***Earth, nature and the environment Flashcards
أَبو سیفٍ
swordfish
أَرنَبٌ (أَرانِبُ)
rabbit, hare
نَبٌ ھِنْدِيٌّ
guinea pig
تَأْسدَ – یَسْتَأْسِدُ
to display the courage of a lion
أسدٌ (أُسودٌ)
lion
بَندا
panda
رَیْرُ
badger
الكُوالُ / دُبٌّ أُستُرالِيٌّ
koala
الھامستَرُ
hamster
أَوَّزَ (على) – یُؤَوِّزُ (على)
to ridicule or make fun of (someone)
وَزَّةٌ (إوَزٌّ)
goose
وى – یَأْوي
to seek refuge or shelter; to house, lodge or accommodate
أوّى – یُؤَوِّي
to shelter, lodge or accommodate
وى – یُئْوي
to seek shelter; to retire to; to shelter or accommodate
أْوىً (مَآوٍ)
retreat, shelter; habitation, abode
ابنُ آوى (بَناتُ آوى)
jackal
واءٌ
accommodation, lodging, housing
بَجَعَةٌ (بَجَعاتٌ / بَجَعٌ)
swan; pelican
بَرٌّ
land, terra firma; mainland
رّاً
outside; by land
رِّيٌّ
terrestrial, of or relating to land
یَّةٌ (بَراري)
open country, steppe; desert
حَیاةُ البرِّیَّةُ
wildlife
بَرمائِیاتُ
amphibians
بِطریقٌ (بَطاریقُ)
penguin
بَطَّةٌ (بَطٌّ)
duck
طَّةُ السّاقِ
the calf of the leg
بَغلٌ (بِغالٌ / أَبغالٌ)
mule
بُلبُلٌ (بَلابِلُ)
a finch
مَ – یُبھِمُ
to make obscure, dubious or unintelligible
مَ – یَتَبَھّمُ
to be obscure, ambiguous or unintelligible
تَبھَمَ – یَستَبھِمُ
to be obscure, ambiguous or unintelligible
یمٌ (بُھُمٌ)
jet-black
مَةٌ (بَھائِمُ)
animal, beast; livestock, cattle
مِيٌّ / بَھیمِیَّةٌ
bestial, animal-related; brutality
ھامٌ
vagueness, obscurity, ambiguity
بھامٌ (أَباھیمُ)
thumb; big toe
مٌ
big toe
مُبھَمٌ
dark, obscure, cryptic, ambiguous, vague
دَدٌ مُبھَمٌ
abstract number
بَیْطرَ – یُبَیْطِرُ
to practise veterinary science
یْطارٌ (بَیَاطِرَةٌ)
veterinarian, vet
یْطَرِيٌّ (بیْطریّونَ)
veterinarian, vet
الطِّبُّ البَیْطَرِيُّ / البَیْطَرَةُ
veterinary science
لَبٌ (ثَعالِبُ)
fox
داءُ الثَّعلَبِ / داءُ الثَّعلَبَةِ
alopecia
رٌ (ثیرانٌ)
bull, ox; Taurus horoscope
رادَةٌ (جَرادٌ)
locusts
رادُ الْبَحرِ
crayfish, langoustine
جُرَذٌ (جُرذانٌ)
large rat
جِرْذَوْنٌ (جَراذینُ)
large rat
جَملٌ (جِمالٌ / أَجمالٌ)
camel
ملُ الیَھودِ
chameleon
بَرَ – یَحبُرُ
to gladden or make happy
بَّرَ – یُحَبّرُ
to embellish or refine; to compose in elegant style
الحِبرِ / الحَبّارُ
squid, cuttlefish
ارى (حُباریاتٌ)
bustard
حَشَرَ – یَحشُرُ
to gather, assemble, crowd or rally; to cram, pack, squeeze or press
یَوْمُ الْحَشرِ
Day of Resurrection
حَشَرَةٌ (حَشَراتٌ)
insect
زونٌ (حَلزوناتٌ)
snail; spiral
زونٌ (حَلزوناتٌ)
snail; spiral
يَّ – یَحیا
to live; to see, experience or witness; to be ashamed
ا – یُحَیيّ
to keep (someone) alive; to grant long life; to greet or salute
أَحْیا – یُحْیي
to animate, revive or give new life; to celebrate
حیى – یَستحییي
to spare someone’s life, to let someone live; to keep alive
تَحى – یَستَحي
to be ashamed; to feel or become embarrassed
يٌّ (أَحیاءٌ)
living, alive; active, energetic; organism; district, quarter
مادَّةُ الحَیَّةُ
living matter
عِلمُ الأَحیاءِ / الأَحْیاءُ
biology
یاءٌ أَحیائِیّةٌ
bio-chemistry
یائِيٌّ (إِحیائیّونَ)
biological; biologist
یَّةٌ (حَیَّاتٌ)
snake, viper
یاءٌ
shyness, bashfulness
یلُ الْحَیاءِ
shameless, impudent
یاةٌ (حَیَواتٌ)
life; liveliness, animation
لحیاةُ العامَّةُ
public life
یوِيٌّ
lively, vital, vigorous
حَیَویَّةٌ
vitality, vigour, drive (n); bio, vital, important (adj)
حَیَوانٌ (حَیَواناتٌ)
animal, beast; living creatures
حَدیقةُ الحَیوانِ
zoo
حَیوَانٌ اِجتِماعِيٌّ
social animal
وانٌ أَلیفٌ
domesticated animal
لمُ الحَیوانِ
zoology
خَبیرٌ في عِلمِ الحیوانِ
zoologist
حَیَوانِيٌّ
zoological; beastly
المَملَكةُ الْحَیوَانِیّةُ
animal kingdom
جَمعِیَّةُ الرِّفقِ بِالْحَیوَانِ
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
R.S.P.C.A.
حَیواناتٌ ثَدیِیَّةٌ
mammals
الحَیَواناتُ المُتَغیّرَةُ الحَرارَةِ / الحَیواناتُ ذَواتُ الدَّمِ البارِدِ cold-
blooded animals
حَیَواناتٌ فقرِیّةٌ / الفَقاریّاتُ
vertebrates
حَیَواناتٌ طُفیْلِیَّةٌ / الطُّفیلیّاتُ
parasites
حَیَواناتٌ ھُلامیَّةٌ / الرَّخَویّاتُ
molluscs
تَحیَّةٌ (تَحیّاتٌ / تَحایا)
greeting, salutation; salute, cheer
إِحیاءٌ
animation, revival, revitalisation; arranging; celebrating
اِستِحیاءٌ
shame; diffidence, shyness, timidity
خَرتیتٌ / سیّد قِشطَة
hippopotamus
خَفَشٌ
day blindness
أَخفَشُ (خُفشٌ)
poor sighted
خُفّاشٌ (خَفافیشُ)
bat
خلبَ – یَخلُبُ
to claw or clutch; to pounce; to cajole or coax; to charm or captivate
خالَبَ – یُخالِبُ
to coax, beguile, bewitch or enchant
اِختَلَبَ – یَخْتلِبُ
to claw, clutch; to pounce; to bewitch or enchant
خِلْبٌ (أَخْلابٌ)
claw, talon; fingernail
فَشَكٌ خُلَبِيٌّ
blank cartridges
خَلّابٌ
captivating, attractive; deceitful, deceptive
مِخلَبٌ (مَخالِبُ)
claw, talon
خُنفُسٌ (خَنافِسُ)
dung beetle, scarab
دَجَنَ – یَدجُنُ
to be domesticated or tame; to be gloomy; to remain or stay
دَجَّنَ – یُدَجّنُ
to tame or domesticate
داجَنَ – یُداجِنُ
to flatter, cajole or coax
أَدجنَ – یُدجِنُ
to be murky, gloomy, overcast or dark
دُجنَةٌ
darkness, gloom
داجِنٌ
tame, domesticated; dark, gloomy
حَیواناتٌ داجِنَةٌ
domesticated animals
دَواجِنُ
poultry
دَوَّدَ – یُدَوِّدُ
to be or become worm-eaten
دودَةٌ / دودٌ (دیدانٌ)
worm, maggot, caterpillar, larva
دودَةُ الْحَریرِ / دودةُ القَزِّ
silkworm
الدّودَةُ الْوَحیدَةُ
tapeworm
دودَةُ الأَرضِ
earthworm
مُدَوِّدٌ
worm-eaten, teeming with worms
ریمٌ
white antelope
زأَرَ – یَزْأَرُ
to roar or bellow
زَئیرٌ
roaring, roar, bellowing
زَحَفَ – یَزحَفُ
to crawl or creep; to advance (army)
زَحْفٌ (زُحوفٌ)
advance; march (army)
زَحّافٌ
creeping, crawling
زاحِفٌ (زواحِفُ)
reptiles
زَرْزَرَ – یُزَرْزِرُ
to chirp
زُرْزُرٌ / زُرْزورٌ (زَرازیرُ)
starling
زِعْنِفَةٌ / زَعَنَفَةٌ (زَعانِفُ)
riff-raff, rabble, mob; low, base, mean
زَعانِفُ
fins (fish), flippers (whales, dolphins, etc.)
سَرَحَ – یَسرَحُ
to move away or leave; to graze freely
سَرحانٌ
wolf
سَرَطانُ الْبحرِ / سَلطَعونٌ
crab
سُلَحْفاةٌ (سَلاحِفُ)
tortoise, turtle
سُلَحْفاةٌ بَحرِیّةٌ
turtle
سُلَحْفاةُ الْماءِ
turtle
سَمَّكَ – یُسَمّكُ
to thicken
سَمْكٌ
roof, ceiling
سُمْكٌ
thickness
سَمَكٌ (أَسماكٌ)
fish
سَمَكُ السَّردینِ
sardines
سَمَكةُ البوري / سُلطان ابراھیم
red mullet
سَمَكةُ الأطروط / سَمكةُ التّرَوْتَة
trout
سَمكةُ التُّن
tuna
سَمَكةُ الحَدُّق
haddock
سَمَكةُ السَّلْمون
salmon
سَمكةُ القاروص / سمكةُ الشَّبَصِ
seabass
سَمَكةُ القُدِّ
cod
سَمَكَةُ الْقِرشِ
shark
سَمَكةُ القَرْموط / سَمَكةُ السَّلّور
catfish
سَمَكةُ الھَلْبوت
halibut
سَمَكةُ موسى
plaice, sole
سَمَكُ الرّايِ الْلَّسّاع / اللَّخَمَةُ
stingray
شَبَلَ – یَشبُلُ
to live and grow up in luxury
أَشبلَ – یُشْبلُ
to take care of or look after; to give birth to lion cubs
شِبلٌ (أَشبالٌ)
lion cub
صَھَلَ – یَصَھَلُ
to whinny or neigh (horse)
صَھیلٌ
neighing
ضَرغَمٌ (ضَراغِمُ)
lion
ضِرغَامٌ (ضَراغِمةٌ)
lion
ضِفدَعٌ (ضَفادِعُ)
frog
طارَ – یَطیرُ
to fly or fly away; to hasten or hurry
طَیْرٌ / طائِرٌ (طُیورٌ)
bird; omen
طائِرُ الْفِنیقِ
phoenix
ظَبْيٌ (ظِباءٌ)
gazelle
ظَبیَةٌ (ظَبیاتٌ)
female gazelle
أَبو ظَبي
Abu Dhabi
عَجِلَ – یَعجِلُ
to hurry, hasten, speed
عِجِلٌ (عُجولٌ)
calf
عِجْلُ الْبحرِ / فُقمةٌ
seal
عَشَّشَ – یُعَشّشُ
to nest or build a nest; to take root or settle in
اِعتَشَّ – یَعتَشُّ
to nest or build a nest
عُشٌّ (أَعشاشٌ / عِشاشٌ)
nest
عُصفورٌ (عَصافیرُ)
sparrow; any small bird
عُصفورُ الْجَنّةِ
swallow
عُصفورٌ دورِيٌّ
house sparrow
عُصفورٌ مُغَنٍ
warbler
عُصفورُ كناري
canary
عُصفورَةٌ
female bird
العُصفورِیَّةُ
insane asylum
عَقرَبٌ (عَقارِبُ)
scorpion; sting; hand (clock, watch)
قرَبُ
Scorpio
دَلیبٌ (عَنادِلُ)
nightingale
نزٌ (عِنازٌ)
goat
نزَةٌ (عَنزاتٌ)
nanny goat
كَبوتٌ (عَناكِبُ)
spider
یتُ الْعَنكبوتِ
spider web, cobweb
سیجُ الْعَنكبوتِ
spider web, cobweb
فَحلٌ (فُحولٌ)
stallion; male (of large animals); a star or celebrity; virile
سَ – یَفرِسُ
to kill or tear (of a predatory animal)
تَفَرَّسَ – یَتَفَرَّسُ
to eye or scrutinise; to recognise or detect
فتَرَسَ – یَفتَرِسُ
to kill prey; to ravish or rape (a woman)
سٌ (أَفراسٌ)
horse, stallion, mare (this is both m and f)
سُ البَحرِ
hippopotamus
سُ النَّھرِ
hippopotamus
وسِیَّةٌ / فُروسَةٌ
knighthood; chivalry, valour
راسَةٌ
perspicacity, acumen, intuition
فَریسَةٌ (فرائِسُ)
prey
فارِسٌ (فُرْسانٌ)
knight, horseman; pl: cavalry (also a boy’s name in the singular)
تَرِسٌ
rapacious; ravenous (of an animal)
شَ – یَفرُشُ
to spread; to pave or cover
فَرَّشَ – یُفَرِّشُ
to cover; to furnish, tile or pave
رَشَ – یَفتَرِشُ
to spread out, lie down or sprawl; to bed or sleep with (a woman)
شٌ (فُروشٌ)
furnishings, furniture; bedding (when laid out on the ground)
شَةٌ (فَرشاتٌ)
mattress, bed
فَرَاشٌ
moth, butterflies
راشَةٌ
moth, butterfly; a fickle or flighty person
یَرقةُ الفراشَةِ / یَسروعٌ
caterpillar
(أَفظاظٌ)
walrus; rude, coarse, uncivil
(فِیَلَةٌ)
elephant
یلُ الْبَحرِ
walrus
دٌ (فُھودٌ / أَفھادٌ)
cheetah, lynx, panther, leopard
ةٌ (قُبَّرٌ)
lark
قِردٌ (قِرَدَةٌ / قُرودٌ)
monkey, ape
قُرادٌ / قُرادَةٌ (قِردانٌ)
tick
اضَةٌ
clothes moth
قَوارِضُ
rodents
نٌ (قُرونٌ)
horn, tentacle
حیدُ الْقَرنِ / اُمُّ الْقَرنِ
rhinoceros
قَشعَمٌ (قشاعِمُ)
lion
أُمُّ قَشْعَمٍ
hyena; eagle (female); calamity, disaster
(قِطَطٌ)
tomcat, cat
طَّةٌ
female cat
طَیْطَةٌ
kitten
قِندیلٌ (قَنادیلُ)
lamp, candlestick
دیلُ البَحرِ
jellyfish
قُنفُذٌ (قَنَافِذُ)
hedgehog
قُنفُذُ البَحرِ
sea urchin
وقَعٌ
seashell
قَعَةٌ (قَواقِعُ)
snail; crustaceans
خَمةٌ
stingray; awkward, clumsy
لَقَ – یُلَقلِقُ
to clatter (stork); to babble, chatter or prattle
لَقْلَقٌ / لَقلاقٌ (لَقاِلِقُ)
stork
قلَقَةٌ
clatter (of a stork); babble, chatter, prattle; gossip
مَعَزٌ (أَمعُزٌ / مِعیزٌ)
goat
ماعِزٌ (مَواعِزُ)
goat
مَوئِلٌ
habitat; refuge, asylum; returning point
– یَنبَحُ
to bark
تَنابَحَ – یَتَنابَحُ
to bark at each other, to bark simultaneously
نَبحٌ / نُباحٌ / نَبیحٌ
barking
نَبّاحٌ
barker, yelper
جَمَ – یَنجُمُ
to appear or come into sight; to rise (star); to begin; to follow
نَجَّمَ – یُنَجّمُ
to observe the stars; to practise astrology
جَّمَ – یَتَنَجّمُ
to observe the stars; to predict the future using the stars
نَجمٌ (نُجومٌ)
star, lucky star, constellation; male film star; partial payment
جمُ البحرِ
starfish
یْمَةٌ
small star; starlet
جَمٌ (مَناجِمُ)
a mine; source, origin
مُنَجّمٌ (مَنَجّمونَ)
astrologers
نجیمٌ
astrology
رَ – یَتَنَسَّرُ
to be torn; to break or snap
تَنسَرَ – یَسْتَنسِرُ
to become eagle-like
نَسرٌ (نُسورٌ / نُسورَةٌ)
eagle, vulture
مَ – یَنعُمُ
to live in comfort and luxury, to lead a comfortable life; to be happy, glad
or delighted
– یُنَعّمُ
to smooth, soften or pulverise; to pamper
عمَ – یُنعِمُ
to make comfortable or nice; to bestow favours
نَعَّمَ – یَتَنَعَّمُ
to live in luxury, to lead a life of ease
نَعَمٌ
yes, indeed, certainly
(أَنعامٌ)
grazing livestock
عْمةٌ
comfort, happiness, prosperity
نِعمةٌ (نِعَمٌ / نِعماتٌ)
benefit, blessing, favour, grace
مانٌ
blood
امٌ (نعائِمُ)
ostrich
عیمٌ
comfort, ease, happiness, felicity
ومَةٌ
softness, smoothness, tenderness
ناعِمٌ
soft, tender, fine
رَ – یَنقُرُ
to dig or excavate; to pierce; to engrave or inscribe
– یُنَقّرُ
to peck; to investigate or examine
ناقَرَ – یُناقِرُ
to quarrel or have an argument
قرٌ
excavation; engraving
نُقرَةٌ (نُقَرٌ / نِقارٌ)
hole, depression; eye socket
رٌ
carver, engraver
رُ الْخَشبِ
woodpecker
قارٌ (مَناقیرُ)
beak, bill (of bird)
رَ – یَتَنَمّرُ
to become angry or furious; to turn into a tiger
نَمِرٌ (نُمُورٌ / أَنمارٌ)
tiger
مِرٌ
pure, clean; healthy, wholesome (also a boy’s name)
نُمْرَةٌ (نُمَرٌ)
spot, speck; tag
مَّرٌ
spotted, striped
سَ – یَنمِسُ
to hide, conceal or keep secret
امَسَ – یُنامِسُ
to confide a secret
سٌ (نُموسٌ)
mongoose, ferret, weasel
موسٌ (نَوامیسُ)
mosquito; sly, wily; a confidant
قَ – یَنھَقُ
to bray (donkey)
قٌ
braying
نَوْرَزٌ / نَورَسُ الْبَحرِ
seagull
وَّقَ – یَتَنَوَّقُ
to be squeamish; to be fastidious or choosy
ناقةٌ (نوقٌ / ناقاتٌ)
she-camel
نَیّقٌ
squeamish; fastidious, dainty
– یَھِرُّ
to growl, whimper or whine
ھِرٌّ (ھِرَرَةٌ)
tomcat, cat
ةٌ (ھِرَرٌ)
cat
ریرٌ
growling; whining, whimpering; spitting (of a cat)
ریْرَةٌ
kitten
وَحِشَ – یَوحَشُ
to miss someone; to feel lonely
أَوحَشَ – یوحِشُ
to be deserted; to oppress or make uneasy; to make someone feel
lonely
وَحَّشَ – یَتوحَّشُ
to be brutal; to be desolate or deserted; to be or become wild or
savage
