Verbs 17 Flashcards
To rent, hire, lease (ه = s.th.) (with the tenant as the subject)
اْسْتَأْجَر، يِسْتَأْجِر
To let, rent out, lease out (ه = s.th.) (with the lessor last the subject)
أَجَّر، يْؤَجِّر
To stick, get stuck, get caught up, become entangled
عِلِق، يِعلَق
سَيَّارْتِي عِلْقِت بِالطِّيْن [S] My car got stuck in the mud
To take precautions (ل = for, or ضِدّ = against)
اْحْتَاْط، يِحْتَاْط
لازِم نِحْتَاط لَشِتْوِيِّة بَارْدِة كْتِير [S] We should take precautions for a very cold winter
هالتَّدْبِير غَايْتَوِ الاِحْتِيَاط ضِدّ تَفَشِّي الأَمْرَاض [S] The measure is to protect against the spread of disease
To work
To function, work properly
اْشتَغَل، يِشتْغِل
To clean (ه = s.th.)
نَضَّف، يْنَضِّف
تْنَضَّف / اِتْنَضَّف، يِتْنَضَّف
To sweep (ه = s.th.) (referring to the room or house or whatever is being swept)
كَنَّس، يْكَنِّس
To mop
مَسَّح، يْمَسِّح
To suck up, suck in (ه = s.th.)
شَفَط، يُشفُط
الشَفَّاطَة بْتُشفُطِ الغَبَرَة [P] the vacuum cleaner sucks up the dust
To beat (ه = s.th.) (carpet)
نَفَّض، يْنَفِّض
شُو نَفَّضْتِ السِّجَّاد [S] Did you beat the carpets
To light (ه = s.th.), to lighten, light, add light to (ه = s.th.)
To turn on (ه = a light)
ضَوَّى، يْضَوِّي
تْضوَّى، يْتْضوَّى
To cope, deal with, sort out
اْصطَفَل، يِصطِفِل
اْصطِفلُوا [P] deal with it! (you’ll just have to) cope!; {‘ºṣṭeflu}
اْصطِفلُوا مَع بَعِض [P] sort it out between yourselves; {‘ºṣṭeflu maʕ bɑʕᵉḍ}
يِصطِفلُوا [P] let them sort it out; {yiṣṭeflu}
اِنْتِا اْصْطِفِل لَحَالَك هَلَّق [S] It’s your problem now!
اْصْطِفِل، اْعْمِل (عْمَيْل) هَللي بِدَّك يَاه [S] Have it your own way!
To attend, be present
حِضِر، يِحضَر
تْواجَد / اِتْواجَد، يِتْواجَد
To sit, sit down
To stay, remain, be in a place / situation;
To be sitting around doing nothing
قَعَد، يِقْعُد
أَحسَن مِنِ اْنُّو يْضَلّ قَاعِد [P] better for him than sitting around doing nothing
To run along (ه = s.th.), be parallel (ه = to s.th.)
وَاْزَى، يْوَاْزِي
الطَّرِيق بِيْوَازِي شَطِّ البُحَيْرَة [S] The road runs along the shore of the lake
To cook (ه = s.th.)
طَبَخ، يِطْبُخ
نْطَبَخ
To warm up, heat up (ه = s.th.)
سَخَّن، يْسَخِّن
تْسَخَّن
To blow up with explosives (ه = s.th.)
نَسَف ، يِنسِف
انتسف ، ينتسف
العَدُوّ نَسَف كِلِّ الجّْسُوْرَة [S] The enemy has blown up all the bridges
To do (ه = s.th.)
عِمِل، يَعْمِل
اْنعَمَل ، يِنعَمَل
هَا الشُغُل لَازِم يِنعَمَل [P] that work has to get done
To chop up
خَرَّط، يْخَرَّط
To bake
خَبَز، يِخبِز
To boil (ه = s.th., e.g. an egg, for boiling water, see غَلَى)
سَلَق، يُسلُق
To fry (ه = s.th.)
قَلَى، يِقلي
نْقَلَى
To follow, track, trail, pursue (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
تَبَع، يِتبَع
To wash up, wash (ه = dishes)
جَلَى، يِجْلِي
To throw out, junk (ه = s.th.)
زَتّ، يْزِتّ
اْنْزَتّ
To let, permit, allow (ه = s.o., ه = to do s.th.)
To make or cause (ه = s.o., فعل مضارع بدون علامة = to do s.th.).
To cause, make (ه = s.o, ه = to be s.th.);
To leave, leave behind (ه = s.th.);
To keep (ه = s.o., جملة / شبه جملة = to)
خَلَّى، يْخَلِّي
تْخَلَّى، يِتْخَلَّى
خَلِّي لِي شْوَيِّة گَاتَو [S] Leave some cake for me
خَلِّيْك مَعِي شْوَيِّة [S] Keep me company for a while,
خَلِّيْك عَ اليَمِين [S] Keep to the right
To throw, toss (ه = s.th., على = on / at s.th., في = in)
رَمَى، يِرمي
To wait, hold on (ه = for s.th.)
نَطَر، يُنْطُر
اْنتَظَر، يِنتِظِر
اْستَنَّى، يِستَنَّى
أَنَا اْستَنَّيْتَكُ وْمَا جِيْتِش [P] I waited for you, and (then) you didn’t come
صَار لُو سَاعَة مِستَنّي هَوْن [P] he’s been
waiting here for an hour
بِسْتَنَّاك لَحَدِّ السَّاعَة خَمْسِة [S] I’ll wait for you until five o’clock
بَنطَظِر أَوَّمِر [P] I’m waiting for orders; {bɑnṭɑẓer ʔawwamer}
بَنتِظرَك [P] I’ll wait for you; {bɑnteẓrak}
ما فِيْك تِنْتِظِر مِنِّي إِنَّو اْصَدِّق (سَدِّق) هَالشِّي [S] You can’t expect me to believe that,
السَّنْتْرَال قَالْ لِي اِنْتِظِر لَإِنَّو فِي مْخَابَرَة خَارْجِيِّة جَايِة [S] The operator told me to stand by for a call,
لازِم نِنْتِظِر سَاعَة لَيِصَلِ التّْرَيْن [S] We have an hour’s wait before the train gets
صَارْ لَك( صَرْ لَك) عَم تِنْتِظِر زَمَاْن [S] Have you been waiting long?
لا تْآخِذْنِي خَلَّيْتَك تِنْتِظِر [S] I’m sorry to keep you waiting.
To despise, scorn, feel contempt for, look down on (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
اْحْتَقَر، يِحْتِقِر
اْزْدَرَى، يِزْدِرِي
بِزْدِرِي تَصَرُّفَاتَو [S] despise the way he acts
بْيِزْدِرِي كِلّْ واحِد مُو مِن مَقَامَو الاِجْتِماعِي [S] He despises everyone who is not his social equal
حَرَام تِحْتِقِرِ النَّاس لَإِنُّهْن فِقَرَا [S] You mustn’t look down on people just because they’re poor
To sleep, fall asleep
نَاْم، يْنَاْم
To lie down, stretch out (on the ground, bed, etc.)
تْسَطَّح، يِتسَطَّح
بِدِّي اِتْسَطَّح لِي شْوَيِّة [S] I want to lie down for a few minutes
تْسَطَّح عَلَى الأَرض [P] he laid down on the ground
To open (ه = the eyes)
فَتَّح، يْفَتِّح
لَمَّا فَتَّح عِيْنَيْه [P] when he opened his eyes
To miss (ه = a target)
To miscalculate (ب = s.th. / in s.th.), be wrong (ب = in s.th.)
أَخْطَأ، يِخْطِئ
أَخطَيْتِ الهَدَف [P] I missed the target;
أَخْطَأْتِ الهَدَف [S] You’ve missed the
target
أَخْطَأْتِ بْوَقتِ الوُصُوْل [S] I miscalculated the time of arrival
To dream
حِلِم، يِحْلَم
To snore
شَخَّر
To talk, speak (intransitive, or ه = s.th., e.g. a language, or عن / في = about s.th.);
(usually في is more in depth or more immediate, like being in the midst of the conversation versus having spoken on something previously);
(note that عن can also mean “on the behalf of”)
حِكِي، يِحْكِي
To walk, march (i.e. to go on foot)
To go, move (away), leave, get going, depart
مِشِي، يِمْشِي
To wake up
فَاْق، يْفِيْق
لَمَّا فِقت / فِقِت [P] when I woke up
لَقَيْتهَا فَايقَة [P] I found her awake
To wake up (ه = s.o.)
فَيَّق، يْفَيِّق
الضَّوْجِة فَيَّقِتْنِي [S] The noise woke me
فَيَّقني [P] he woke me up
أَيَّ سَاعَة بِدَّك أَفَيّْقَك [P] what time do you want me to wake you up
To get up, get out of bed
To get up, stand up
قَاْم، يْقُوْم
يَلَّا قُوْم قَوَام [P] come on, get up at once
To strengthen (ه = s.th.)
قَوَّى، يْقَوّي
تْقَوَّى، يِتْقَوَّى
حَتَّى جِسمُو يِتقَوَّى [P] to that his body gets stronger
هَادَا بيْقَوّي الجِسِم [P] this strengthens the body
To take up, fill, occupy (ه = s.th., e.g. a space)
أَخَد، يَاخُد
الصَّوْفَا آخْدِة تَقْرِيْبًا نِصِّ الأُوْضَة [S] The sofa just about fills half of the room,
البِيْرَوه بْياخُد مَحَلِّ كْتِير [S] The dresser takes up too much space
To wrestle
تْصارَع، يِتْصارَع
To repair, fix (ه = s.th.)
To fit, adjust, regulate, set, fix up (ه = s.th.)
ظَبَّط، يْظَبِّط
تْظَبَّط / اِتْظَبَّط / اِظَّبَّط، يِتْظَبَّط
To brush (ه = s.th.)
فَرْشَى، يْفَرْشِي
To sew (ه = s.th.)
خَيَّط، يْخَيِّط
تْخَيَّط
To sow, plant (ه = s.th.)
To plant, grow (ه = s.th.)
To farm, seed (ه = s.th.)
To sow (ه = s.th.)
To transplant (ه = body organs)
زَرَع، يِزرَع
اْنزَرَع، يِنزَرَع
To dig, excavate (ه = s.th.)
حَفَر، يُحفُر
اْنْحَفَر
حَفَرُوا بِيْر [P] they dug a well
To knock, bang, hammer (ه = s.th. or على = on s.th.);
دَقّ، يْدِقّ
فِيْه وَاهَد عَم بيْدُقّ [P] someone’s knocking (at the door)
To screw
بَرْغَى، يْبَرْغِي
To eat (ه = s.th.)
أَكَل، يَاكُل
Give (me) (ه = s.th., ل = to), bring (ه = s.th., ل = to);
this is an imperative verb only
هَات، ج هَاتُوا / المؤنث: هَاتِي
هَاتِ السِّكِّيْنِة [S] Let’s have the knife
هَات كَمَان وَاحَد [P] give (me) another one
To drink (ه = s.th.)
شِرِب، يِشرَب
اْنْشَرَب
To leave, depart (ه = a place)
To leave, let be, abandon (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
To let go, leave behind (ه = of s.th.) (physically)
To stop doing (فعل مضارع بدون علامة = s.th.), leave (s.th.), quit (doing s.th.)
تَرَك، يِتْرُك
اْنْتَرَك
أنا تارْكِة [L] I’m leaving!
تَرَكِ الأَوضَة [P] he left the room
تَرَكني [P] he left me
تْرِكْني [L] leave me alone
To be hungry
جَاع، يْجُوْع
To become thirsty
عِطِش، يِعطَش
To become satisfied, sated, full (من = from s.th.) (usually from eating, but can apply to other things, like getting enough sleep)
شِبِع، يِشبَع
To become saturated, become full to capacity;
تْشَبَّع، يِتشَبَّع
الأَرضِ تْشَبَّعَت مِنِ الشِتَا [P] the ground is saturated with rain
To salt, season (with salt), put salt in (ه = s.th.)
مَلَّح، يْمَلِّح
To go off
To go wrong
اْنْتَزَع
To become mouldy, get mouldy, musty, rot
عَفَّن، يْعَفِّن
To eat breakfast
تْرَوَّق، يِتْوَرَّق
To eat lunch
تْغَدَّى، يِتْغَدَّى
To eat dinner
تْعَشَّى، يِتْعَشَّى
To take (ه = s.th.)
أَخَد، يَاخُد
To get drunk
سِكِر، يِسْكَر
To drive (ه = s.th., e.g. a vehicle)
سَاْق، يْسُوْق
To sterilize, make free of bacteria and other living organisms (ه = s.th.)
عَقَّم، يْعَقِّم
حَلِيْب مُعَقَّم = حَلِيْبِ مْعَقَّم [P] sterilized milk
To dissolve, melt
دَاْب، يْدُوْب
To pickle (ه = s.th.) (e.g. in vinegar)
خَلَّل، يْخَلِّل
إِمّي خَلَّلَتِ خْيَار [P] my mother pickled cucumbers
To curry favour with (ل = s.o.)
تْزَلَّف
دايْمًا عَم يْحَاوِل يِتْزَلَّف لَلرَّئِيْس [S] He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss
To prick, stab, stick, poke
To impale (ه = s.th.)
To thread, string (ه = s.th.)
شَكّ، يْشِكّ
بيْشِكِّ اللَحمِة بِ السِيْخ [P] he sticks the
pieces of meat on the skewer
شَكَّت فِلفِل أَحمَر بِالخَيْط [P] she strung red peppers on the string
To rough it
تْخَشْوَن
جايِ على بالِي اْرُوْح عَ الصَّحْرَا وْاِتْخَشْوَن عَن حَقَا [S] I feel like going out in the desert and really roughing it
To beat, whip (ه = s.th., e.g. eggs, cream, dough, etc.)
خَفَق، يِخْفِق
اْنْخَفَق
To be mad (على / في / ب = about), dying (على / في / ب = for / over)
مَات، يْمُوْت
بيْمُوْت فِيْهَا [P] he’s mad / crazy about her
To process (ه = s.th.)
دَوَّرِ مْعَامَلِة + إضافة
القِنْصِلِيِّة لَحَ تْدَوِّرِ مْعَامَلْةِ الڤِيْزَا تَبَعَك [S] The consulate is going to process your visa application
To apply (ل = for s.th., or على = for s.th.)
To serve, present, offer, submit (ه = s.th., ل = to)
To advance, move forward (ه = s.th.)
قَدَّم، يْقَدِّم
تْقَدَّم / تْگَدَّم، يِتْقَدَّم / يِتْگَدَّم
هَادَا بيْقَدِّمِ الشُغُل [P] this speeds up the work
هَادَا مَا قَدَّمنَاشِ كْتِيْر [P] this has not advanced us much
To interview, have a meeting with (ه = s.o.); (in formal situations)
قَابَل، يْقَابِل
To contract, make a contract (وِيَّا = with)
تْعَاْقَد، يِتْعَاْقَد
الحُكُومَة تْعَاقْدَت وِيَّا شَرِكَة أَجْنَبِيَّة لْبِناءِ الجِّسِر [I] The government contracted with a foreign company for building the bridge
To change into old clothes (for working, so as not to get one’s nice clothes dirty)
تْفَرَّع، يِتْفَرَّع
