FSI – Arabic III

Question 1

بيئة – ات

Answer 1

Environment, home, habitat, milieu

Question 2

تبلور (تبلور)

Answer 2

(II quadril.) to be crystalized

Question 3

اقطاع (اقطاعية)

Answer 3

Feudalism; fief, feudal estate

Question 4

احتذب (احتذاب)

Answer 4

(VIII ) to attract, entice, win over

Question 5

شجرة ، شجر ، اشجار

Answer 5

Trees; coll. pl.

Question 6

ارزة – ات ، ارز

Answer 6

Cedar, pl. ; coll.

Question 7

خلد – (خلود)

Answer 7

To be immortal, remain forever

Question 8

تعصب

Answer 8

V to be fanatic, bigoted, cling obdurately to

Question 9

موطن ، مواطن

Answer 9

Home, residence, native place, homeland

Question 10

علماني – ون

Answer 10

Laic, lay

Question 11

معنوى

Answer 11

Moral (as opposed to material) , spiritual

Question 12

مشروع

Answer 12

(Adj.) legitimate, lawful, rightful

Question 13

نزعة – ات

Answer 13

Tendency, inclination, attitude

Question 14

استقام (استقامة)

Answer 14

X to straighten up; be correct, right, in order

Question 15

استحق (استحقاق)

Answer 15

X to merit, deserve, be worthy of; also to fall due, be due (debt)

Question 16

صمم (تصميم)

Answer 16

II to plan, design, decide, be determined

Question 17

راعي (مراعاة)

Answer 17

III to observe, maintain, watch, take into account

Question 18

اولوية

Answer 18

Priority

Question 19

انسجم (انسجام)

Answer 19

VII to be harmonious, harmonize

Question 20

سطح ، اسطح ، سطوح

Answer 20

Surface, roof; pl. (2)

Question 21

مغترب – ون

Answer 21

(VIII act.ptcp.) emigrant, living abroad

Question 22

التقط (التقاط)

Answer 22

VIII to pick up, collect, take (pictures)

Question 23

فلك ، افلاك

Answer 23

celestial sphere, orbit

Question 24

نجم (نجمة) ، نجوم

Answer 24

star (m&f)

Question 25

الى حد ما

Answer 25

to a certain extent (degree)

Question 26

بلاد الاغتراب

Answer 26

overseas (countries where Lebanese emigrants are settled)

Question 27

في حد ذاته

Answer 27

in itself, as such

Question 28

سلامة الاراض

Answer 28

Territorial integrity

Question 29

بقي ان نعرف

Answer 29

There remains to know

Question 30

ان … او …

Answer 30

whether… or…., be it… or….

Question 31

كل عضوى

Answer 31

organic entity (whole)

Question 32

نزعة اقليمية (او طائفية)

Answer 32

regional (confessional) tendency

Question 33

الف بين

Answer 33

to unite, put together

Question 34

استقامة الامور

Answer 34

soundness and proper functioning (of things)

Question 35

تقديم الأهم على المهم

Answer 35

give priority to the most important (over the less important)

Question 36

الدولة (ان تمارس الدولة اعمالها)

Answer 36

(here:) state in the sense of government as a whole

Question 37

جمع

Answer 37

to collect, gather

Question 38

التنظيم المدني

Answer 38

urban reform

Question 39

عرض

Answer 39

(here:) review, expose (also parade)

Question 40

صبر ايوب

Answer 40

Job’s patience (extreme and long)

Question 41

عقائد

عقائدي

Answer 41

(n. pl.) ideologies, doctrines

adj.

Question 42

أين

أينما

Answer 42

Where

Wherever

Question 43

مسعى

سعى ، يسعى

Answer 43

endeavor, effort

to strive for, work for

Question 44

طائفة

طائفية

Answer 44

(n.) confession, group, sect

confessionalism

Question 45

حماس

تحمس

Answer 45

enthusiasm

V

Question 46

مثل – أمثال

Answer 46

(n. prep) like, similar to – pl.

Question 47

اغترب (اغتراب)

مغترب

Answer 47

VIII

(VIII act. ptcp.) emigrant, settling abroad

Question 48

حزب

حزبي – ون

Answer 48

party, group (political)

adj.

Question 49

ثلاث

ثالوث ، الثالوث

Answer 49

three

Trinity

Question 50

مربع

Answer 50

(n. adj.) square

Question 51

هدف

استهدف

Answer 51

goal, aim, target

X vb

Question 52

توثيق

وثيق

Answer 52

(II vn) strengthening, making firm, binding closely

adj. firm, solid, close