Arbic 3 Flashcards
water
مَاء
yesterday
أَمْس
went out/exited
خَرَج
went
ذَهَب
wrote
كَتَب
drank
شَرِب
ate
أَكَل
returned/went back
رَجَع
opened
فَتَح
sat down
جَلَس
heard
سَمِع
Familiar to Muslims from سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ “Allah hears whoever praises Him” (Said when straightening from ruku’ in salah)
did, made
فَعَل
found
وَجَد
thief/robber
لِصّ(لُصوص)
theft/robbery
سَرِقَة(سَرِقات)
investigation
تحْقيق(تَحْقيقات)
letter, address, speech
خِطاب(خِطابات)
From خَاطَبَ * (ḵāṭaba) III, non-past يُخَاطِبُ (yuḵāṭibu) 1. to address. Same root as khutbah خُطْبَة Friday sermon. Note different root from كَتَبَ “to write”
palace
قَصْر(قُصور)
Also “large stone building, castle, fortress”. From Latin castrum. Compare Classical Syriac ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (“qaṣrā”), Hebrew קְצָרָה (qəṣārâ). Cognate with English “castle”
cup
فِنْجان(فَناجين)
about/concerning
عَنْ
to/towards
إلى
royal
مَلَكِيّ
morning
صَبَاح
afternoon/evening
مَسَاء
when?
مَتى؟
Compare مَا (mā, “what?”) and مَن (man, “who?”). Cognate to Hebrew מתי (matai) “when”.
what? (for verbal sentences)
مَاذا؟
firstly
أَوّلًا
finally, recently
أَخيرًا
before that
قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ
then
ثُمَّ
and/and so
فَـ
letter, message, something written, destiny
مَكْتُوب(مَكَاتِيب)
Example of a word for “letter” with k-t-b root, to contrast with خِطاب
What would you like?
مَاذَا تُرِيدَ
before
قَبْلَ
To happen, to take place
حَدَثَ / يَحْدُثُ
box/tin/packet
عُلبَة(عُلَب)
man
رَجُل/رِجَال
From the root ر ج ل (r-j-l). Compare رَجِلَ “to go on foot, to walk”
mountain
جَبَل/جِبَال
sea/seas
بَحْر(بِحَار)
from the root ب ح ر (b-ḥ-r) “related to spaciousness”
the weather
الطَّقْس
hot
حَارّ
Derived from the active participle of حَرَّ (ḥarra, “to be hot”), from the root ح ر ر (ḥ-r-r).
day
يَوم(أَيّام)
hotel
فُنْدُق(فَنادِق)
studied
دَرَس
toy/game
لُعبَة(لُعَب)
masterpiece/artefact
تُحْفة(تُحَف)
Also “work of art, gift, rarity” (not in WK). Compare مَتْحَف “museum”
camel
جَمَل(جِمَال)
wind
ريح(رِياح)
state/condition
حَال(أحوال)
From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l) “forms words relating to change”
temperature (“degree of heat”)
دَرَجَة اَلْحَرَارَة
mild/moderate
مُعْتَدِل
sun
شَمْس
sunny
مُشْمِس
cloud
غَيْم(غُيوم)
cloudy/overcast
غائِم
rain
مَطَر(أَمْطار)
rainy
مُمْطِر