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