Verbs 11 Flashcards
To list, enumerate, itemise (ه = s.th.)
عَدَّد ، يْعَدِّد
عَدَّد كِلِّ العَوَامِل هَللي ضِدِّ المَشْرُوْع [S] He enumerated all the factors that would speak against the plan
To appoint (ه = s.o.) as an agent / representative, to authorize (ه = s.o.) to act on one’s behalf
وَكَّل ، يْوَكِّل
المُدِيْر وَكَّلني أَمضي عَنُّو [P] the manager has authorised me to sign for him
To be pulled out, be extracted
To come off, be pulled off
To be dislocated, thrown out of joint
To be deposed, be ousted
اِنْخَلَعَ
To ally o.s. (مع = with)
تْحَاْلَف
To be filled, have a filling added (e.g. of a tooth)
اْنْحَشَى ، يِنْحَشَى
To be preferred
تَمَيَّزَ
تْفَضَّل
النَوْعِ القَدِيم لِسَّه مِتْفَضَّل عَنِ الجِديد the old type is till preferred to the new
To become lighter
خَفّ، يْخِفّ
To expand, extend, spread, spread out, become wide;
تْوَسَّع، يِتوَسَّع
To be approved (على = s.th.)
To fit in, tally, be in harmony, be in agreement, correspond
تْوَافَق ، يِتوَافَق
طَلَبَكِ تْوَافَق علَيْه [S] Your application has
been approved
كِيْف بْيِتوَافَق مَعِ اللي قُلتُو [P] how does it tally with what your said; {kīf bºyitwāfaq maʕᴵ-l-ly qulto}
خِطَطَو بْتِتْوَافَق تَمَام مَع خِطَطِي [S] His plans are in complete harmony with mine
هادَا حَتْمًا ما بْيِتْوَافَق مَعِ الشّْرُوْطِ العَقْدِ الأَصْلِيِّة [S] This is definitely not in agreement with the original terms of the contract
التَرْجَمِة ما بْتِتوافَق معِ الأَصِل = التَرْجَمِة ما بِتْطَابِقِ الأَصِل [S] The translation does not correspond to the original
To legislate (ه = s.th.)
شَرَّع
To sharpen (ه = s.th.)
سَنّ ، يْسِنّ
اْنْسَنّ
to be sharpened
بيْسِنِّ السَكِّيْنِة [P] he sharpens his knife;
To conclude (ه = s.th.)
To stamp, seal, put a stamp or postmark (ه = on s.th.)
خَتَم ، يِختِم
اْنْخَتَم
خَلِّيْنَا نِخْتُمِ السَّهْرَة بْقَدَحِ نْبِيْت [S] Let’s top off the evening with a glass of wine,
خَتَمُوا المِؤْتَمَرِ بْجَوّ كِلَّو تَمَاسُح وْتَفَاهُم [S] They closed the conference in an atmosphere of toleration and understanding,
خَتَم خِطَابَو بْشاهِدِ مْنِ القِرْآن [S] He ended his speech with a quotation from the Qur’an
الطَابِع مِش مَختُوْم [P] the stamp is not postmarked; {‘iṭ-ṭᾱbeʕ miš maḵtūm}
في المَطَار خَتَمنَا الپَاسپُورطَات [P] we got our passports at the airport; {fy-l-mɑṭᾱr ḵatamna-l-pasporṭᾱt}
خَتَمْتِ المَكْتُوْب [S] Have you sealed the letter?
خَتَمْتِ الصَّنْدُوْق (السَّنْدُوْء) قَابِل لِلْكَسْر [S] Did you stamp the box “fragile”
خَتَمِت كِلِّ الوَثَايِق [S] I stamped all the documents
To be boxed, put into a box or crate
تْصَنْدَق
To be kept, preserved, put away (for safe keeping, with the goal of protecting / preserving it), taken care of
اْنْحَفَظ
To strain (ه = s.th., a limb)
فَلَش ، يِفْلِش
اْنْفَلَش
اْنْفَلَش وَتَرِ بْرِجْلِي [S] I strained a ligament in my foot
اْنْفَلَش وَتَرِ بْرِجْلِي [S] I strained a ligament in my foot
To study closely (ب = s.th.)
To be accurate, meticulous, precise (في = in s.th.)
دَقَّق ، يْدَقِّق
بيْدَقِّق في شُغلُو [P] he’s very precise in his work; {byºdaqqeq fy šuġlo}
هَلَّق بَدَيْتِ تْدَقِّق تَدْقِيقَات بَلَا طَعْمِة [S] Now you’re just splitting hairs
دَقَّقْنَا بِالخَرِيطَة قَبِل ما مْشِيْنَا [S] We studied the map before we started
تْطَلَّع عَلَيهَا بْدِقَّة = دَقِّقِ النَّظَر فِيها [S] Look at it closely
To manipulate (ب = s.th.), get up to funny business (ب = with s.th.
تْلَاعَب ، يِتلَاعَب
بيْتلَاعَب بِالأَسعَار [P] he messes with the prices; {byºtlāʕab bi-l-ʔasʕᾱr
To get caught, seized
To be gotten, grabbed, caught, taken, held
اْنمَسَك، يِنِمسِك
الحَرَامي اْنمَسَك [P] the burglar got caught
To be hostile, show enmity (ه = toward s.o.);
عَاْدَى، يْعَاْدِي
بيعَادِيْنِي [P] He dislikes me, he’s hostile to me
اِتَّخَذ مَوقِف مُعَادِي [P] He adopted a hostile attitude (more formal tone)
To force to flee, put to flight (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
هَرَّب ، يْهَرِّب
To be provided with capital
تْرَسْمَل
To free o.s. (ل = for s.th.), make time (ل = for s.th.)
To become empty, empty out; (also to be unloaded, unpacked, dumped, depending on context)
تْفَرَّغ ، يِتفَرَّغ
لَازِم يِتفَرَّغ لَدْرُوْسُو [P] he has to free himself up for his studies
To intersect
To cross one another, intersect
تْقَاْطَع
الشَّارْعَيْنِ الرَّئِيْسِيِّة بْيِتْقَاطَعُوا هْنِيك [S] The two principal avenues cross over there
To unravel, fray
نفَرَط ، يِنِفرِط
To unravel (ه = s.th.), to unstitch (ه = s.th.), take out stitches
فَرَط ، يُفرُط
To become easy
تْسَهَّل ، يِتسَهَّل
To be rubbed out, be erased
To be wiped out
اْنمَحَى، يِنمَحَى
يِتمَحَّى
اْنْمَسَح ، يِنْمِسِح
الزَلْزِلِة مَسْحِتِ البَلَد مِن أَسَاسَهْا [S] The earthquake wiped out the whole town,
الضَّيْعَة اْنْمَحِت عَن بِكْرِة أَبُوْهَا [S] The village was leveled to the ground
To leak out (figuratively)
To leak, seep out
تْسَرَّب ، يِتسَرَّب
القِصَّ’ تْسَرَّبِت مَا بَعْرِف شْلَوْن [S] The story leaked out somehow
الماي يِتْسَرَّب مِنِ الپَيْپ [E.G.] The water is leaking from the pipe.
To be humiliated, be insulted
تْبَهدَل ، يِتبَهدَل
اْنْهَاْن، يِنْهَاْن
To make war against (ه = s.o./s.th.), to battle (ه = s.o./s.th.)
To see combat, engage in war, to see (military) action
To fight (in a war)
حارَب ، يْحارِب
نِصّ هالجُّنُودِ بْحَيَاتُهْن ما حارَبُوا مِن قَبِل [S] Half of these soldiers have never seen combat before,
وَيْن حَارَب [S] Where did he see action
مِنحَارِبِالفَقر [P] we’re fighting poverty
بيْحَاربُوا بَعِض [P] they’re fighting one another
To exert, apply, exercise (ه = s.th.)
To practice (ه = s.th., e.g. a profession or hobby)
مَارَس ، يْمَارِس
بيْمَارِس ضُغُوْط [P] he applies pressure; {byºmāres ḍuġūṭ}
بيْمَارِس صَلَاحِيَّاتُو [P] he exerts his authority
عَم يْمَارِس هَلَّق [S] He’s in practice now
قَدَّيْش لَازْمَك دِرَاسِة قَبِل ما يِسْمَحُوا لَك تْمَارِس الِـمْحَامَاة [S] How long do you have to study before you can practice law?
قَدَّيْش صَار لَو (صَر لَو) عَم يْمَارِسِ الطِّبّ [S] Since when has he been practicing medicine?
بيْمَارِسِ الطِبّ [P] he practices medicine; {byºmāresᴵ-ṭ-ṭebb}
بِتمَارِس هِوَايِة [P] do you practice a hobby
To find difficult, find hard (ه = s.th.)
اْستَصعَب ، يِستَصعِب
To compare, equate (ه = s.th., على / ل = to s.th.)
To measure (ه = s.th.)
قَاْس ، يْقِيْس
اْنْقَاْس
مَا بْتِقدَرشِ تْقِيْس هَادَا عَلَى هَادَا [P] you can’t equate this to this; {ma bºtiqdɑršᵉ tºqīs hāda ʕala hāda}
بِتقِيْس أَبُوْك لَأَخُوْك [P] would you (dare) equate your father with your brother? (i.e. treat them with the same degree of casualness / informality)
لَازِمِ تْقِيْسِ الحَرَارَة [P] you have to take your temperature; {lāzemᵉ tºqīsᴵ-l-ḥɑrᾱrɑ}
مِنقِيْس ضَغطِ الدَمّ، مِنقِيْسِ النَبِض [P] we measure blood pressure, we measure heart rate (pulse); {minqīs ḍɑġṭᴵ-d-damm، minqīsᴵ-n-nɑbᵉḍ}
بِدّي أَقِيْسِ الأَوضَة [P] I want to measure the room; {biddy ʔaqīsᴵ-l-ʔōḍɑ}
قِستِ الأَوضَة [P] I measured the room; {qistᴵ-l-ʔōḍɑ}
قِسِت عِلُو الشِّبَّاكِ بْدِقَّة [S] I measured the height of the window
To investigate, interrogate (ه = s.o.)
حَقَّق ، يْحَقِّق
البُولِيْس حَقَّ في القَضِيِّة [P] the police investigated the matter; {‘il-bulīs ḥaqqa fy-l-ʠɑḍiyye}
القَضِيِّة رَهْنِ التَّحْقِيق [S] The case is being investigated
عَمِ نْحاوِلِ نْحَقِّق كِلّْ شَكْوَى [S] We try to follow up every complaint
To suspect, be suspicious of to suspect (ب = s.th. / s.o.)
اْشْتَبَه ، يِشْتِبِه
رَأْسًاِ اْشْتَبَهِت [S] I immediately got suspicious
اِبمِيْنِ بْتِشتِبِه؟ — بَشتْبِه فِيْه [P] whom do you suspect? — I suspect him;
بْتِشْتِبِه بْشِي [S] Do you suspect anything?
بِشْتِبِه فِيه هُوِّ [S] I suspect him
To will (ه = s.th., ل = to)
وَصَّى ، يْوَصِّي
وَصَّى كِلّْ أَمْلَاكَو لِلِكْنِيْسِة [S] He willed all his property to the church
To be concerned (ب = with)
To take care (ب = of), care for, look after (ب = s.th.)
اْعْتَنَى ، يِعْتِنِي
أنا ما بِعْتِنِي بِالتَفَاصِيْل (بِالتَفَصِيْل) = التَفَاصِيْل (التَفَصِيْل) مُو شِغْلِي أَنَا [S] I’m not concerned with the details
أَنَا اْعتَنَيْت فِيْهِن [P] [P, G] I took care of them
To petition
قَدَّم عَرِيضَة
قَدَّمْنَا عَرِيضَة لَوَزِيرِ المَعَارِف طَالْبِين فِيْهَا مَدْرَسِة جْدِيدِة [S] We petitioned the Minister of Education for a new school
To grant, give, award (ه = s.o., ه = s.th.)
مَنَح ، يِمنَح
نْمَنَح ، يِنْمِنِح
مَنَحُوْهُم حَقِّ اللُجُوْءِ السِيَاسي [P] they gave them the right of political asylum; {manaḥūhom ḥaqqᴵ-l-lujūʔÅᴵ-s-siyāsy}
مَنَحُوْهَا جَايزِة [P] they awarded her a prize; {manaḥūha jāyze}
مَنَحُوْه وِسَام [P] they gave him a medal; {manaḥūᴴ wisām}
مَنَحُواها جايْزِة نِقْدِيِّة [S] They awarded her a cash prize,
مَنَحُوْنَا كَامِلِ المَبْلَغ [S] They granted us the entire amount
البَابا مَنَحَو مْقَابَلِة خَاصَّة [S] The Pope granted him a private audience.
To designate, set aside, allocate (ه = s.th., ل = for)
خَصَّص ، يْخَصِّص
مْخَصَّص لَ [P] designated for, set aside for; {mºḵɑṣṣɑṣ la}
غُرفِة مْخَصَّصَة لَلضّيُوْف [P] a room kept specially for guests; {ġurfe mºḵɑṣṣɑṣɑ la’ºḍḍyūf}
خَصَّصنَا مَبلَغ لَلمَشرُوْع [P] we allocated a sum (of money) to the project; {ḵɑṣṣɑṣna mablaġ lalmašrūʕ}
مَبلَغِ مْخَصَّص لَهَادَا الهَدَف [P] a sum which has been set aside for this purpose; {mablaġᵉ mºḵɑṣṣɑṣ lahāda-l-hadaf}
بِعْتِقِد خَصَّصْنَا مَصَارِي كَافْيِة لِلرَّحْلِة [S] I think we have enough money set aside for the trip
خَلِّيْنَا نْخَصِّص كِلّْ تَلَاتَا لَاِجْتِمَاعَاتْنَا الإِسْبُوْعِيِّة [S] Let’s set Tuesdays aside for our weekly meetings
خَصِّص مَصَارِيْفَك (مَصَرِيفَك) تَحِت [S] Specify your expenses below
المَجْلِس خَصَّص خَمِس مِيْت دَوْلَار لِلإِسعَاف [S] The board designated five hundred dollars for relief
الإِدَارَة بِتْخَصِّص أَكْتَر أَمْوالَهْا لِلرَّيّ [S] The agency channels most of the funds into irrigation
الفَصْلِ الأَوَّلِ مْخَصَّص لَإِيَّام طُفُوْلْتَو [S] The first chapter is devoted to his childhood.
البَلَدِيِّة خَصَّصِت خَمْسِين أَلْف لَيْرَة لَمَكْتَبِة جْدِيدِة [S] The city has appropriated fifty thousand pounds for a new library,
To struggle (ه = with s.th.)
صَاْرَع
نَازَع ، يْنَازِع
اْنْجَبَرْنَا نْصَارِعِ التَّيَّار [S] We had to struggle against the tide
صَاْر لِي (صَرْ لِي) مِدِّة عَم اْعَارِك بْهالمِشِكْلِة [S] I’ve been struggling with this problem for some time
To speak to, address (ه = s.o.)
خَاْطَب ، يْخَاْطِب
To brew (ه = s.th.)
خَمَّر ، يْخَمِّر
مِنْخَمِّر بِيْرِتْنَا لَحَالنَا [S] We brew our own beer
To fire, discharge, set off (ه = s.th., e.g. a shot, rocket, etc.);
أَطْلَق ، يِطْلِق
اِنْطَلَق
أَطلَقُوا النَار عَلَ المُتَظَاهِرِيْن [P] they opened fire on the demonstrators; { ʔɑṭlɑʠu-n-nᾱr ʕala-l-mutɑẓᾱhirīn}
أَطلَقُوا صَارُوْخ [P] they fired a rocket
To argue with each other, have an argument
تْجَادَل ، يِتجَادَل
تْشارَع
To unload, unpack, dump (ه = s.th.)
To empty (ه = s.th.)
فَرَّغ، يْفَرِّغ
لَسَّا ما فَرَّغُوا الكَمْيَوْن [S] They haven’t unloaded the truck yet
لا تِنْسَى ما تْفَرِّغِ البَارُودِة [S] Don’t forget to unload the rifle,
فَرَّغُوا الفَحِم قِدَّامِ القَبُو [S] They dumped the coal in front of the basement,
بَالله لَا تْفَرِّغ طِحْلِ القَهْوِة بِالمَجْلَى [S] Please don’t dump the coffee grounds in the sink
To interrupt, cut short (ه = s.o./s.th.)
To boycott (ه = s.th.)
To shun, cut off relations with, be on bad terms with (ه = s.o.)
قَاطَع، يْقَاطِع
قَاطَعْتَو قَبِل ما يِقْدِر يِحْكِي أَكْتَر [S] I stopped him short before he could say more.
كِلّ ما مْنِحْكِي سَوَى أَخُوهَا الزّْغِيْر بِيْقَاطِعْنَا بْشِي سُؤَاْل [S] Every time we talk, her little brother butts in with a question
قَاطَعْنِي [S] He cut me short
دايْمًا بِتْقاطِعْنِي وَقِت بِحْكِي [S] She always cuts in when I’m talking,
لا تْقَاطِعْنِي عَ الطَّاْلْعَة وعَ النَّازْلِة [S] Don’t interrupt me all the time
لَسَبَب مِنِ الأَسْبَاب عَم يْقَاطْعُوا هالمَخْزَن [S] For some reason or other, they’re boycotting that store
النَاس بيْقَاطعُوْه [P] people shun him; {‘in-nās byºqᾱṭʕūᴴ}
النَاسِ مْقَاطعِيْنُو [P] people are boycotting him (aspect on participle is interesting in this); {‘in-nāsᵉ mºqᾱṭʕīno}
بيْقَاطِعني [P] He shuns me, he won’t have anything to do with me
To occupy, take over
اْحْتَلّ، يِحْتَلّ
الجَّيشِ احْتَلِّ المَدِينَة [I] The army occupied the city.
اِبْنِي احْتَلِّ السِّرْداب كُلَّه لْنَفْسَه [I] My son has taken over the whole basement for himself.
To lord it over, order about, behave imperiously (على = towards s.o.), to boss around (على = s.o.)
تْأَمَّر، يِتأَمَّر
حاجْتَك تِتْأَمَّر عَلِيِّ [S] Stop ordering me around!
مِين وَكَّلَو يِتْأَمَّر عَلِيِّ [S] Who gave him the right to boss me around?
بيْتأَمَّر عَلَيّ [P] he lords it over me, he acts like he is the boss of me;
To become numerous, proliferate, become many, increase
كِتِر، يِكتَر
كِترَتِ الحَالَات في المُدِّة الأَخِيْرِة [P] the number of cases has increased recently; {kitratᴵ-l-ḥālāt fy-l-mudde-l-ʔaḵīre}
عَدَدِ الحَوَادِث بيْكتَر مِن سِنِة لَ-سِنِة [P] [P, G] the number of accidents increases from year to year; {ʕadadᴵ-l-ḥawādeθ byºktɑr min sine la-sine}
بَعدَيْنِ الصُعُوْبَاتِ بْتِكتَر [P] later the difficulties increase;
To be oppressed, be treated unjustly, be wronged
اْنظَلَم، يِنظَلِم
شَعَرِ بْحَالَو اْنْظَلَم [S] He felt wronged
نَاسِ كْتِيْرِ اْنظَلمَت [P] a lot of people have been unjustly treated
To move from one place to another, travel around, roam
تْنَقَّل، يِتْنَقَّل
