Nouns 15 Flashcards
Solidarity
تَضَاْمُن
يَوْمِ التَضَامُن مَعِ الشَعبِ الفَلَسطِيْني / مَِع الشَعبِ اللِّبْنَاني [P] day of solidarity with the Palestinian people / Lebanese people
عَبَّر عَن تَضَامْنُو مَعِ العُمَّال [P] He expressed his solidarity with the workers; {ʕɑbbɑr ʕan tɑḍᾱmºno maʕᴵ-l-ʕummāl}
Coordination
تَنْسِيْق
بِاْلتَّنسِيْق مَعِ السُلطَات [P] in conjunction with the authorities / in coordination with the authorities
Saving, rescue, rescuing
إِنْقَاْذ
إِنقَاذ حَيَاتِ الإِنسَان [P] saving human life; { ʔinʠᾱ∂ ḥayātᴵ-l-ʔinsān}
عَمَلِيِّةِ الإِنقَاذ [P] the rescue operation; { ʕamaliyyeᴵ-l-ʔinʠᾱ∂}
فِرَق إِنْقَاذ اْشْتَغْلِت لَيْلْةِ نْهَار [S] The rescue teams worked day and night
Exaggeration
مُبَالَغَة
هَادي مُبَالَغَة / هَايِ مْبَالَغَة [P] that’s an exaggeration; {hādy mubālaġa / hāyᵉ mºbālaġa}
بِدُوْن مُبَالَغَة [P] without exaggeration; {bidūn mubālaġa}
بَلَاشِ مْبَالَغَة [P] without exaggerating
Metaphorical mental absorption
اْستِيْعَاب
• ما في استيعاب للموضوع.
→ “There is no understanding of the subject.”
• هو بحاجة إلى وقت للاستيعاب.
→ “He needs time to absorb/understand.”
Fabrication, trumped up story
تَلفِيْق
اِخْتِلَاق
تَلْفِيْقَة، ج تَلافِيق
تفنيص
هَادَا كُلُّو تَلفِيْق [P] it’s a complete fabrication
Breakout, jailbreak, escape
هُرُوْب
Authority, jurisdiction
صَلَاْحِيِّة
ما لِي صَلَاحِيِّة بْهالأَمِر [S] I have no jurisdiction in the matter.
هَادَا مُش مِن صَلَاحِيْتي [P] that’s not within my jurisdiction; {hāda muš min ṣɑlᾱḥīty}
بيْمَارِس صَلَاحِيَّاتُو [P] he exercises his authoritative powers
Vice
Injustice, outrage
رَذِيْلِة، ج رَذَاْئِل
بِالسّْنِينِ الأَخِيرِة مِن عَهِد حِكْمَو اْرْتَكَب رَذَايِل لَا تُحْصَى بْحَقّْ شَعْبَو [S] During the last years of his reign he committed innumerable outrages against his people
Frustration
إِحبَاط، ج إِحبَاطَات
هَادَا بيْسَبِّب نَوْع مِنِ الإِحبَاط [P] this causes a type of frustration, this causes some frustration; {hāda byºsabbeb nōʕ minᴵ-l-ʔiḥbᾱṭ}
بِتحِسّي بِالإِحبَاط [P] you feel frustrated
Worry, anxiety, concern;
(also used to refer to insomnia)
قَلَق
هَادَا بيْسَبِّب قَلَق [P] that’s worrying; {hāda byºsabbeb qalaq}
ما في داعي لِلقَلَق / لَشِغْلِ البال [S] There’s no reason for concern,
مْبَيِّن على وِشَّهْا القَلَقِ الزَايِد [S] Her face betrayed her great anxiety
Captivity
أَسِر
Rumour
إِشَاْعَة، ج إِشَاْعَاْت
طَالعَة إِشَاعَة إِنَّك بِدَّك تِترِك [P] there’s a rumor that you want to leave; {ṭᾱlʕa ʔišāʕa ʔinnak biddak titrek}
بيْسَدِّقِ الإِشَاعَات [P] he believes rumors; {byºsaddeqᴵ-l-ʔišāʕāt}
عَم نِسمَع إِشَاعَات [P] we’re hearing rumors / we keep hearing rumors; {ʕam nismaʕ ʔišāʕāt}
هالإِشَاعَة اْنْتَشْرِت مِتْلِ الكِذِب [S] The rumor spread like wildfire
فِي إِشَاْعَة إِنَّو تْقَلَّعِت [S] It’s rumored that she was kicked out.
فِي إِشَاعَة بْهالِخْصُوْص مِن مِدِّة [S] It’s been rumored for quite some time,
Readiness, willingness, preparedness, preparation
اْستِعدَاد، ج اْستِعدَادَات
على اِسْتِعْدَاد [S] On the alert
Objection
اِعْتِرَاْض، ج اِعْتِرَاْضَاْت
مَانِع، ج مَانعَة
مَا فِيْه مَانِع [P] there is no objection (to it); {mā fīᴴ māneʕ}
مَا عِندِيْش مَانِع [P] I’ve no objection {ma ʕindīš māneʕ}
مَا عِنَّاش مَانِع إِنُّو يْجِيْبُوا [P] we’ve no objection to their bringing; {ma ʕinnāš māneʕ ʔinno yºjību}
بِتْرَجَّاك خَلِّينِي أَنَا سَاوِيْهَا —— ما فِي مانِع[S] Please let me do it! —— (I) have no objection
في عَنْدَك مانِع يِجِي مَعْنَا [S] Do you care if he comes along?
بْظِنّ ما عَنْدَو مانِع [S] think it’s all right with him
نْشَالله ما فِي مانِع عَنْدَك إِذضا بْرُوْح هَلَّق [S] I hope you don’t mind my leaving now
ما عَنْدِي مَانِع اْرُوْح وَحْدِي [S] I don’t mind going alone,
بْرُوْح مَعَك إِذَا كان ما فِي عَنْدَك مَانِع = بْرُوْح مَعَك إِذَا بِيْوَافْقَك [S] I’ll go along if it’s okay with you
ما في مانِع عَنْدِي [S] It’s all right with me
بَلَا اِعْتِرَاْض [S] won’t have any back talk
ما سَاوَى أَيّْ اِعْتِرَاض [S] He raised no objection
ما فِي أَيّ اِعْتِرَاض [S] Are there any objections?
فِي عَنْدَك أَيّ اِعْتِرَاض على تَدْخِينِي [S] Have you any objection to my smoking?
Appearance (i.e. something appearing)
ظْهُوْر
الجَّرَايِد عَم تِكْتُب عَنِ ظْهُوْرِ الكَوْلَيْرَا بْهالمَنْطِقَة [S] The papers report an outbreak of cholera in that area
ظْهُوْرَو على غَفْلِة شَهَّقَهْا [S] His sudden appearance startled her
Construction
تَعْمِيْر
بِنَاْء
تَحْتِ التَعْمِيْر [S] under construction
Polarisation
اِسْتِقْطَاْب، ج اِسْتِقْطَاْبَاْت
Form
اِسْتِمَاْرَة، ج اِسْتِمَاْرَاْت
لازِمِ تْعَبِّي هالاِسْتِمَارَة [S] You’ll have to fill out this form
Parrot
بَبَغَاْء، ج بَبْغَوَاْت
Owl
بُوْمِة، ج بُوْمَاْت
Hyena
ضَبِع (ضَبْع)، ج ضْبَاْع
Bat
خَفَّاش، ج خَفَافِيْش
وَطْوَاْط، ج وَطَاْوِيْط
Hoof
حَاْفِر، ج حَوَاْفِر
Layer, stratum
طَبَقَة، ج طَبَقَاْت
Deposit (bank account)
وَدِيْعَة، ج وَدَاْيِع
لِسَّا عَلِيِّ اْحِطّ وَدِيعَة بِالبَنْك [S] I still have to make a deposit at the bank
Investor
مُسْتَثْمِر، ج مُسْتَثْمِرُوْن
Assets, stock, supply (readily available things)
مَوجُوْد، ج مَوجُوْدَات
دْيُوْنِ الشِرْكِة هَلَّق بِتْزِيْد (بِدْزِيْد) عَن مَوْجُوْدَاْتَهْا [S] The Company’s liabilities now exceed its assets,
بِتْطَلَّع بِالمَوْجُوْدَات عَنْدِي وِبْشُوف إِذضا عَنْدِي يَاها [S] I’ll look through my stock and see if I have it
لِسَّا فِي عَنْدْنَا (عَنَّا) مَوْجُوْدَاتِ كْتِير مْنِ البِسِكْلَيْتَاْت [S] We still have a big supply of bicycles
مَوجُوْدَاتِ المَدرَسِة [P] the school’s assets
Broadcast, broadcasting, radio (as a general concept)
إِذَاعَة، ج إِذَاعَات
إذاعة الراديو = Radio station
Compulsion, coercion
إِجْبَاْر
Hint, clue, allusion
تَلمِيْح، ج تَلمِيْحَات / تَلَامِيْح
Arrogance
شَوْفِة حَال
عَجْرَفِة
Pledge, commitment, obligation
تَعَهُّد، ج تَعَهُّدَات
تَعَهُّد خَطّي [P] a written undertaking; {taʕahhod ḵɑṭṭy}
أَخَدنَا مِنُّو تَعَهُّدِ اْنُّو رَح يِعمَلُو [P] we received an undertaking from him that he would do
Climax, height, peak (figurative)
ذَرْوِة، ج ذَرْوَاْت
كان وَقْتَهْا بْذَرْوِة سِلْطَانَو [S] He was then at the peak of his power
Reign
فَتْرة حُكْم
Dome
قُبِّة، ج قُبَب
Microbe, germ
جُرثُوْمِة، ج جَرَاثِيْم
الجَرَاثِيْم بِتسَبِّب أَمرَاض [P] germs cause diseases
Mould
عَفْنِة
Tune, melody, (musical) composition
لَحِن، ج أَلحَان
(Music) composer
مُلَحِّن، ج مُلَحِّنِيْن
Tendency, trend, bent, inclination
Tilt, slope, inclination, diagonal
مَيْل، ج مْيُوْل
إِلُو مَيْل لَلفَنّ [P] he has an artistic bent; { ʔilo mēl lalfann}
حَسَب مُيُوْلُو [P] according to his inclination; {ḥasab muyūlo}
عَنْدَو مَيْل لِلِمْبَالَغَة [S] He has a tendency to exaggerate
لَازِم تِقطَعُو بِالمَيْل [P] you have to cut it along the diagonal
Admiration, pleasure, satisfaction, delight (ب = for / in s.th.)
إِعْجَاْب، ج إِعْجَاْبَاْت
Error, mistake, blunder
غَلْطَة، ج غَلْطَاْت
خَطَأ، ج أَخطَاء
اْعْتَرَف إِنَّو كان على خَطَأ = اْعْتَرَف إِنَّو كانِ الحَقّ عَلَيه = اْعْتَرَف إِنَّو كان مِخْطِئ [S] He admitted that he was in the wrong
بيْفَكِّر إِنُّو… بَسّ هَادَا خَطَأ [P] he thinks that… but he is wrong; {byºfakker ʔinno… bass hāda ḵɑṭɑʔ¡}
بيْفَع عَلَى أَخطَاء غَيْرُو [P] he pays for other people’s mistakes; {byºfaʕ ʕala ʔɑḵṭᾱʔÅ ġēro}
كَان عَلَى خَطَأ [P] he was mistaken; {kān ʕala ḵɑṭɑʔ¡}
بِالخَطَأ [P] by mistake;
Speaker, lecturer
خَطِيْب، ج خُطَبَا
هُوِّ خَطِيب مِمْتَاز [S] He’s an excellent speaker
هِيِّة خَطِيبِة مِمْتَازِة [S] She’s an excellent speaker,
A hiding spot where something is stashed
The hidden stash itself
خْبِيِّة، ج خبايا
“لقيت الخبّيّة اللي كان مخبّي فيها المصاري.” (I found the hiding place where he had hidden the money.) • “شفت الخبّيّة تبع الشوكولا عند الولاد.” (I saw the kids’ stash of chocolate.)
Treasure
كِنْز، ج كْنُوْزِة
Battlefront, frontline, front
Front, facade, face
جَبْهَة، ج جَبْهَاْت
Chanting, hymn-singing (in Christianity)
تَرتِيْل، ج تَرَاتِيْل
Credit card
بِطاقة ائْتِمان
Bank (financial)
مَصْرِف، ج مَصَاْرِف
بَنْك، ج بْنُوْك / بْنُوْكِة
Openness
اِنْفِتَاْح
انْفِتاح اقْتِصاديّ economic openness
Portion, share
حِصَّة، ج حِصَص
Proportion, rate
نِسْبِة
Advertisement, advertising
دِعَاْيِة، ج دِعَاْيَاْت
إِعْلَاْن، ج إِعْلَاْنَاْت
حَطُّوا دِعَايِة في الجَرِيْدِة [P] they put an advertisement in the newspaper; {ḥɑṭṭu diʕāye fy-l-jarīde}
أَنَا بَعمِل لَك دِعَايِة عَلَى بَرنَامجَك [P] I’m promoting your program; { ʔana baʕmel lak diʕāye ʕala barnāmjak}
أَوَاْعِيْها دِعايِة مْنِيْحَة لَخَيَّاطِتَهْا [S] Her clothes are a good advertisement for her dressmaker
شِرْكِة بْتِصْرُفِ كْتِير عَ الدِّعايِة [S] advertising company spends a lot on advertising
Way, fashion, style, manner, pattern
نَمَط، ج أَنْمَاْط
وَتِيْرِة
على وَتِيرِة واحْدِة [S] monotonous, uniform
النَّغْمِة على وَتِيرِة واحْدِة نَعَّسِتْنِي [S] The monotonous tune made me sleepy
يَوْم بَعِد يَوْم نَفْسِ الشِّغِل على وَتِيْرِة واحْدِة [S] Day in, day out, the same monotonous work
على نَمَط واحِد [S] monotonous
كِلّْ شِي ماشِي على نَفْسِ النَّمَط [S] Everything is going along the same old way
نِحنَا عَايشِيْن عَلَى النَمَط هَادَا [P] this is the way we live; {niḥna ʕāyšīn ʕala-n-nɑmɑṭ hāda}
بيْصَلُّوا عَلَى نَفسِ النَمَط [P] they pray in the same manner; {byºṣɑllu ʕala nafsᴵ-n-nɑmɑṭ}
نَمَطِ الحَارَة بيْتغَيَّرش [P] the way of the neighborhood doesn’t change; {nɑmɑṭᴵ-l-ḥᾱrɑ byºtġayyɑrš}
فِعْلَو بْيِتْبَع نَمَط مِمْكِن عادَةً تَنَبّْؤَو [S] His reactions follow a fairly predictable pattern,
الأنثروبولوجيا بْتِهْتَمّْ، بِالإِضَافِة لَأَشْيَا تَانْيِة، بْدِرَاسِةِ الأَنْمَاطِ الحَضَارِيِّة [S] Anthropology is concerned, among other things, with the study of cultural patterns
Several (of), a number (of)
عِدِّة + إضافة
فِيْه عِدِّة أَسبَاب; [P] there are a number of reasons; {fīᴴ ʕidde ʔasbāb;}
قُلتِ لُّو عِدِّة مَرَّات [P] I told him several times; {qultᴵ llo ʕidde mɑrrᾱt}
فِيْه لَلمُشكِلِة عِدِّة وُجُوْح [P] This problem has a number of aspects; {fīᴴ lalmuškile ʕidde wujūḥ}
حَابِب اِبْقَى هَوْن عِدِّةْ إِيَّام [S] I’d like to stay here for several days
رِحِت لَهْنِيك عِدِّة مَرَّا [S] I’ve been there several times
هِيِّة أَكْبَر مِنَّو بْعِدِّةِ سْنِين [S] She’s several years older than he
Message
خَبَر، ج أَخبَار
Factory, mill, plant, works, workshop
مَعْمَل، ج مَعَاْمِل
Jesuit
يَسُوْعِي، ج يَسُوْعِيِّيْن / يَسُوْعِيِّة
Priest, parson, vicar, pastor (loosely also minister)
خُوْرِي، ج خَوَاْرْنِة
Space, free / empty space
فَسْحَة، ج فَسْحَاْت
فَسْحَة لَصَفِّ السَّيَّارَاْت [S] parking lot
فِي فَسْحَة لَصَفِّ السَّيَّارَت قَاطِعِ الشَّارِع [S] There is a parking lot across the street,
فِي فَسْحِة أَرْض بُوْر بْقَفَا بَيْتْنَا [S] There’s a stretch of wasteland behind our house,
خَلّي فَسحَة بَيْنِ الكِلِمتَيْن [P] leave a little space between the two words
Buyer, purchaser;
شَاري
Surroundings, environment
مُحِيْط، ج مُحِيْطَات
Disadvantage, bad quality, bad attribute
سَيِّئَة، ج سَيِّئَاْت
Advantage, good quality, good attribute
حَسَنِة، ج حَسَنَاْت
Group, class, order, category (also as social class)
فِئَة، ج فِئَاْت
فِئَة دَمَوِيِّة [P] blood group; {fiʔÁa damawiyye}
فِآتِ العُمُر [P] age groups; {fiʔātᴵ-l-ʕumᵒr}
لِسَّاتَو بْفِئَة دَخْلَة وَاْطِي [S] He’s still in a rather low income bracket.
الصَّفِّ مْقَسَّم لَتْلِتْةْ فِئَاْت [S] The class was divided into three groups,
Religious order
رَهْبَنِة، ج رَهْبَنَاْت
Stopping, suspension
تَوْقِيْف، ج تَوْقِيْفَاْت
Auction
مَزَاْد، ج مَزَاْدَاْت
Stranger
غَرِيْب، ج غِرَبَا
Dustpan
مَجرُوْد، ج مَجَارِيْد
Starters
مْقَبّْلَاْت
Coffin, casket
تَاْبُوْت، ج تَوَاْبِيْت
Naming, name, appellation, designation, denomination
تَسْمِيَة، ج تَسْمِيَاْت
Distillery
مَقْطَرَة، ج مَقَاْطِر
Distillation
تَقْطِيْر
Trigger
زْنَاْد، ج زْنَاْدَاْت
بَضغَط عَلَى الزْنَاد [P] I pull the trigger; {bɑḍġɑṭ ʕala-z-zºnād}
يَللا، شِدِّ الزّْنَاد [S] Go ahead, pull the trigger
Collection, compilation
مَجْمُوْعَة، ج مَجْمُوْعَاْت
الِـمْجَلَّد بْيِحْتِوِي على مَجْمُوْعِة قَوَانِين مِتْعَلّْقَة بِالهِجْرَة [S] The volume contains a body of laws on immigration
مَجمُوْعَات طَوَابِع [P] stamp collection; {majmūʕāt ṭɑwᾱbeʕ}
المَكْتَبِة فِيهَا مَجْمُوْعِة كِتِب مَشْهُوْرَة [S] The library has a famous collection of books on America
Epilepsy
صَرِع
مَرَضِ الصَرَع [P] epilepsy; {mɑrɑḍᴵ-ṣ-ṣɑrɑʕ}
عِندُو الصَرَع [P] he suffers from epilepsy; {ʕindo-ṣ-ṣɑrɑʕ}
مْصَاب بِالصَّرِع [S] epileptic
مْصَابِة بِالصَّرِع [S] She’s an epileptic,
إِجِتَو نَوْبِة صَرِع [S] He had an epileptic fit.
Granite
صُوَّان
حَجَر صُوَّان [P] granite; {ḥɑjɑr ṣuwwᾱn}
رَاسُو مَصنُوْع مِنِ الصُوَّان [P] his head is made of granite (i.e. he is stubborn as a mule)
