Nouns 26 Flashcards
Interest, benefit
مَصْلَحَة، ج مَصَاْلِح
كُلّ دَوْلِة بِتدَافِع عَن مَصَالِحهَا [P] every country protects its own interests
بيْحتَمّ في مَصَالِحِ السُكَّان [P] he looks after the interest of the residents
اْعْمِلَهْا لَـمَصْلَحْتَك [S] Do it for your own sake
لَصَالْحَو = لَمَصْلَحْتَو [S] to one’s advantage
Champion, hero
بَطَل، ج أَبطَال
Master of a trade (e.g. master carpenter, master craftsman)
مْعَلِّم، ج مْعَلِّمِيْن، ج مْعَلِّمِة
يَا مْعَلِّم [P] Sir! (when addressing a master of a particular trade)
بيْشتْغِل عِندِ مْعَلِّم [P] he’s working at the workshop of a master
بيْشتْغِل تَحِت إِيْدِ مْعَلِّم [P] he works under a master’s hand
بِالوَرْشِة لَقَى الِـمْعَلِّم وْصَنَعِيْتَو التّْنَيْن [S] In the shop he met the master and his two apprentices
Master, lord, gentlemen
سَيِّد، سَاْدَة / سِيَاْد / أَسْيَاْد
سَيِّدَاتي وَسَادَتي [P] formal: My ladies and gentlemen
Apprentice
Maker, producer, manufacturer, creator
صَاْنِع، ج صَنَاْعِيِّة / صِنَّاْع
Flattery
تمليق
كَوْلَكِة
شَاطِر في فَنِّ التَملِيْق [P] accomplished in the art of flattery / a skillful flatterer
Prayer
صَلَاة، ج صَلَوَات
Recruit
مِسْتَجِدّ، ج مِسْتَجِدِّيْن
جِنْدِي مِسْتَجِدّ، ج جْنُوْد مِسْتَجِدِّيْن [S] recruit
كان فِي شِي خَمْسِين مِسْتَجِدّ بْسَرِيِّتْنَا [S] We had about fifty recruits in our company
Beginner
مِبْتِدِي، ج مِبْتِدِيِيْن
Reduction, decrease
تَقلِيْل
Bull, ox
تَوْر، ج اْتْوَاْر / تِيْرَاْن
Bringing up (children), child raising, upbringing, disciplining
Breeding
تِرْبَاْيِة
تِربَايْةِ النَحِل [P] bee keeping
تِربَايْةِ الأَرَانِب [P] rabbit breeding
سُوْسْتَو تِرْبَايْةِ الخَيْل [S] Breeding horses is his hobby
Manifestation
تجلّي
Mirage
سَرَاْب
كَانَتِ الدِنيَا سَرَاب [P] there was a mirage;
شُفِت سَرَاب كَإِنُّو مَيِّة [P] I saw a mirage that looked like water
Midwife
دَاْيِة، دَاْيَاْت
Armenian
أَرمَني، ج أَرمَن
Breakdown
عِطِل
اْنْجَبَر يْفَكْفِكِ العَرَبِيِّة شَقْفِة شَقْفِ قَبِل ما لَقَى العِطِل [S] He had to pull the whole car apart before he found what was wrong
عِطْلِ المَكَنَة سَبَب تَأْخِيرِ كْتِير [S] The breakdown of the machine caused a lot of delay.
بْيِظْهَر فِي عِطِل بِالشَّرَايِط [S] There seems to be a difficulty in the wiring
Necessity, need
اِحْتِيَاْج، ج اِحْتِيَاْجَاْت
لَبّى / سَدَّ الاحْتِياجاتِ
Brevity
Abbreviation
اِخْتِصَاْر، ج اِخْتِصَاْرَاْت
خايِف لَك هالاِخْتِصارَاْت ما تِنْفِهِم [S] I’m afraid these abbreviations will not be understood
Kurd
كُردي، ج أَكرَاد / كُرد
Parking, stopping
وُقوف
(Special) event, occasion
مُنَاْسَبَة، ج مُنَاْسَبَاْت
Hymn
تِرْتِيلِة
Vow
نِدِر، ج نْدُوْرَة
Asphalt, tar
زِفِت
Industrialisation
تصنيع
تَصْنِيْع مَصِر عَم يِتْقَدَّم تَقَدُّم مَحْسُوْس [S] The industrialization of Egypt is making considerable progress
Uprising
اْنتِفَاضَة
Afflicted, infected (ب = with s.th., e.g. a disease, or a calamity)
Stricken, afflicted (ب = by s.th., e.g. a disease, disaster, etc.
Casualty
مُصَاب، ج مُصَابِيْن
Gratitude
مَمْنُوْنِيِّة
Privilege
اِمْتِيَاْز، ج اِمْتِيَاْزَاْت
Influencer
مؤثّر
Celebration. festival, festivity, ceremony
اِحْتِفَاْل، ج اِحْتِفَاْلَاْت
الاِحْتِفَال صارِ مْبارِح [S] The celebration took place yesterday
اْلْتَغَى الاِحْتِفَالِ بْآخِر دَقِيقَة [S] The festival
was canceled at the last minute
الاِحْتِفال صارِ مْبارِح بَعْدِ الضِّهِر [S] The ceremony was held yesterday
Pride
اْفتِخَار
فَخِر
بَڥدَر أَڥُوْل بِكُلِّ اْفتِخَار إِنُّو [P] I can say with complete pride that
(A piece of) news
خَبَرِيِّة، ج خَبْرِيَّات
عَنْدَهْا خَبَرِيِّة اليَوْم [L] she has some news today;
قَِصَص وْخَبْرِيَّات [L] either 1. tall tales, or 2. troubles and hardships, trials and tribulations
ما عاد إِلِي جْلادِة اِحْكِي مَعُو، زْهِقْت هالقِصَص وِالخَبْرِيَّات [L] I no longer feel like talking to him, I’m fed up with those tall tales
أنا بْخَبِّرْكُن خَبْرِيِّة. كنت أنا و”علي” عنده بال”كوت دي فوار”. وال”كوت دي فوار” بلد كتير حلوة. [L] I’ll tell you. I was with Ali
in the Ivory Coast, a beautiful country.
واللهِ العَظِيم مِتِل مَا عَم اخَبِّركن إيَّاها هَالخَبْرِيِّة، [L] I swear to you, this is what happened.