise; سُبْحانَ الله praise God!
مُؤَكِّد
confirming; underscoring, emphasizing
قَصِير
short, small (of stature)
تَعْبِير
expressing عن (opinion, feeling), stating عن (position, policy); n. expression, word, phrase
كُوَيْتِيّ
Kuwaiti
عامِل
working, operating; active; (Dia.) a.p. doing, making
تَفْكِير
thinking, pondering; reflection, meditation
دَرَسَ
to study, learn sth
تلفزيون and تليفزيون /tilfizyoon, tilivizyoon/
television
بَشَر
humankind, humans
صُنْدُوق (often صَنْدُوق)
pl. صَنادِيق box, bin; treasury, fund; trunk (of a car)
سَوَّى
(Lev.Irq.Gul.) to do, make; a.p. مسوي /msawwi/ doing, making
حَيّ
pl. أَحْياء alive, living; active, lively; live (fire); n. pl. أَحْياء creature, living thing
مَرْحَباً
(usu. مَرْحَبا) hello! welcome! مَرْحَب (Gul.) hello!; مرحبتين /marHabteen/ (Lev.) hello! (in response to مَرْحَبا)
أَقْصَى
fem. قُصْوَى farthest, most remote; المَسْجِد الأقْسَى Al-Aqsa Mosque
رِيال
riyal (currency)
إِعْلامِيّ
media, information; n. journalist, person from the media, media worker
مُشارِك
participant; adj. participating
مُتابَعَة
pursuing, following; continuation
بَيْع
sale; selling
باتَ
to become (known, certain); to start, begin to do sth; to spend the night, stay overnight (في/عند at)
نَحْو
way, manner, method; (ling.) grammar; pl. أَنْحاء areas, regions
قَمَر
pl. أَقْمار moon; قَمَر صِناعِيّ satellite
أَعادَ
to repeat sth, do sth again; to give back, return sth
سِنّ
age (of a person)
أَدْرَكَ
to grasp, understand, comprehend sth or أَنَّ that; to reach, attain sth
قَوْمِيّ
national, state; nationalist
جائِزَة
pl. جَوائِز prize, award, reward
إِفْرِيقِيّ and أَفْرِيقِيّ
pl. أَفارِقَة African
جارٍ (def. جارِي)
current, present (time); occurring, taking place, in progress; flowing, running (liquid)
ضَرَبَ
to strike, hit; ضَرَبَ مَثَلاً to give an example (ل of)
قَضاء
justice, judiciary; court, court system; district, province; judgment, ruling, decision; fate, destiny
حَضْرَة
(with pron., polite term of address) حضرتك (Egy.) /HaDritak/, (Lev.Irq.) /HaDirtak/ you (masc.sg.); حَضْرَة صاحِبِ الجَلالَةِ His Majesty
اِشْتَغَلَ
to work, be employed
صِفْر
pl. أَصْفار, Lev. صفورة /Sfuura/ zero; adj. empty: صفر اليَدَيْن empty-handed
حاضِر
present (time); (person) present, attending; n. pl. -uun, حُضُور person present, participant; الحُضُور audience; حاضِر (Dia.) interj. ok, yes
اِرْتَفَعَ
to rise, ascend; to increase, grow
خَلْق
creating, forming; n. creation; creatures, humankind
قَبِلَ
to accept, receive; approve
قائِمَة
pl. قَوائِم list, index; قَوائِم legs (chair)
مَبْدَأ
pl. مَبادِئ principle, basis; fundamental concept
تَقَدَّمَ
to present, submit (request), offer (suggestion); to advance, be ahead (in age, experience)
ثَمَن
price, cost; value, worth
إِمام
pl. أَئِمَّة imam (person who leads prayers at the mosque); (used as a title) Imam
جِيل
pl. أَجْيال generation, age
مَشْعَر
pl. مَشاعِر feeling, sense, emotion
مُبادَرَة
pl. -aat initiative; proposal
أَنْتُم
you (masc.pl.)
جَمَعَ
to bring together, gather, assemble (things, people)
ثَلاثُون
thirty; thirtieth
اِخْتَلَفَ
to be different عن from sth/sb; to disagree مع with sb (على/في about)
أَجابَ
to respond, reply (إلى to sb or a question) عن/على about; to answer, reply أَنَّ that or ب with (a yes, a no); to comply إلى with (sb’s request)
شُعُور
feeling, sentiment, awareness
تَفْصِيل
pl. تَفاصِيل detail, elaboration; بِالتَّفْصِيل in detail
إِعْداد
preparation
شَرْقِيّ
Eastern, oriental; n. East, eastern region
خَمِيس
(يَوْم) الخَمِيس Thursday
أَسَف
sorry, regret, remorse; pity, sympathy; لِلْأَسَفِ unfortunately; يا لَلْأَسَفِ how unfortunate!
أَفادَ
to report أَنَّ/بِأَنَّ that; to provide ب (information); to be useful, be effective (for sb)
عَقْد
holding, concluding, convening (meeting)
ليش /leesh/ (Lev.Irq.Gul.)
why
بَشَرِيّ
human
صَيْف
summer
مُعَدَّل
pl. -aat average, rate, mean figure; adj. modified, altered, amended
خَسارَة
pl. خَسائِر loss, failure; casualty, damage
فائِدَة
pl. فَوائِد benefit, use, usefulness; (fin.) interest
خِبْرَة
pl. -aat, خِبْرَات experience, expertise
صِفَة
pl. -aat feature, characteristic, attribute; trait
مَشْهَد
pl. مَشاهِد scene, view, spectacle, sight
لَقِيَ
to find; meet, encounter sb/sth
تَحَدٍّ (def. تَحَدِّي)
pl. -aat challenge
عَمّا
(عَنْ ما) about what, from what; concerning, regarding; عَمّا قَرِيبٍ shortly, soon; عَمّا إِذا (about) whether
جِدار
pl. جُدْران wall; الجِدار العازِل/الفاصِل the Wall of Separation, the West Bank Wall
مَجَلَّة
pl. -aat magazine, journal
هُجُوم
attack, assault; charge, raid
مُهَنْدِس
engineer, technician
تَجاوَزَ
to surmount, overcome sth; to exceed, go beyond, overstep sth; to disregard, bypass sth
صِناعِيّ
industrial, industrialized; manufacturing; artificial
مِساحَة
pl. -aat surface; space; land, terrain
قَضَى
to eliminate على sth/sb; to pass, spend (time, holiday); to stipulate, decree ب sth; to fulfill, complete (a duty); (pass.) قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِ to be sentenced
مُحَدَّد
defined, determined, set
تِسْعَة
fem. تِسْع nine; تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ nineteen
تَعْدِيل
pl. -aat change, modification; adjustment; amendment; reshuffle (cabinet)
نُمُوّ
development, growth; progress
حَرْف
pl. حُرُوف letter (of the alphabet)
مُؤْمِن
believing, faithful; n. pl. -uun believer; Muslim
اِعْتَمَدَ
to depend, rely على on sth/sb; to adopt, authorize, accredit (plan, method, curriculum)
فَجْأَة and فُجْأَة
surprise; فَجْأَةً suddenly
سَهْل
easy, simple
سَبْت
(يَوْم) السَّبْت Saturday
لَـ
(conditional) لَوْ… لَـ if…then (would have)…; لَوْلا… لَما… if not for…then (wouldn’t have)
مُباشَرَة
pursuit, practice; performance, execution, implementation; مُباشَرَةً directly, immediately
بَنُو
(gen./acc. بَنِي; sg. بِن cf. اِبْن) sons, children (tribe, people); (Dia.) بَنِي آدَم human being (fem. بَنِي آدْمَة, pl. بَنِي آدْمِين)
مَنْع
prevention, prohibition; depriving, withholding
خَطِير
significant, important; serious, grave; dangerous, risky
رَحِمَ
to have mercy (God) on sb; رَحِمَهُ الله God rest his soul
حاجّ
fem. حاجَّة pl. حُجاج pilgrim (esp. to Mecca); حاجّ Hajj, fem. حاجَّة Hajja (title of respect for a person who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca; also, polite form of address to an older person)
لِذا
therefore, that’s why, because of that
وَظِيفَة
pl. وَظائِف job, position; work, employment; function, task
قانُونِيّ
legal, law-related, statutory; legitimate, licit, legal; قانُونِيّاً legally, from a legal standpoint
هُما
they both
عامِل
pl. عَوامِل factor, element, agent; (math.) coefficient
إِدارِيّ
administrative, management, departmental
إِرْهابِيّ
terrorist
صَبْر
patience, endurance
ضَحِيَّة
pl. ضَحايا victim
غَضَب
anger, rage; غَضَباً in anger, angrily
أَلْمانِيّ
pl. أَلْمان German
إِنْجاز
implementation, carrying out (project); n. pl. -aat accomplishment, achievement, success
عَبَّرَ
to express عن (opinion, feeling), state عن (position, policy)
جَمال
beauty
صادِر
issued, published; exported; n. صادِرات exports
فِئَة
pl. -aat faction, party; group, sector; type, kind, class
مُتَوَسِّط
middle, central; medium, average
زَعِيم
pl. زُعَماء leader, head of state
أَحَد
(يَوْم) الأَحَد Sunday; (Egy.) (يوم) الحَدّ , (Irq.) (يوم) الأَحَّد
اِنْطَلَقَ
to depart, take off; to begin, get started; to be fired (bullet)
دَقَّ
to beat (heart); to strike, hit sth; to knock on (door) or على (door); to ring (bell); to call ل sb (on the phone)
اِسْتِعْداد
preparation; n. readiness, willingness; عَلى اِسْتِعْداد ready; اِسْتِعْدادات preparations, arrangements
دَفْع
pushing; compelling, moving, driving; payment; pushing back, repelling
تَعَلَّمَ
to learn, study sth
مِثال
pl. أَمْثِلَة, مُثُل example, model, ideal
فَرَح
joy, happiness; pl. أَفْراح party, celebration, festivity; فَرَحاً with joy, joyfully
رِوايَة
pl. -aat novel, story; narration; report, account
أَجْمَل
more/most beautiful
نَهْر
pl. أَنْهار river
كَهْرَباء and كَهْرُباء
electricity
وَصَفَ
to describe, characterize sth/sb ب/بِأَنَّهُ as; (doctor) to prescribe sth ل to sb
ما
(nominalizing, with foll. perf.) بَعْدَ ما ذَهَبُوا = بَعْدَ ذَهابِهِم
مَهْرَجان and مِهْرَجان
pl. -aat festival
أَلَّا
(= أَنْ لا) not to
اِنْتِظار
waiting, anticipating
رَضِيَ
to be pleased, satisfied ب/عن/على with sth; رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ may God be pleased with him
سَنَوِيّ
annual, yearly; سَنَوِيّاً annually, yearly
نَصْر
victory, triumph
تَعْزِيز
strengthening, bolstering, reinforcing; n. reinforcement
أَدَب
pl. آداب literature; good manners, etiquette
لَعْبَة
contest, competition, game; un.n. (one) match, game; (fig.) trick, fast one
عَقْد
pl. عُقُود contract, agreement
أَثارَ
to raise, provoke, stir up sth; to bring up (a subject)
شَرّ
evil, malice
مُعارَضَة
opposition (esp. in politics), resistance
نَبَأ
news item, report; pl. أَنْباء news
عُدْوان
aggression, hostility; enmity, animosity
خِطاب
speech; message, letter
عُمُوم
generality, totality, whole; people, masses, public; عُمُوماً in general, generally; مَجْلِس العُمُومِ House of Commons
اِخْتارَ
to select, pick, choose sth/sb; to prefer, choose sth على over sth else
إِيجابِيّ
good, positive; affirmative
جَوْلَة
pl. -aat tour; round; session; patrol
رَفْض
rejection, refusal
أَعْظَم
fem. عُظْمَى greater/greatest, mightier/mightiest; adj. major, supreme
شِراء
buying, purchasing; purchase, acquisition
مَسْرَح
theater, stage
غِياب
absence; disappearance
حَلْقَة and حَلَقَة
pl. حَلَقات ring, circle; link; program, show; (student) class, course
ضَرُورِيّ
necessary, required
فَساد
corruption; deterioration, decomposition
اِتِّفاقِيَّة
pl. -aat treaty, accord
تَذَكَّرَ
to remember sth
تَناوَلَ
to deal with, treat (a subject, an issue); to eat (a meal); to take, ingest (medicine)
هَواء
air, atmosphere; climate; عَلى الهَواء live (broadcast)
شَرِيف
pl. شُرَفاء noble, honorable, respectable; الحرمين الشريفين the Two Holy Mosques (of Mecca and Medina)
قاضٍ (def. قاضِي)
pl. قُضاة judge, magistrate
داعٍ (def. داعِي)
reason, cause, motive; a.p. calling for sth, calling on sb, inviting sb; n. pl. دُعاة person (or voice) calling
عَدْل
justice, fairness; وَزِير العَدْلِ Minister of Justice
طَرَحَ
to throw, cast sth; to pose, present, suggest (question, issue) على to sb (for discussion); to offer (gesture, greeting); to offer sth (for sale); to invite (bids, tenders); to float, put into circulation (shares)
شَمالِيّ
northern, north
جَدّ
grandfather, fem. جَدَّة grandmother
هاتِف
pl. هَواتِف telephone
حَفِظَ
to save, preserve, maintain; to protect, guard; to memorize; الله يَحْفَظَك (Irq./yHufDHak/) God preserve you! (in response to praise or kind gesture)
ضُعْف
weakness
إِقْلِيمِيّ
regional, territorial, area; provincial, district
مَعْهَد
pl. مَعاهِد institute, academy, school
دِي (Egy.)
this (fem.sg.), these (non-human pl. and fem.pl.)
طَيْر
pl. طُيُور bird
إِمّا
إِمّا .. أَوْ/إِمّا either…or
رِيح
pl. رِياح wind; odor
سَلْبِيّ
negative, passive; n. سَلْبِيّات negative points
سادِس
sixth (ordinal)
بَكَى
to cry, weep (على over sth/sb); to mourn, weep for sb
دَواء
pl. أَدْوِيَة remedy, medicine, medication
وِجْهَة and وُجْهَة
pl. -aat direction, angle; وجهَة نَظَرٍ point of view
عُمْق
pl. أَعْماق depth, deep, bottom
عَمِيق
deep, profound
بَلَدِيَّة
pl. -aat municipality, community, township; city council
خَلاص (Egy.Gul.Alg.)
OK, that’s it, it’s over, that’s enough
سِيَّما (usu. لاسِيَّما)
especially
ضَمان
pl. -aat guarantee, insurance
خَبِير
pl. خُبَراء expert, specialist
مَشَى
to walk, go; to leave, go away; (Dia.) اِمْشِي! go away!
مُخَيَّم
pl. -aat camp; refugee camp
مادِّيّ
material, physical; materialistic; financial; مادِّيّاً materially, physically; financially
تَوْفِيق
success; reconciliation, mediation
صَعِيد
pl. أَصْعِدَة level, plane; الصعيد Upper Egypt
فَوْر
فَوْراً and عَلى الفَوْر immediately, at once; فَوْرَ immediately after
فَرْض
imposing, levying; n. (religious) duty
مُدَرِّب
trainer, coach; instructor
حَمْل
carrying; pregnancy
يالله (also يللا and يلا) /yaLLa/ (Dia.)
c’mon! hurry up! let’s…!
كَمِّيَّة
pl. -aat quantity, amount
أَيْ
or, in other words, that is to say, i.e.
قَدَّرَ
to estimate, calculated, appraise sth; to appreciate, value sth; to allow, make possible (of God); to respect sth, take sth into consideration
حَرام
forbidden, out of bounds; sacred, holy; يا حَرام! what a shame!
مِتْر
pl. أَمْتار meter
سُوء
offense; bad, ill; miss-
فَقَدَ
to lose sth; to lack, be missing sth
اِشْتَرَى
to buy, purchase sth
سُودانِيّ
Sudanese
كَلْب
pl. كِلاب dog
نامَ
to sleep; lie down
قَصْر
pl. قُصُور castle, palace
حادِثَة
pl. حَوادِث accident, mishap; event, incident
ليه /leeh/ (Egy.Lev.Gul.)
why
دَرْس
studying; examining, checking; n. pl. دُرُوس lesson, course, study
اِنْتِهاء
finish, completion, conclusion
تَضَمَّنَ
to guarantee; comprise, include
حَدَّدَ
to specify, determine sth; to set, define sth
لَوْحَة
pl. -aat painting, picture; panel, board; لَوْحة مَفاتيح keyboard
مِمَّن(مِن مَن)
from whom
طَرْح
suggestion, proposal (topic, idea); offering (gesture, greeting); offering (for sale); inviting (bids, tenders); floating, putting into circulation (shares)
جَنُوبِيّ
southern, south
عَرَضَ
to show, exhibit, present sth; to review, inspect sth
مَقَرّ
center, headquarters, main residence
باحِث
searching (عن for); discussing (في sth); researching (في sth); n. pl. -uun researcher, scholar
صُعُوبَة
pl. -aat difficulty
طالَ
to be long or lengthy; to take a while ب for sb
ضَعِيف
pl. ضُعَفاء weak; powerless
مَفْهُوم
understood; n. pl. مَفاهِيم concept, notion; meaning, sense, definition
دُسْتُور
constitution
سَيْطَرَة
control, dominion
قادَ
to lead, guide sb إلى to; to drive (a vehicle), pilot (an aircraft)
إِذْن
permission, authorization; بِإِذْنِ الله God willing
أَرْبِعاء
(يَوْم) الأَرْبِعاء Wednesday
أَسِير
pl. أَسْرَى prisoner, captive
تُجاهَ and تِجاهَ
towards; facing
حَسَّ
to feel, sense ب sth or أَنَّ that; a.p. حاسّ, (Egy.Lev.) حاسِس
سَعِيد
pl. سُعَداء happy, content
حِكايَة
pl. -aat story, tale, account, narrative
تَسْجِيل
registration; recording; documentation
تَيّار
pl. -aat current, stream
جازَ
to be allowed, be possible ل for sb; (Lev.) بِيجُوز, بِجُوز maybe, perhaps; (as modal verb) might, may, could
قَبُول
reception; acceptance, approval
كافٍ (def. كافِي)
sufficient, adequate; competent
إِيمان
faith, belief (ب in, بِأَنَّ that)
حَفْل
ceremony, celebration
مَلْعَب
pl. مَلاعِب playground; stadium, sports field
بَعْدَما
after
ذاكِرَة
memory (human and computer)
غاز
pl. -aat natural gas
شَرْعِيّ
legitimate, lawful; legislative
أَحْلَى
sweeter/sweetest
ثَمَّ
there (is/are); مِن ثَمَّ therefore, because of that, that is why; (Alg.) ثَمّا and تَمّا (adv.) there, over there
مَرْكَزِيّ
central
هُدُوء
calmness, quiet, peace
تَحَقَّقَ
to become reality (dreams); to be achieved (peace, goals); to verify من sth
حَيَوان
pl. -aat animal, creature
خَلَصَ
to conclude إلى أَنَّ that; to arrive إلى at (a place, a result); (Dia.) to be finished, be over; to be all gone
مُناقَشَة
pl. -aat argument, debate
تَوْزِيع
distribution, handing out (على among)
بالِغ
extreme, intense, profound; serious, critical; a.p. reaching, attaining; n. adult
رُبْع
pl. أَرْباع quarter, fourth; الرُبْع الخالِي the Empty Quarter
تَأْمِين
securing, safeguarding, protecting; insuring, insurance
خِيار
pl. -aat option, choice; selection, preference
مُعالَجَة
treatment (disease, sick person); dealing with (topic, problem, issue); processing (data)
نُسْخَة
pl. نُسَخ copy, replica
تَعْلِيق
commenting; suspending; n. pl. -aat comment, remark, commentary
تَصْمِيم
determination, perseverance; pl. تَصامِيم design, sketch, plan
إِلٰه
god, deity; God; يا إِلٰهِي my God!
يَمِين
right side; fem.n. right hand; fem.n. pl. أَيْمان oath
سَكَنَ
to live, reside, dwell في at/in; a.p. ساكِن residing, living في at/in
شِعار
pl. -aat slogan, motto; emblem, symbol
قَصْد
intent, purpose, goal
اِنْبَغَى
(mostly imperf.) to be necessary to do sth; to be incumbent على upon sb أَنْ to do sth (he should do sth)
اِتَّفَقَ
to agree (مع with sb, على on/about sth)
سابِع
seventh (ordinal)
واصَلَ
to continue doing sth
اِعْتَرَفَ
to admit, confess ب (having done) sth; to acknowledge, recognize, accept ب sth
أَثَّرَ
to affect, influence على sth/sb
قَصَدَ
to intend, mean sth; to pursue sth
أَكَلَ
to eat sth; to corrode sth; (fig.) to consume, gnaw at sth/sb; (imperat.) كُلْ eat! (Lev. كول /kool/); (imperf.) (Dia.) ياكل /yaakul/, (Lev.) also يوكل /yookol, yookel/
جَرِيدَة
pl. جَرائِد newspaper, periodical, journal
آه
ah!; ouch!
مُتَوَقَّع
expected, anticipated
اِلْتِزام
following, adhering to ب (rules, laws, plans); n. pl. -aat commitment, obligation
طَوال and طِوال
طَوالَ and طِوالَ throughout, during (the entire)
مُمَيَّز
distinguished, outstanding, prominent; special
بِيـ (Dia.)
with, by; (with pron.) بِيه, بِيها, بِيهُم (Lev. also بِيهِن), بِيك, بِيكِي (Irq.Gul. بِيچ), بِيكُم (Lev. also بِيكُن), بِيَّ/بِيّا, بِينا
مَنْصِب
pl. مَناصِب post, position, office
اِثْنَيْن
(يَوْم) الاثْنَيْن Monday
مَعْقُول
reasonable, plausible, logical
مَطار
pl. -aat airport, airfield
ثَمَّةَ
there (is/are)
مُشْتَرِك
participant; subscriber; adj. participating; subscribing
فُنْدُق
pl. فَنادِق hotel
لاحَظَ
to notice, observe sth or أنَّ that
أَقْرَب
nearer/nearest, sooner/soonest; n. pl. أَقارِب relatives, extended family
اِتِّخاذ
taking; adopting, passing (a resolution)
فِكْرِيّ
intellectual, mental
فَقِير
poor; destitute; n. poor (person), pauper
بُعْد
pl. أَبْعاد dimension; distance
أَصْدَرَ
to publish (book), release (film); to issue (decree, ruling, decision); to pass (sentence); to emit (sound)
نَظَّمَ
to organize, arrange; regulate
ضِفَّة
pl. ضِفاف bank, shore; الضفة الغَرْبِيَّة the West Bank
اِعْتِماد
reliance, dependence على on; recognition (of)
حَجَر
pl. حِجارَة stone
شـ /sh-/
(prefix, mostly Irq.; shortened form of شُو) what; شَاخْبارَك؟ what’s new with you?
قَلَق
unrest, unease; concern, anxiety
مَسِيرَة
march, parade; movement, course
اِزْدادَ
to grow, increase, rise
هامّ
important, significant
عاد (Lev.Gul.)
so, then, therefore; (Irq.) adv. already, now; conj. but, even though
حَرارَة
temperature, heat; fever; passion
خَلِيجِيّ
of or relating to the Persian Gulf (الخَلِيج العَرَبِيّ)
سَيْر
course, motion, march; going, walking
ظَهْر
back; rear; deck (ship); عَن ظَهْرِ قَلْبٍ by heart
هَدَفَ
to target, aim at إلى sth; to be intended, be designated إلى for sth (as a goal)
مُتَعَدِّد
diverse, numerous, multi-, poly-
إِيجاد
discovery, finding
فَصْل
detaching, separating; firing, laying off; rendering a judgment, reaching a decision (في قضية in a case)
ألو /’aloo/ (Dia.)
hello! (also آلو /’aaloo/, هالو /haaloo, haalaw/, and هلو /haloo, halaw/)
عَفْو
pardon, amnesty; عَفْواً and العَفو excuse me!; (response to شُكْراً) you’re welcome!
بارِد
cold, frigid; (food) dull, flat, bland
تَحَرَّكَ
to move, get moving
واجِب
necesssary, obligatory (على for); n. pl. -aat duty, obligation, requirement
اِقْتَرَبَ
to get close من to sth, approach من sth
شِدَّة
intensity, forcefulness; بِشِدَّة strongly, forcefully
مُفِيد
useful, beneficial
اِبْنَة
daughter (pl. بَنات, cf. بِنْت)
رَسَمَ
to draw, sketch (picture); to outline, describe sth; to design, plan sth; to chart (a course)
فَهْم
understanding, comprehension
مَعْنِيّ
concerned, affected; interested ب in, concerned ب with
شنو (Gul.Irq.) /shinu/, (Magh.) /shnu/
what
جَواب
answer, response; (Egy.) pl. -aat letter
صادِق
truthful, veracious
مارَسَ
to practice, pursue (profession, hobby); to practice, play (sport); to exercise, carry out (policy); to exert (pressure)
وَلِيّ
pl. أَوْلِياء patron, protector; وَلِيّ العَهْد heir, crown prince; وَلِيّ الأَمْر pl. أَوْلِياء الأُمُور legal guardian, parent
مَيِّت
pl. مَوْتَى, أَمْوات dead, deceased
وادٍ (def. وادِي)
wadi (dry riverbed), valley
أَجْرَى
to conduct, carry out, perform sth
غالِب
winner, victor; majority, most of; غالِباً mostly, largely
إِلِكْترُونِيّ
electronic; البَرِيد الإلِكْترُونيّ email
تَعْلِيمِيّ
educational, instructional, pedagogical
مُقارَنَة
comparison
قَوْم
people, nation
ضَخْم
large, voluminous
ظُلْم
injustice; ظُلْماً wrongly, unjustly
مَغْرِبِيّ
pl. مَغارِبَة Moroccan; Maghrebi
اِحْتِمال
probability, likelihood; اِحْتِمالات possibilities
نافِذَة
pl. نَوافِذ window
عَيْش
life, living; (Egy.) bread; (Gul.) rice
إِمْكانِيَّة
pl. -aat possibility; capability
أَهْلِيّ
civil, domestic; family, home; private (school)
آمَنَ
to believe ب in sth or بِأَنَّ/أَنَّ
حَضارَة
pl. -aat civilization; culture
بَرْلَمان
parliament
تَقْنِيَّة
pl. -aat technology, technique
جُهْد
effort, exertion, strain
وَعْي
consciousness; awareness, attention
حارِس
pl. حُرّاس guard, sentry; guardian, keeper; (sports) goalie, goal-keeper
صَحافَة
journalism, press
طالَما and لَطالَما
as long as; how often! طالَما أَنَّ provided (that)
خَفِيف
light; slight, minor; sparse
مَنَعَ
to prevent, forbid sth; to prevent sb من/عن from doing sth; to deprive sb من/عن of sth
جُمْلَة
pl. جُمَل sentence, clause; group, bunch, handful; بِالجُمْلَة on the whole, altogether; جُمْلَةً وَتَفْصِيلاً completely, through and through
عَقْب and عَقِب
pl. أَعْقاب heel; عَقِبَ prep. immediately after; (Gul.) عقب / 9ugub/ adv. afterwards (also prep. after)
مُبَكِّر
early; مُبَكِّراً early (adv.)
ظُهْر
noon, afternoon; ظُهْراً in the afternoon, at noon
وافَقَ
to agree with sb على on sth; to approve, authorize على sth
مُتَعَلِّق
attached, connected (ب to sth/sb); concerning (ب sth/sb)
زَمِيل
pl. زُمَلاء colleague, associate, companion
كَيْفِيَّة
manner, mode; way; how
نَمُوذَج
pl. نَماذِج sample; model, example
حادِث
pl. حَوادِث event, occurrence; incident, accident
فازَ
to win (ب sth); to defeat على sb
ثَوْب
pl. ثِياب garment, robe, tunic; ثِياب clothes, clothing
بَدِيل
pl. بَدائِل alternative; replacement, substitute; adj. alternate, substitute; equivalent
مُحِيط
peripheral, surrounding; n. periphery, surrounding area; milieu, environment; ocean; المُحِيط الهادِئ Pacific Ocean
آيَة
pl. -aat verse (in the Qur]an); sign, wonder, miracle
تَهْدِيد
threatening, menacing; n. pl. -aat threat, menace; danger, risk
هَدِيَّة
pl. هَدايا gift, present; هَدِيَّةً as a gift
قاعِد
sitting; (Dia.) staying, remaining; (with imperf.) in the process of doing sth
مُوسِيقَى
music
بَعَثَ
to send, mail sth or ب sth إلى to sb
نَدْوَة
pl. -aat seminar, symposium, colloquium
جِهاد
jihad (struggle, from the phrase الجِهاد في سَبِيلِ اللهِ struggle in the way of God)
قاعَة
pl. -aat hall, large room
فَرْق
difference, distinction; discrepancy
حِفاظ
guarding, preserving; memorization; n. diaper; حِفاظ الحَيْض sanitary napkin
جَبْهَة
(military, political, weather) front; front line; الجَبْهَة الشَّعْبِيَّة Popular Front
تَوْقِيع
signing; signature
مُمْتاز
excellent, superior, first-class; privileged, favored
هَمّ
pl. هُمُوم worry, concern; anxiety, distress; care, interest
مُكافَحَة
fight, battle, confrontation
فَشِلَ
to fail, be unsuccessful في in sth
حَظّ
luck, fortune
ضَيْف
pl. ضُيُوف guest, visitor
ثانَوِيّ
secondary; lower-ranking, subordinate
جِسْر
pl. جُسُور bridge; (reinforcement) beam or bar; (dental) bridge
مُتَمَيِّز
distinguished, outstanding, prominent; different (عن from)
بَلْدَة
town, township, community
اِسْتَحَقَّ
to deserve, merit sth
تَنْفِيذِيّ
executive, implementing
وَزْن
weighing, measuring the weight of; n. pl. أَوْزان weight
إنجليزي and إنكليزي /’ingliizi/
pl. إنجليز, إنكليز English; (Dia.) English (language)
طَيَران
aviation, flying; airline
عُقُوبَة
pl. -aat punishment, penalty, sanction
هون /hoon/ (Lev.)
here; لهون /la-hoon/ to here
ثابِت
firm, established, constant; stable, steady
مُؤَشِّر
pl. -aat indicator, index; measure, gage; مُؤَشِّرات clues, indications, pointers
مَطَر
pl. أَمْطار rain
مَفْرُوض
necessary, required; imposed, prescribed; n. obligation, duty
فَضَّلَ
to prefer sth (على to sth else)
جَمْع
bringing together, gathering, assembling; joining together
مَقْعَد
pl. مَقاعِد seat; place
مَقْتَل
murder, killing
ساهَمَ
to participate in, contribute to
اِتَّخَذَ
to take sth; to adopt, pass (a resolution)
راحَة
rest, relaxation, repose, leisure; راحَة اليَدِ palm of the hand
أَحَسَّ
to feel, sense ب sth or أَنَّ that
فَضاء
space; (outer) space, cosmos; vacant (plot of land)
مُسْتَقِلّ
independent, autonomous
تُرْكِيّ
pl. أَتْراك, تُرْك Turk; Turkish
أُفُق and أُفْق
pl. آفاق horizon; آفاق view, perspectives; outlook, prospects
جُثَّة
pl. جُثَث corpse, body
شِبْه
semi-, almost, like
شَرَف
honor, distinction
هُوِيَّة
identity; identity card
بِطاقَة
pl. -aat card; tag; ticket; ballot
رُكْن
pl. أَرْكان pillar, foundation, support; (mil.) chief of staff; corner, nook; section (newspaper)
مُصاب
injured, wounded; afflicted
صارُوخ
pl. صَوارِيخ missile, rocket
تَحَوُّل
pl. -aat change, transformation, conversion
رُوسِيّ
pl. رُوس Russian
جَوِّيّ
air, aerial; atmospheric; climatic, weather-related
سَيِّء
bad
أَمان
safety, security, protection
أَكْل
eating; consuming; n. food, meal
مُرَشَّح
nominated, selected; expected, prepared, slated; (most) likely; n. pl. -uun candidate, nominee
وَصْف
description, portrayal, characterization; n. pl. أَوْصاف characteristic, trait; بِوَصْفِهِ in his capacity as (chairman, minister, etc.)
مُلاحَظَة
observing, noticing; n. pl. -aat note, remark, observation
لَقَب
title; nickname
مَسافَة
pl. -aat distance, interval
فَقْر
poverty, lack of; فَقْر الدَمِ anemia
اِنْتِشار
spreading, diffusion
خائِف
afraid, fearful, frightened
ثُلاثاء
(يَوْم) الثُلاثاء Tuesday
ما
(exclamatory, with foll. elat.) how…! ما أحْلاها how pretty she is!
تَواصُل
continuation, maintaining; interconnection, mutual contact; intercommunication
ظُهُور
appearance, emergence; advent
زِراعَة
agriculture, cultivation; implanting, transplanting (organ)
غَرَض
pl. أَغْراض goal, purpose, intent; أغْراض (Lev.Irq.Gul.) things, items, personal effects
إِمْكان
pl. -aat capability, ability, power; possibility, (what is) possible
أَثْبَتَ
to prove, ascertain, establish sth
اِنْتَقَلَ
to move, transfer; اِنْتَقَلَ إلى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ تَعالَى to die
دَلَّ
to point على at sth; to indicate, serve as proof على أَنَّ that
وَكِيل
representative, agent
آلِيَّة
pl. -aat mechanism, machine; vehicle, vessel
حِرْص
desire, keenness, eagerness; حِرْصاً على out of concern for, for the sake of
حِينَما
when, while
لَحْم
pl. لُحُوم meat, flesh
مُتَخَصِّص
specialized; n. pl. -uun specialist
تَلَقَّى
to receive, get
جَلالَة
majesty; (in titles) جَلالَة المَلِك His Majesty, the King
بِنْيَة and بُنْيَة
pl. بِنىً, بُنىً structure; make-up, physique; بِنْيَة تَحْتِيَّة infrastructure
تَحْسِين
improving, enhancing, bettering; n. improvement, enhancement
مَبْنىً
pl. مَبانٍ (def. مَبانِي) building, edifice; structure
فَم
pl. أَفواه mouth
خَمْسُون
fifty; fiftieth
أَهَمَّ
to concern sb; to be important to sb
اِمْتِحان
pl. -aat examination, test; trial
طِبّ
medicine, medical treatment
مُقَدِّمَة
pl. -aat preface, introduction; front part
فَرْع
pl. فُرُوع branch, department, subdivision, section
مَصِير
path, destiny, fate
سَلِيم
correct, sound; flawless; safe
تَرْتِيب
pl. -aat preparation, arrangement, putting in order; organization, planning
مَبْرُوك
blessed, happy; interj. !مَبْرُوك congratulations! (على on/for); !أَلْف مَبْرُوك many congratulations!
مُطْلَق
absolute, unlimited; مُطْلَقاً absolutely
نَفَّذَ
to implement, carry out, execute
حَسْب
sufficiency, enough; فَحَسْب and وَحَسْب adv. only; حَسْبُنا الله God is sufficient for us
قَبِيلَة
pl. قَبائِل tribe
أوكي and أوكيه /’okey/ (Dia.)
OK
تَوَفَّرَ
to be plentiful; to be available ل for sb; to be met, fulfilled (conditions, requirements) في in sth/sb
تَمَتَّعَ
to enjoy ب sth, be blessed ب with sth; to possess, be endowed ب with (qualities)
قَطْع
breaking off, interruption; قَطْعاً absolutely; vn. traversing (a distance); issuing (a ticket)
وَفاة
pl. وَفَيات death; الوفايات obituaries (newspaper section)
سُقُوط
fall, downfall, collapse; crash (aircraft)
رائِحَة
pl. رَوائِح scent, odor, perfume
فَعّالِيَّة
effectiveness, efficiency; فَعّالِيّات events, activities
داخِلِيَّة
(ministry) interior, of state
عَدالَة
justice, fairness
جار
pl. جِيران neighbor
وَثِيقَة
pl. وَثائِق document; certificate; title, deed; paper, record
عَلامَة
pl. -aat mark, indication, sign; point
تَنْسِيق
coordination, collaboration
فَرَضَ
to impose sth على on sb; to assume أَنَّ that
بَقاء
survival; vn. remaining, staying
اِحْتِفال
celebrating; n. pl. -aat celebration, ceremony
أَبْرَز
more/most prominent
قَيْد
pl. قُيُود restriction, condition, stipulation; fetter, chain, shackle; قَيْدَ undergoing, in the process of; قَيْدَ الإنْشاء under construction; على قَيْدِ الحَياة alive; لا قَيْدَ أُنْمُلَةٍ not one iota, not an inch; (leg.) register, record
حِكْمَة
wisdom; pl. حِكَم wise saying, proverb, moral
فِتْنَة
pl. فِتَن charm, allure, enchantment; dissent, unrest; riot, rebellion
مَسِيحِيّ
Christian
تليفون and تلفون /talifoon, tilifoon/
pl. -aat telephone
زارَ
to visit sb or a place
هائِل
great, huge, formidable; frightful, appalling
مُؤَخَّر
rear, end, back; balance (of a payment); مُؤَخَّراً recently, lately; finally, in the end
سِياحَة
tourism
وُقُوف
standing, stopping, halting
ثَقِيل
heavy, cumbersome
رَسْم
drawing, sketching, illustrating; n. pl. رُسُوم picture, drawing; tax, fee
جامِعِيّ
university
أَشْبَهَ
to resemble, look like, be similar to sth/sb
تَطَلَّبَ
to require, demand sth (مِن from sb)
تَوْجِيه
directing, guiding, sending; n. pl. -aat instruction, guideline, directive
حَطَّ
to put, place, set down; a.p. (Dia.) حاطّ, (Lev.) حاطِط
حَبّ
grain, seed(s); un.n. حَبَّة n. pl. حُبُوب, حَبّات grain, seed; pill; bead
شَوْق
desire, yearning
دَقِيق
precise, accurate; minute, micro-; delicate
مُتَقَدِّم
advanced, developed; n. applicant (person submitting an application); a.p. applying, seeking (job position or admission)
زِراعِيّ
agricultural, farming
شَيْطان
pl. شَياطِين devil; الشيطان the Devil, Satan
قَتِيل
pl. قَتْلَى casualty, dead/killed person
اِسْتِفادَة
benefiting مِن from, making use مِن of
اِسْتِقْبال
reception; receiving, welcoming
وَرْد
roses, flowers; un.n. وَرْدَة, pl. وُرُود, وَرْدات
ثامِن
eighth (ordinal)
مَدَّ
to extend, stretch sth; to spread out, stretch out sth
ظَلام
darkness; injustice
مُوافَقَة
agreement; approval
سِياق
context, course
دَرْب
pl. دُرُوب path, pathway, trail, road
دُعاء
call, appeal, request; invocation
أَرْسَلَ
to send, transmit (ب) sth إلى to sb
هَوىً
love, affection; inclination, preference; desire, wish; على هَواهُ as he likes, according to his preference
ذَهاب
going; leaving, departure; first half (game, match)
كَثْرَة
abundance, large amount, great number
هادِئ
calm, quiet, peaceful; المُحِيط الهادئ/الهادي the Pacific Ocean
حِفْظ
saving, preserving, maintaining; protecting, guarding; memorizing
شاشَة
pl. -aat screen; computer monitor
شَرِيك
pl. شُرَكاء partner, associate
مَحْدُود
limited; determined
أَدْخَلَ
to insert, introduce, include sth إلى/في in
تَبادُل
exchange, interchange
سِيادَة
sovereignty, supremacy; سيادته His Excellency
رَمْز
pl. رُمُوز symbol, sign, emblem; symbolic figure; (computer) icon; (telephone, postal) code; indicator; vn. symbolizing, indicating, pointing (إلى to); dialing (phone number)
ضَرْبَة
pl. -aat blow, strike; shot
مَلامِح
pl. features, characteristics
غابَ
to be absent (عن from); to set (sun) عن on
مُفاوَضَة
pl. -aat negotiation, discussion, talk
تَدْمِير
destruction, demolition; wrecking, ruining, damaging
تَحْلِيل
dissolution, dissolving; legalizing (making sth حَلال Halal); n. pl. تَحالِيل analysis, (laboratory) test
دَوْم
continuance, continuation; دَوْماً always
وَلَدَ
to bear, give birth to (child); (pass.) وُلِدَ to be born
شَرِيط
tape, strip, ribbon
مُسْتَحِيل
impossible
مُحافِظ
governor; adj. conservative; a.p. preserving, protecting
بَيَّنَ
to clarify, explain sth; to show, demonstrate sth; (Lev.Irq.Gul.) to appear, be visible; to seem, look, appear to be
مُراقَبَة
surveillance, monitoring; censorship; observation, inspection; supervision, oversight
تَفَضَّلَ
(usu. imperat. with foll. imperat.) please (come in, sit down, help yourself, go ahead, you first, etc.); لَوْ تَفَضَّلْت if you would be so kind
كُتْلَة
pl. كُتَل bloc, group; mass, bulk
باعَ
to sell sth (ب for a price)
ماشِي
(Dia. pl. ماشِيِين, ماشِين) going, walking; ماشِي (Dia.) interj. OK, all right (I agree, accept); adj. good, fine; أنا ماشِي الحال I’m doing fine
إِحْساس
feeling, sensation; sensitivity
اِنْفِجار
pl. -aat explosion, detonation
حَدِيقَة
pl. حَدائِق garden; حَدِيقة حَيَوانات zoo
اِهْتَمَّ
to be interested ب in sth; to care, be concerned ب about sth
اِعْتِراف
admission, confession (ب of sth); acknowledgment, recognition, acceptance (ب of sth)
مَنْطِق
logic, mentality
مُتَّهَم
accused ب of, charged ب with, indicted ب for; n. pl. -uun accused, suspect
دار
(Magh.) /dar, ydir/ to do, make sth; to prepare (food); (Egy.Lev.Irq.Gul.) /daar, ydiir/ to turn (one’s face, head, back); دِير بالَك! (Lev.) watch out!
أَصْلِيّ
original, master; real, true; genuine, authentic
مِثْلَما
like, as, just as
صَفْقَة
pl. صَفَقات deal, transaction
مَنْهَج
pl. مَناهِج method, approach; program, curriculum
تَعَرَّفَ
to get to know على sb, become acquainted على with sb; to identify على sb
جِنْسِيَّة
nationality, citizenship
اِتِّهام
pl. -aat accusation, charge, indictment
صِدْق
sincerity, candor
عاشِق
pl. -uun, عُشّاق lover, person in love; admirer, fan; enthusiast, aficionado
مُقَدَّس
holy, sacred; n. مُقَدَّسات sacred sites; sacred things
هِنْدِيّ
pl. هُنُود Indian; الهُنُود الحُمْر Native Americans; تَمْر هِنْدِيّ tamarind
تُهْمَة
pl. تُهَم accusation, charge
إِبْداع
creativity, originality
حادّ
sharp, intense
اِمْتَدَّ
to extend, reach, spread إلى to
مِحْوَر
pl. مَحاوِر axle; axis, pivot
طائِفِيّ
sectarian, factional
إِصْدار
exporting; issuing, publication
غَيَّرَ
to change, modify sth; to replace, switch sth
مُنْتَصَف
middle, halfway
أَرْبَعُون
forty; fortieth
حَلَّ
to dissolve, split up, untie sth; حَلَّ مَحَلَّهُ to replace, take the place of sb/sth; to solve (problem)
أَجَل
time, period, term; final moment, death
شاهِد
pl. شُهُود witness; spectator; adj. witnessing, viewing
جَماعِيّ
group, collective; common
تاسِع
ninth (ordinal)
زاوِيَة
pl. زَوايا corner, nook; section (newspaper); angle
تَصَرُّف
pl. -aat behavior, conduct; تَصَرُّفات actions
مُساعِد
assistant, aide, supporter; adj. helping, assisting, supporting
اِغْتِيال
pl. -aat assassination
اِعْتِداء
pl. -aat assault, attack, aggression
مَيْدان
pl. مَيادِين arena, field, domain; city square, plaza
تاجِر
pl. تُجَّار merchant, businessman, trader; adj. trading, dealing
جَزائِرِيّ
Algerian
هَجْمَة
pl. -aat attack, assault; raid, strike
أَداة
pl. أَدَوات tool, utensil, instrument; appliance, apparatus; (ling.) particle
تَدَخُّل
intervention, interference
أَمْر
pl. أَوامِر order, command
سَبَّبَ
to cause, produce, provoke sth
واسِطَة
بِواسِطَةِ by means of, by using, by making use of; (Dia.) /wasTa/ intermediary, (person with) influence, pull, connections
عَيْب
pl. عُيُوب fault, weakness; shame, disgrace, shameful behavior
صَرَّحَ
to declare, announce بِأنَّ that
سافَرَ
to travel إلى to; to depart (on a trip)
بَرِيء
pl. أَبْرِياء innocent, blameless; naive, unsuspecting; exempt, free (مِن of); n. innocent person
اِنْطِلاق
start, departure; اِنْطِلاقاً مِن proceeding from; on the basis of
تامّ
complete, concluded
جُنَيْه
pl. -aat pound (currency); (Egy.) جنيه /gineeh/ pl. -aat
مِعْيار
pl. مَعايِير standard, criterion, norm; standard measure, gauge
تَمْوِيل
financing, funding, backing, underwriting
خَشِيَ
to fear sth/sb or مِن sth/sb; to fear, anticipate أَنْ that; to be afraid, anxious على for (sb’s safety)
تَقْلِيدِيّ
traditional, conventional
أَمانَة
loyalty, reliability; honesty, integrity; deposit, safekeeping; secretariat; office of mayor; أَمانَة الصَّنْدُوق office of treasurer; في أَمانَة الله God keep you safe (goodbye)
اِخْتِلاف
variance, difference, disagreement; conflict, controversy
سُكَّر
sugar; مَرَض السكر diabetes
تَرْكِيز
emphasis, focus, concentration (على on)
أَقْوَى
stronger/strongest, more/most powerful
تَناوُل
dealing with (subject, issue); eating (meal); taking, ingesting (medicine)
تَحْوِيل
conversion, transfer
حَرَم
holy site; (university) campus; الحَرَمان الشَّرِيفان the Two Holy Sites (Mecca and Medina); ثالِث الحَرَمَيْن Jerusalem
يَمَنِيّ
Yemeni
اِنْتِخابِيّ
electoral, election; selection
إِسْتراتِيجِيّ
strategic; n. strategist
ذَهَبِيّ
golden, gilded
صَحْراء
desert
حَكَمَ
to rule, govern (people, country); to judge, sentence على sb
وِشّ and ويش /weesh/ (Gul.Sau.)
what
إِسْتراتِيجِيَّة
pl. -aat strategy
مُقَرَّر
decided upon, stipulated; scheduled; n. agenda, plan; curriculum
اِنْسِحاب
withdrawal, evacuation; pulling out, removing
تَبِعَ
to follow, pursue sth/sb
تَزَوَّجَ
to marry sb; to get married (مِن to sb)
لَفَتَ
to draw, turn (نَظَر/اِنْتِباه) sb’s attention إلى to; لَفِتَ نَظَرَهُ/اِنْتِباهَهُ to catch sb’s attention
ذاتِيّ
autonomous, self-, auto-; personal, individual
هلق /halla’/ (Lev.)
now
مُسَلْسَل
pl. -aat serial show (esp. soap opera)
وَلِيَ
to follow, come after (sth/sb); to govern, rule sth or على over sth
غادَرَ
to leave (a place), depart (on a trip)
كارِثَة
pl. كَوارِث catastrophe, tragedy
اِسْتَهْدَفَ
to target, aim at sth/sb
مَلْبَس
pl. مَلابِس clothes, dress, attire
قاتِل
pl. قَتَلَة murderer, assassin; adj. deadly, lethal; fatal
سِياحِيّ
tourist, tourism
نِيَّة
pl. نَوايا intention, purpose; desire
شِيعَة
Shiites; partisans, followers
نَقْص
lack, loss; decrease, diminution; deficit; deficiency; inferiority
تَدَخَّلَ
to intervene, interfere, meddle
إِجابَة
pl. -aat answer, reply, response
خَلَقَ
to create, form sth
دِراسِيّ
study-, school-related; instructional, pedagogical
سِلْسِلَة
chain, series
حَدِيد
iron; steel
جِوار
proximity, vicinity; بِجِوارِ near, next to; حُسْن الجِوار good neighbor (relations)
شِتاء
winter
حُسْن
good, goodness; beauty
ضَرَر
pl. أَضْرار damage; injury, harm; n. evil, sin
سُنَّة
Sunna (orthodox Islam; body of Islamic law; customary procedure)
اِسْتَقْبَلَ
to meet, welcome, greet sb; to receive sth
سُلُوك
behavior, conduct
سَهْل
أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً interj. hello! welcome!
حَسَن
good; حَسَناً adv. well; interj. good, fine, OK
سِينَما
cinema
مُرْتَبِط
connected, linked ب to; in a relationship ب with
حَفْلَة
pl. حَفَلات party, ceremony, celebration
جَزِيرَة
pl. جُزُر island; شِبْه جَزِيَةٍ peninsula; جَزِيرَة العَرَب and (شِبْه) الجَزِيرَة العَرَبِيَّة the Arabian Peninsula
اِسْتَفادَ
to benefit, profit مِن from, to make use مِن of
صِلَة
pl. -aat link, connection; contact
تَراجُع
retreat, backing down/off عن from; decrease, decline
اِكْتَشَفَ
to discover sth; to detect, uncover sth
تَرَدَّدَ
to hesitate في to do sth; to pause, wait (an instant); to frequent على (a place); to be repeated, occur repeatedly; to be widely discussed
لِيبِيّ
pl. -uun Libyan
نَقْد
criticism, critique
مَجْهُول
unknown, unidentified; n. pl. -uun unknown person, unidentified person
صَنَعَ
to design, build; fabricate
ثَرْوَة
pl. ثَرَوات wealth, fortune; abundance
حِصار
siege, blockade
زَيْت
oil (food, mineral)
سَحَبَ
to withdraw (support); to take out, pull sth (عن from)
قِبَل
مِن قِبَلِ on the part of; by
إِرْسال
sending; deploying (troops); n. transmission, broadcast; signal (cell phone)
كُرْسِيّ
pl. كَراسٍ (def. كَراسِي) chair, seat
طَبَقَة
pl. -aat class, category, rank; level, layer
صَحافِيّ
journalistic, press; n. journalist, reporter
أَكْمَلَ
to complete, finish sth
تَجاوُز
surmounting, overcoming; exceeding, going beyond, overstepping; disregarding, bypassing; n. تَجاوُزات abuses, violations
أَزْرَق
fem. زَرْقاء blue
تَبَيَّنَ
to become clear or evident (أَنَّ that); to appear, become visible
تَخْطِيط
planning, preparation; plan, sketch, diagram
إِرادَة
desire, will
نِقاش
argument, debate
مُتَحَدِّث
fem. -a, spokesperson, speaker
هِجْرَة
migration; emigration, exodus, flight; هِجْرَة العُقُول brain drain; الهِجْرَة the Hijrah
دَوام
office or business hours, work schedule; duration, time period; constancy, permanence
خَسِرَ
to fail, lose, suffer a loss; to lose (a game, one’s life, time)
صِينِيّ
Chinese
تَساءَلَ
to ask oneself, wonder, ponder
ناجِح
successful, winning; n. winner
حَزِين
sad, unhappy, sorrowful
شَقِيق
pl. أَشِقّاء brother, full brother
خَدَمَ
to serve, assist sb; to serve (الوَطَنَ one’s country, في الجَيْش in the army)
مَزْرَع
pl. مَزارِع farm, plantation
جَرّاء
جَرّاءَ and مِن جَرّاءِ because of, as a result of
رائِد
pl. رُوّاد pioneer, explorer; leader; (mil.) major, commandant; رائِد الفَضاءِ astronaut; adj. pioneering, leading
قِلَّة
scarcity, lack of; small number or amount of
مَلَكِيّ
royal; of or relating to a kingdom
مُوَحَّد
united, unified; standardized, normalized
جاهِز
ready, prepared; equipped, outfitted
راهِن
present, current
دُسْتُورِيّ
constitutional
راتِب
pl. رَواتِب salary, wage, pay
أَمَلَ
to hope أَنْ or في أَنْ that; to hope for, expect (ب/في) sth, من from sth/sb
اِفْتِتاح
opening, inauguration
سَفِينَة
pl. سُفُن ship, vessel
اِعْتِقال
pl. -aat arrest, detention
لاحِق
later, subsequent; next, following; لاحِقاً shortly, soon
ضَيِّق
narrow, restricted, tight
أَخْذ
taking; seizure
قَبْر
pl. قُبُور tomb, sepulcher
عَجِيب
wonderful, amazing; astonishing, strange
تَمَثَّلَ
to be represented, be incorporated في in sth; to appear, be seen في in sth
شاهَدَ
to see, watch, observe sth/sb
اِنْتِصار
pl. -aat victory, triumph
هُنالِكَ
there, over there; there is, there are
أَدْنَى
lower/lowest, nearer/nearest; adj. inferior, low, near; n./adj. minimum
مُجاوِر
neighboring, adjacent
نِعْمَة
pl. نِعَم blessing, grace
بَأْس
لا بَأْسَ بِهِ not a bad…at all; لاباس /la-bas/ (Magh.) adj. fine, good (lit. not bad)
سَطْح
surface
اِحْتَوَى
to contain, include على sth
أَشَدّ
stronger/strongest; more/most intense
غَنِيّ
pl. أَغْنِيا rich, wealthy
رَوْعَة
magnificence, splendor, beauty; (Gul.) adj. (invar.) beautiful, great, fantastic, awesome
خَصَّ
to concern, affect, relate to sb/sth; (often with neg.) to be sb’s business or concern; to choose, select, single out sth/sb; فِيما يَخُصُّ in regard to, with respect to
اِبْتَسَمَ
to smile (ل at sb)
مُبارَك
blessed; lucky, fortunate
أَغْلَب
most, majority
لِواء
(mil.) major general; district, province; flag, banner; (mil.) brigade
حَقْل
pl. حُقُول field
خُلْق
أَخْلاق character, personality, temperament; أَخْلاق morals, ethics
جادّ
earnest, serious
وَعْد
pl. وُعُود promise, pledge
بُكْرَة and بُكْرا (Egy.Lev.Gul.)
tomorrow
سُنِّيّ
pl. سُنَّة Sunni
بَرِيد
mail, postal service; post office; البَرِيد الإلِكْترُونيّ email
إِقْلِيم
pl. أَقالِيم region, district; province
مُنْتَج
produced; n. pl. -aat product; مُنْتَجات products, manufactured goods
رابِطَة
pl. رَوابِط association, union, league; tie, connection, link
دَمار
destruction, devastation, ruin
حامِل
bearing, carrying; n. pl. حَمَلَة bearer, carrier; porter
مُقابَلَة
pl. -aat encounter, meeting; interview; (sports) match, game
إِنْقاذ
rescue, saving; relief, bailout
تَفْجِير
blowing up, detonating; n. pl. -aat explosion
تُراث
heritage; inheritance
قُنْبُلَة
pl. قَنابِل bomb, shell; grenade
مَطْعَم
pl. مَطاعِم restaurant
سُهُولَة
ease, facility
نالَ
to attain, achieve (prize); to acquire, gain (distinction)
مُحامٍ (def. مُحامِي)
pl. مُحامُون lawyer, defense counsel
غِذائِيّ
nutritional, food-related
مِسْكِين
pl. مَساكِين poor soul, wretch; adj. poor, humble, miserable
مِهْنَة
pl. مِهَن vocation, trade, profession, occupation
مَكْتَبَة
pl. -aat library; bookstore
مَظْهَر
pl. مَظاهِر view; appearance, looks
ظاهِر
evident, apparent; n. obvious
تُراب
dirt, soil
وُضُوح
clarity; بِوُضُوح clearly, plainly, explicitly
مَكْتُوب
written; predestined; n. pl. مَكاتِيب message, letter
حاجِز
pl. حَواجِز obstacle, hurdle; adj. blocking, blockading
ما
(redundant, in indirect questions) ما إِذا if, whether
رَغِبَ
to wish for, desire, want في sth
مَوْرِد
pl. مَوارِد source, resource
قَهْوَة
coffee; café, coffeehouse
مَطْلَب
pl. مَطالِب request; demand, claim; desired goal, objective
مُشْرِف
supervisor, director; adj. supervising, directing
ضَرْب
beating, hitting, striking; n. strike, attack; n. type, kind, variety
تَحَمَّلَ
to bear, carry (burden); to shoulder (responsibility)
مِفْتاح
pl. مَفاتِيح key (door, lock, computer keyboard); switch; wrench
جَزَى
to repay, reward sb; جَزاك اللهُ خَيْراً may God reward you! (used to express thanks for a service)
قَطَرِيّ
Qatari
سِرِّيّ
secret; private
تَشْغِيل
operation, activation; employment, hiring
وَدَعَ
to let, allow sb to do sth; دَعْنِي allow me
حُجَّة
pretext, excuse; proof, evidence; بِحُجَّةِ أنَّ under the pretext that
مُسْتَعِدّ
getting ready, preparing ل for; adj. ready, prepared
أُذُن and أُذْن
pl. آذان ear; أُذْنَيَّ my (two) ears
مُفاجَأَة
pl. مُفاجَآت surprise
عاجِل
urgent, speedy; عاجِلاً أَوْ آجِلاً sooner or later
فَصْل
pl. فُصُول section, chapter; season; class, classroom; semester, term
طاوِلَة
table (It. tavola); لَعْبَة الطّاوِلَة and طاوِلَة الزَّهْر backgammon; تِنِس الطّاوِلَة table tennis
مُعْتَقَل
prison camp; n. pl. -uun prisoner, detainee; adj. detained, held prisoner
مَصْنَع
pl. مَصانِع factory, industrial plant
أَصْغَر
fem. صُغْرَى smaller/smallest; younger/youngest; adj. lesser, minor
نادِر
rare, unusual, infrequent; نادِراً rarely, seldom
مِقْدار
extent, amount; value; degree, level, dosage
مِهْنِيّ
professional, vocational, occupational, trade
حِصَّة
pl. حِصَص share, quota, portion; (school) class period
عاشِر
tenth (ordinal)
نَصِيحَة
pl. نَصائِح advice, word of advice, counsel
هَدَّدَ
to threaten sb ب with (murder, blackmail); to threaten, intimidate sb ب with (a weapon)
تِكْنُولُوجِيا
technology
تَراجَعَ
to retreat, back down/off عن from (a position); to lag behind, fall back, decrease
وَرَدَ
to arrive, show up; to appear, be mentioned في in (a text)
مُساهَمَة
participation, contribution
شِيعِيّ
Shiite
تَعامَلَ
to deal with مع sth/sb (ب with); to work together, do business مع with sb
بَحْرِيّ
maritime, sea; naval, navy
ذِهْن
pl. أَذْهان mind, thought, intellect
أُولٰئِكَ and أُولائِكَ
those (human)
رِبْح
winning, gaining; n. pl. أَرْباح profit, gain; dividend, revenue; interest
مُراجَعَة
review, inspection; checking, consulting
زَهْر
pl. زُهُور, أَزْهار flowers
تَصْوِير
photography, filming; illustration; depiction, characterization, description
بَنَى
to build, construct, erect sth
كَرامَة
dignity, honor; generosity, magnanimity
تَقَبَّلَ
to receive, accept
سِباق
pl. -aat race; competition
مُحافَظَة
protection, preservation; guarding, safeguarding; n. conservatism, modesty
دِرْهَم
pl. دَراهِم dirham
مُقَدَّم
offered, submitted; advanced, ahead of schedule; مُقَدَّماً in advance, beforehand; n. lieutenant colonel
كُوَيِّس /kwayyis/ (Egy.Lev.)
pl. -iin good, nice; adv. well
جَدْوَل
pl. جَداوِل table, chart; schedule; stream, rivulet
مُنافَسَة
pl. -aat competition, rivalry
مَسار
pl. -aat path, route; n. trajectory, orbit
سِفارَة and سَفارَة
pl. -aat embassy
خَلِيَّة
pl. خَلايا (biological, political) cell; beehive
صَرَخَ
to shout, scream
حَلَمَ
to dream ب of sth/sb
تَغَيُّر
pl. -aat change, variation
فَوْضَى
chaos, anarchy
اِسْتِقْلال
independence
وَدَّ
to want, like sth or أَنْ to do sth; أَوَدُّ I would like
ضَرِيبَة
pl. ضَرائِب tax, levy
عَلا
to rise, ascend, loom; to be elevated
عِنايَة
care, concern, attention, regard
مُوَجَّه
directed, aimed
ذَهَب
gold
قاسٍ (def. قاسِي)
harsh, cruel, severe
إنتو and إنتوا /’intu/ (Dia.)
you (pl.)
طائِفَة
pl. طَوائِف faction, sect
صَرْف
spending, changing (money); diverting (attention); بِصَرْفِ النَظَرِ عن regardless of; الصرف الصِحّي wastewater/sewage treatment
هَـ
(prefix, with def. art.) هالـ /ha-l-/ (Lev.Irq.Gul.) this; هالموضوع this topic
مُواصَلَة
continuation, continuing; n. pl. -aat communication, connection; مُواصَلات (public) transportation
إِنْهاء
termination, completion, ending
فَراغ
vacuum, empty space; free time, leisure
تَشْرِيعِيّ
legislative
آل
family, clan
فَصَلَ
to separate, detach, disconnect sth; to dismiss, fire sb; to lay sb off, let sb go; to hang up (phone), get off (the line); to get disconnected, get cut off; to render a judgment, reach a decision (في قضية in a case)
سَمَك
fish, un.n. سَمَكَة, pl. أَسْماك
تَوَجُّه
pl. -aat attitude, orientation, approach
رَدَّدَ
to repeat, reiterate sth
إِذاعَة
broadcasting; n. pl. -aat broadcast, transmission
تَأْسِيس
establishment, foundation; creation; installation
تَحَرُّك
pl. -aat movement, activity, motion
تَشْجِيع
encouragement, promotion, support
نادَى
to call ب for sth/sb; to call على for sb; to call out, announce (ب) sth
مَنَحَ
to grant, bestow, award sb sth or sth ل to sb
كَبُرَ
to grow up, grow older; to get bigger
فاعِل
effective, efficient; active; n. pl. -uun doer, agent; فاعِل خَيْرٍ philanthropist
أيوا /’aywa/ and أيوه /’aywah/
(Dia.) yes
بَرَكَة
pl. -aat blessing; حَبَّة البَرَكَة black cumin, fennel-flower
خالِص
sincere; pure, clear; (Lev.) finished (with), (having) completed; ready; done, over, ended; depleted; (Egy.) adv. very, totally
مِيلاد
birthday; birth; عِيد المِيلاد (المَجِيد) Christmas
إِجْمالِيّ
comprehensive, full; total, gross
شِعْرِيّ
poetic
نِطاق
scope, range, extent
مُعاناة
effort; hardship, suffering
تَأَكُّد
assurance, confirmation (من of); certainty, conviction
تَكْوِين
creating, forming; educating, training (specialists); n. structure; education, formation
راد
/raad, yriid/ (Irq.Gul.) to want, need sth, or (with imperf.) to want to do sth
تَمَيَّزَ
to stand out, distinguish oneself ب by, due to (على compared with, above); to be different عن from
قَدَر
fate, destiny
تَوَتُّر
pl. -aat tension, strain, unrest; (electrical) tension
دِقَّة
accuracy, precision; minuteness
كِيان
entity; essence, being; structure
رَبِيع
spring (season)
مُؤَقَّت
temporary, interim, provisional; مُؤَقَّتاً temporarily
بُكاء
crying, weeping
رَصاص
lead (metal); coll.n. bullets
تَفاهُم
mutual understanding, mutual comprehension
حَكِيم
wise; n. wise man, sage; philosopher; (Lev.) physician, doctor; (Lev.) حَكِيم أسْنان dentist
طُفُولَة
childhood, infancy; youth
جَلَّ
to be majestic, exalted, lofty (of God); اللهُ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ approx. Almighty God
سَرِير
pl. أَسِرَّة bed, couch
عَجُوز
old person, elderly
فاقَ
to surpass, excel sth/sb; to wake up, regain one’s senses
إِيطالِيّ
Italian
أَرْضِيّ
ground, land; ground-based, land-based
مُضِيف
host, steward; fem. مُضِيفَة stewardess, hostess; a.p. adding; adj. (in sports) home (team), hosting (club)
اِسْتِغْلال
utilization; exploitation, taking advantage (of an opportunity)
مِيزان
pl. مَوازيِن weight scales, balance; measure, standard
سائِق
pl. -uun chauffeur, driver
مَدْخَل
pl. مَداخِل entrance; introduction, beginning
مُحاضَرَة
pl. -aat lecture
هَيّا
let’s…! let’s go!
مَقْبُول
acceptable; welcome
تَرْبَوِيّ
pedagogical, educational; related to child-rearing or breeding
مُحْتَلّ
occupied (land); filled (post, position)
تَعَرُّف
getting to know على sb, becoming acquainted على with sb
صُبْح
morning, daybreak
اِنْتَشَرَ
to spread out, extend; to be diffused, be publicized
حَضارِيّ
cultural; civilized
خاطِر
pl. خَواطِر idea, thought; mind, feeling; wish, volition; inclination; عَشان/عَلَشان خاطِر (Egy.) for the sake of; so that, in order to; على خاطِر (Alg.) because of, on account of
خِتام
conclusion, closure, end
آنِي (Irq.Alg.)
I
مُثَقَّف
pl. -uun intellectual; adj. cultured, educated, cultivated
اِجْتَمَعَ
to meet, hold a meeting مع/ب with
خَيال
imagination, fantasy; الخَيال العِلْمِيّ science fiction
مُتَواصِل
continuous, constant, unceasing; connected
جَرِيح
pl. جَرْحَى wounded, injured
مُسْتَشار
counselor, adviser
اِمْتَلَكَ
to possess, own sth
جِنْس
gender, sex; sexual intercourse; type, kind
غِذاء
pl. أَغْذِيَة food, nourishment
جاي (Dia.)
(fem. جايَة, pl. جايِين) coming, arriving; adj. next; (with object pron.) جايَك coming to (see) you
سِلْمِيّ
peaceful
جَنْب
side; جَنْبَ next to; جَنْباً إلى جَنْبٍ side by side; جمب (Egy.) /gamb/, (Lev.) /jamb/; (for Irq.Gul. see يم /yamm/)
تَجَمُّع
pl. -aat gathering, assembly; grouping
فَحْص
ينبغي الوقاية بعمل الفحص الطبي قبل الزواج ومعرفة فصيلة الدم للأفراد المقبلين على الزواج
سَعْي
endeavor, pursuit; striving, endeavoring
آلَة
pl. -aat instrument, device; apparatus, appliance, machine
عَرِيض
wide, broad; bold (line)
رَفِيق
pl. رِفاق companion, partner, colleague; comrade; رِفْقات (Lev.) friends, buddies, companions
تَسْلِيم
delivery, handing over; surrender
اِسْتِعْمال
use, usage; handling; application
عَكَسَ
to reflect, mirror (light, image); to contradict or oppose sb
رَوَى
to tell, narrate sth; to report, provide an account of sth
كَشْف
revelation, disclosure, report; النِّقابِ عن exposing, uncovering sth; examination, detection
خُطُورَة
significance, importance; seriousness, gravity; danger
عِشْرِين
twentieth year; العِشْرِينات the Twenties
ذَنْب
pl. ذُنُوب fault, offense, misdeed
تَفْسِير
explanation, commentary; Tafsir (Qur]anic exegesis)
جَناح
pl. أَجْنِحَة wing (of a bird, airplane, building; army wing; political wing; wing position (in soccer and basketball); flank
