Verbs 19 Flashcards
To go beyond, overstep (ه = s.th.)
To overtake (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
To go past, overstep, step over, exceed (ه = s.th.)
To encroach (على = upon)
تْجَاْوَز ، يِتْجَاْوَز
بيْجَاوَز صَلَاحِيَّاتُو [P] he oversteps his
authority
السَيَّارَة تْجَاوَزَتنَا [P] the car overtook
عَم يِتْجَاوَز حْدُوْدَو مِتْلِ العادِة [S] He’s ignoring the rules again, He’s kicking over the traces again
تْجَاوَز حَدَّو [S] to take liberties
بْيَاخُد حِرِّيْتَو كْتِير = بْيِتْجَرَّا عَلى غَيْرَو كْتِير = بْيِتْجَاوَز حَدَّو [S] He takes too many liberties
تْجَاوَزِت هالطَّوْر هَلَّق [S] I’m past that stage now
لا تِتْجَاوَز هالخَطّ [S] Don’t step over this line
المِنْتَظَر إِنَّو أَرْبَاحُهْن هالسِّنِة تِتْجَاوَز خَمَسْتَعْشَر أَلْف لَيْرَة [S] Their profits should exceed fifteen thousand pounds this year
ما فِيك تِتْجَاْوَزَو [S] You won’t get around him
To shock (ه = s.o.)
صَدَم، يِصْدُم
اْنْصَدَم
To park (ه = s.th., e.g. a car)
To queue, stand in line
To stand in a row, get in a line
صَفّ، يْصِف
To change (ه = s.th., من = from, ل = to)
To exchange (a product)
غَيَّر، يْغَيِّر
تْغَيَّر / دْغَيَّر، يِتغَيَّر / يِدغَيَّر
To bridge, make a bridge (بين = between)
جَسَّر، يْجَسِّر
To cause (ه = s.o.) to mount / board (ه / على = s.th.), to give (ه = s.o.) a ride
To give a ride (ه = to s.o.)
رَكَّب، يْرَكِّب
To tread on, trample on, step on (على = s.th.)
To run over (ه = s.th.)
دَعَس، يِدعَس
اْنْدَعَس
اْنْدَعَسِ بْكَمْيَوْن [S] He was run over by a truck
To put on speed, accelerate
To drive quickly, speed
أَسرَع، يِسرِع
To slow down
يبطِّئ ، بطَّأ
To return, come back, go back (note that preferred preposition is على / ع , but ل is also used)
To back up, go backwards (لَوَرا), reverse
To repeat, do again (فعل مضارع بدون علامة = s.th.)
To go back (عن / في = s.th., e.g. on a promise, one’s word, etc.)
رِجِع، يِرجَع
رِجِع عَن كَلَامُو [P] he went back on his word
To fill (ه = s.th., ه = with s .th.)
To fill out, fill in (ه = a form)
To load, charge (ه = a weapon)
To charge (ه = s.th.)
عَبَّى، يْعَبِّي
To make (ه = s.o. / s.th.) work
To operate, turn on, set in motion (ه = s.th, e.g. a machine of some kind)
شَغَّل، يْشَغِّل
تْشَغَّل
To hit, beat, strike, knock, bang, slam, crash
خَبَط، يِخْبُط
اْنْخَبَط
عَرَبِيِّتي اْتْخَبَطِت مِن وَرا [E] my car was hit from behind;
المَرْكِبِ اْتْخَبَطِت فِ الرَصيف [E] the ship struck the quay;
إن شا اْلله أَتْخِبِط فِ نَظَري لَو [E] may I be struck blind if (said as a disclaimer, e.g. if I were lying…);
دا أَكِيدِ اْتْخَبَط فِ دْماغُه عَشان يِتْصَرَّف بِالشَكْل دا [E] he must have been struck in the head to act like this;
أَبصَر مِيْن خَبَط لي السَيَّارَة [P] I don’t know who hit my car;
لا تِخْبُط بِالطَّاوْلِة [S] Don’t knock against the table
خَبَط الِكْتَاْب عَ الطَّاوْلِة [S] He banged the book down on the table,
مِيْن عَم يِخْبُط عَ البَاب [S] Who’s that banging on the door?
خَبَطِ الصَّنْدُوْق (السَّنْدُوء) عَ الأَرِض [S] He slammed the box on the floor,
خَبْطِتِ البَابِ بْنِصّْ دِين وِشِّي [S] She slammed the door right in my face
To fortify, entrench (ه = s.th.)
حَصَّن، يْحَصِّن
تْحَصَّن / اِتْحَصَّن، يِتْحَصَّن
To laugh (على = at), make fun of (على = s.o.);
(note the preposition على is often used to mean against, so here it means to laugh against s.o.)
ضِحِك، يِضْحَك
عَم بْتِضحَك عَلَيّ [P] are you making fun of me
To supply, equip, furnish, provide (ه = s.o., ب = with)
زَوَّد، يْزَوِّد
وَفَّر، يْوَفِّر
عَمِ تْزَوِّدَهْا شْوَيِّة [S] You’re carrying matters just a little too far
الشِّرْكِة بِتْزَوّْدَك بِالتَّجْهِيْزَاتِ اللازْمِة [S] The company will provide you with the necessary equipment
المَخْبَزِة تَبَعْنَا بِتْزَوِّد كِلِّ الأَوْتَيْلَات الِكْبَار [S] Our bakery supplies all the big hotels
دايْمًا بِيْزَوِّدْنَا بِالسِّيْگَارَات [S] He always supplies us with cigarettes,
زَوَّدُوْهُم بِسْلَاح [P] the supplied them with weapons
To base (ه = s.th., على = on)
To build, construct, erect (ه = s.th.)
بَنَى، يِبْنِي
على أَنُو أَسَاس عَم تِبْنِي أَرْقَامَك [S] On what do you base your figures?
حِجّْتَو مَبْنِيِّة على فَرِض إِنَّو [S] his argument is based on the assumption that…
To smooth, level, straighten (ه = s.th.)
مَلَّس، يْمَلِّس
النَجَّار بيْمَلِّسِ الخَشَبِة بْوَرَق قَزَاز [P] the carpenter smooths the wood with sandpaper
مَلِّس شَعْرَاتَك [S] Smooth down your hair
مَلِّس شَرْشَفِ الطَّاوْلِة [S] Smooth out the tablecloth
To borrow (ه = money, من = from), take out a loan
تْدَيَّن، يِتدَيَّن
To lend, loan (ه = s.o., ه = money / a loan)
دَيَّن، يْدَيِّن
بِتْدَيِّنْنِي عَشِر وَرَقَات = بْتِقْرِضْنِي عَشِر وَرَقَات [S] Would you lend me ten pounds
To fund, sponsor, fund (ه = s.th.)
مَوَّل، يْمَوِّل
تْمَوّل / اِتْمَوّل، يِتْمَوّل
To pay (ه = an amount of money)
دَفَع، يِدفَع
اْنْدَفَع
To pay off (ه = s.th.)
سَدَّد
تْسَدِّد / اِتْسَدِّد / اِسَّدِّد، يِتْسَدِّد
سَدَّد كِلِّ دْيُوْنَو [S] He paid off all his debts
بَعِد شَهِر بْكُوْن سَدَّدْتْ كِلّْ شِي [S] In a month I’ll have it all paid up
To bring, fetch, get (ه = s.th., ل = to, or ه = s.o., ه = s.th., or ل = to s.o., ه = s.th.)
To cum, orgasm
To give birth to, bring into the world, bear (ه = a child)
جَاب، يْجِيْب
اْنْجَاب، يِنْجَاب
جَارِتنَا جَابَت صَبي [P] our neighbor had a son; {jᾱretna jābat ṣɑby}
رَاحَتِ تْجِيْب [P] she’s gone to the hospital to give birth; {rᾱḥatᵉ tºjīb}
بَعدَيْن جِبِت مَحمُوْد، وْجِبِت نُهَى [P] then I gave birth to Mahmud, and (then) to Nuha; {baʕdēn jibᵉt maḥmūd، wºjibᵉt nuha}
جابِت لَو تْلَتْة صِبْيَان [S] She bore him three sons.
To save up (ه = money)
صمَّد
وَفَّر، يْوَفِّر
المَصَاري اللي وَفَّرهَا [P] the money he saved up; {‘il-mɑṣᾱry-l-ly waffɑrha}
كان فِيكِ تْوَفِّر على حالَك هَالتَّعَب [S] You could have saved the trouble.
وَفَّرْت عَلِيِّ مِشْوَار عَ المَكْتَب [S] You saved me a trip to the office,
بِتْوَفِّر وَقِت إِذَا بِتْساوِيْهَا بِالطَّرِيْقَة تَبَعِي [S] You’ll save time if you do it my way
وَفَّرِت تَقْرِيبًا مِيْت دَوْلَار بْسَفِرْتِي بِالبَاْص [S] I saved almost a hundred dollars by going by bus
صَارْ لَهْا (صَرْ لَهْا) مِدِّة عَمِ تْصَمِّد لَهْا شْوَيِّة مَصَارِي كِلّْ شَهِر [S] She’s been putting aside a little money each month
بْمَعَاْش مِتِل هاد مِسْتَحِيْلِ الواحِد يْصَمِّد مَصَارِي [S] On a salary like this it’s impossible to save any money
To try, attempt (ه = s.th., or فعل مضارع بدون علامة = to do s.th.)
حَاوَل
To deposit (ه = s.th.)
وَدَع، يُوْدِع
To pull, draw (ه = s.th.)
To withdraw, take out, pull out (ه = s.th., e.g. money from an account)
To bring in, take in (ه = money)
To take back, withdraw (ه = s.th.)
سَحَب، يِسحَب
اْنْسَحَب ، يِنْسِحِب
اِسحَبِ الحَبِل [P] pull the rope; {‘isḥabᴵ-l-ḥabᵉl}
اِسحَبِ البُردَاي [P] pull the curtain, draw the curtain; {‘isḥabᴵ-l-burdāy}
لا تِسْحَب بْقُوِّة [S] Don’t pull so hard.
سَحَب شي عن بَعْضُهْن [S] to pull s.th. apart
اْضْطَرَّيْنَا نِسْحَب الِكْلَاب عَن بَعْضُهْن مْنِ رْقَابُهْن [S] We had to pull the two dogs apart by the scruff of their necks,
سَحَب شِي لَوَرا [S] to pull back
سَحَبْنِي لَوَرَا مْنِ الكِرْب [S] He pulled me back from the curb,
اْسْحَب لَك كِرْسِي [S] Pull up a chair,
قِيمِ البَرَادِي = اْسْحَبِ (سْحَابِ) البَرَادِي [S] Pull back the curtains,
اْسْحَب (سْحَاْب) نَفَس غَمِيْق [S] Draw a deep
breath,
مَدِّ اْلُّو إِيْدُو هَدَاك سَحَب إِيْدُو [P] he held out his hand to him, (but) that other man drew his hand back; {maddᴵ ‘ºllo ʔīdo hadāk saḥab ʔīdo}
بِدّي أَسحَب مَصَاري مِنِ البَنك [P] I want to withdraw money from the bank; {biddy ʔasḥab mɑṣᾱry minᴵ-l-bank}
سَحَبُوْلُو الرُخصَة [P] the revoked his license; {saḥabūlo-r-ruḵṣɑ}
سَحَبِ اْقتِرَاحُو [P] he withdrew his proposal; {saḥabᴵ ‘ºʠtirᾱḥo}
اِسرَائِيل سَحَبَت قُوَّاتهَا مِن هَا المَنطِقَة [P] Israel has withdrawn its forces from this area; {‘isrᾱʔīl saḥabat ʠuwwātha min ha-l-mɑnṭiʠɑ}
سَحَبُوا مِنُّو اِعتِرَاف [P] they extracted a confession from him; {saḥabu minno ‘iʕtirᾱf}
سَحَبنَا حَالْنَا وْرَوَّحنَا [P] we pulled ourselves together and went home; {saḥabna ḥālºna wºrawwaḥna}
تِسْحَب خَطّ اِلتَلِيفَون، آي، رَقَبْتُه لَـأَسْحَبَهْا [L] he’s going to pull out the telephone lines? I’ll pull out his neck!
لِسَّا اليَوْم على بِكْرَا سَحَبِت مِيْتَين لَيْرَة مِنِ حْسَابِي [S] Only this morning I withdrew 200
pounds from my account
بِسْحَب يَللي قِلْتَو [S] I take back what I said.
بِسْحَبِ الاِقْتِرَاح [S] I withdraw the motion
طَيِّب، بِسْحَب هَللي حَكَيْتِو [S] All right, I withdraw what I said
عَم يِسْحَبُوا كِلِ العِمْلِة القَدِيمِة [S] All the old currency is being recalled
سَحَب مِنهَا مَصَاري [P] he extorted money from her; {saḥab minha mɑṣᾱry}
هَا الدُكَّانِة بْتِسحَب هَيْك وْهَيْك [P] this shop brings in such and such (amount of money); {ha-d-dukkāne bºtisḥab hēk wºhēk}
لازِم اِسْحَب خَمْسِين دَوْلَار مْنِ البَنْك [S] I’ll have to draw out fifty dollars from the bank
To sign (ه = s.th. / على = on s.th.)
مَضَى، يِمْضِي
اْنْمَضَى ، يِنْمَضَى
To number
رَقَّم، يْرَقِّم
تْرَقَّم / اِتْرَقَّم، يِتْرَقَّم
الصَفحَاتِ مْرَقَّمِة [P] the pages are numbered
To staple
كَبَّس، يْكَبِّس
To photograph, take a picture of (ه = s.th.)
صَوَّر، يْصَوِّر
تْصَوَّر ، يِتصَوَّر
To sell (ه = s.th., ل = to s.o. or ه = s.o., ه = s.th.)
بَاْع، يْبِيْع
To cost (على = s.o., ب = an amount)
To be unnatural, affected, pretentious
تْكَلَّف، يِتْكَلَّف
يِتْكَلَّفِ هْوَايَا بْكَلَامَه [I] He puts on airs with his talk
هالبَيت تْكَلَّف عَلَيَّ بمِلْيَوْنَين دِينار [I] This house cost me two million dinars.
To cost (ه = s.o., ه = a certain amount)
كَلَّف، يْكَلِّف
قَدَّيْش كَلَّفَك [P] how much did it cost you?
قَدَّيْش كَلَّفِتَك سَيَّارْتَك [S] How much did your car cost?
هالغَلْطَة بِتْكَلّْفَو غالِي [S] That mistake will cost him dearly
To help, assist (ه = s.o., في / ب / على = with s.th.), give a hand, lend a hand (ه = to s.o., في / ب / على = with);
(note that in CA, في is considered stronger than على, like helping someone with something big or long term, but in colloquial that difference is not clear and ب / في seem more common)
سَاعَد، يْسَاعِد
تْساعِد
To give back, return, put back (ه = s.th.); (also translated as to restore, send back, take back, etc.)
To refund (ه = s.th., ل = to s.o.)
To pay back (ل = to s.o., ه = an amount)
To set back (ه = s.th.) (e.g. a watch, the time)
رَجَّع، يْرَجِّع
تْرَجَّع، يِتْرَجَّع
بْرَجِّع لَك مَصَارِيْفَك [S] I’ll refund your expenses
مِنرَجِّع عَقَارِبِ السَاعَة لَوَرَا [P] we put the hands of the clock back; {minrajjeʕ ʕɑqᾱrebᴵ-s-sĒʕa lawɑrɑ}
مَا فِيكِ تْرَجِّعِ السَّاعَة لَوَرَا [S] You can’t turn back the clock,
To ask for, request, order (ه = s.th.)
To require (ه = s.th.)
طَلَب، يِطْلُب
نْطَلَب
To know (ه = s.th.)
To know (ب = of s.th., عن = about s.th.)
عِرِف، يَعْرِف
To follow the example (ب = of)
اْقْتَدَى، يِقْتِدِي
كِلّْنَا اْقْتَدَيْنَا فِيه [S] We all followed his example
بْظِنّ بِقْتِدِي فِيك [S] I think I’ll follow your example
To rest, relax
اْرتَاح، يِرتَاح
To take a walk, to stroll, promenade
تْمَشَّى، يِتْمَشَّى
يْعِجْبَك نْرُوح نِتْمَشَّى شْوَيَّا [I] Would you like to go for a little stroll?
To take (ه = s.o.) around, take (ه = s.o.) on a tour
جَوَّل
To hang out (with friends)
كَزْدَر، يْكَزْدَر
To read (ه = s.th.)
قَرَا، يِقْرَا
اْنقَرَى، يِنقَرَى
To watch, look at, observe (على = s.th.)
تْفَرَّج، يِتفَرَّج
أَنَا كِنْت مِتْفَرِّج بَسّ [S] I was just looking
مُو مِن زَمَان تْفَرَّجْنَا على فِلِم حِلْو [S] We’ve just seen a good movie,
تْفَرَّجِت عَ البَلَدِ كْتِير وَقْتِ اْللي كِنِت بِالشَّام [S] Did you do a lot of sight-seeing when you were in Damascus?
تْفَرَّج عَلِيِّ كِيْف بَعْمِلَهْا [S] Watch how do it
بْحِبّ اِتْفَرَّج عَ الِوْلاد وْهِنِّة عَم يِلْعَبُوا [S] I like to watch children at play
ما بِدِّي اِشْتِرِي شي بَس عَم اِتْفَرَّج [S] I don’t want to buy anything, just browse
To stack (ه = things) on one another
سَتَّف
To lower (ه = s.th.)
وَطَّى، يْوَطِّي
To visit, pay a visit to (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
زَاْر، يْزُوْر
اْنزَار، يِنزَار
هَادي بَلَدِ بْتِنزَار [P] that’s a town well-worth visiting;
To patch, mend, repair (ه = s.th., e.g. clothes)
رَقَّع، يْرَقِّع
إِمِّي رَقَّعِت لِي بَنْطَرَوْنِي [S] Mother patched my trousers
رَقَّعَتِ البَنطَلَوْن [P] she patched the trousers; {raqqaʕatᴵ-l-bɑnṭɑlōn}
جَاكَيْتُو مْرَقَّعَة [P] his jacket is patched (note the word جاكيت is feminine
To draw, sketch (ه = s.th.)
رَسَم، يِرْسُم
To hunt (ه = s.th.), catch (ه = game), go hunting
To fish (ه = fish), go fishing (also اصطاد سمك)
اْصطَاد، يِصطَاد
To terrify (ه = s.o.)
رَعَب، يِرْعِب
To clap (one’s hands), applaud
زَقَّف، يْزَقِّف
To smoke (intransitive)
To smoke (ه = s.th.)
دَخَّن، يْدَخِّن
To smoke Shisha
أَرْگَل / أَرْجَل
To sing
غَنَّى، يْغَنِّي
تْغَنَّى
To set to music, compose (ه = s.th.)
لَحَّن، يْلَحِّن
To dance
رَقَص، يِرْقُص
To make king (ه = s.o., ه = s.th.)
مَلَّك، يْمَلِّك
To ski
تْزَلَّج، يِتزَلَّج
To shoot, serve (ه = s.th., e.g. a ball) (in sports, soccer, etc.)
شَاْط، يْشُوْط
To hit, beat (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
ضَرَب، يِضْرُب
اْنضَرَب ، يِنضِرِب
لاح، يْلِيح
To win (ه = s.th., e.g. a game, or a prize) (على = to beat a team)
رِبِح، يِربَح
انْرَبَح
To lose, incur a loss
To lose (ه = s.th.) (قدام = lose to a team)
خِسِر، يِخسَر
فِيْه خَطَر إِنُّو يِخسَر وَظِيْفتُو [P] there is a risk that he might lose his job;
أَنَا خْسِرتِ الفِيلِم [P] I missed the movie;
رَح يِخسَر مُستَقبَلُو [P] he’s going to lose his future
To draw, tie (in sports, games)
تْعَادَل، يِتعَادَل
To train, coach, instruct (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
To train, exercise, drill (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
دَرَّب، يْدَرِّب
مَرَّن، يْمَرِّن
تْمَرَّن، يِتمَرَّن
تْدَرَّب (دَّرَّب)، يِتْدَرَّب (يِدَّرَّب)
To subscribe (ب = to)
To participate, take part, share (في / ب = in)
اْشْتَرَك، يِشْتِرِك
To become weak
ضِعِف، يِضْعَف
To burn (ه = s.th.)
To set fire (ه = to s.th.)
حَرَق، يِحْرِق
To run
To run (ب = s.th., على = to), hurry, rush (ب = s.th., على = to)
رَكَض، يِرْكُض
رَكَضُوا فِيه عَ المِسْتَشْفَى [S] They rushed him to the hospital,
رَكَضُوا عَ البَنْك [S] They rushed to the bank
To jog
هَرْوَل، يْهَرْوِل
To push, shove (ه = s.o. / s.th.) (also to jostle)
دَفَش، يِدْفُش
اْنْدَفَش
To look (على / في / ب = at)
تْطَلَّع / طَّلَّع، يِتطَلَّع / يِطَّلَّع
To forget (ه = s.th.)
نِسي، يِنسَى
To jump
نَطّ، يْنُطّ
To weigh (ه = s.th.)
زَان، يْزِيْن
وَزَن، يُوْزِن
To sunbathe
تْشَمَّس، يِتْشَمَّس
To turn brown
To tan, get a tan
سمَرّ، يِسمَرّ
To swim
سِبِح، يِسبَح
To dive, plunge (ب = into s.th.)
To submerge, be immersed (في / ب = in)
To be swamped with (ب = with)
غَطَس، يُغْطُس
لا تْخاف تِغْطُص هَوْن [S] Don’t be afraid to dive here
غَطَس بِالمَيّ [S] He plunged into the water
الغَوَّاصَة غَطسَت [P] the submarine submerged; {‘il-ġɑwwᾱṣɑ ġɑṭsɑt}
غَاطِس في النَوْم [P] he’s in a deep sleep; {ġᾱṭes fy-n-nōm}
عَم يِغْطُس بِالدّْيُوْن [S] He’s running up debts
بِيْضَلّ غَاطِسِ بْكِتْبَو [S] He keeps burying
himself in his books
كِنِت غاطِس بِالشِّغِلِ الجِّمْعَة المَاضْيِة [S] I was swamped with work last week
To duck, dip (ه = s.th., ب = in)
غَطَّس / غَطَّص، يْغَطِّس / يْغَطِّص
غَطَسِت إصْبَعِي بِالمَيّ [S] dipped my finger into the water
غَطِّس واسَك بِالمَيّ [S] Duck your head under the water
غَطَّسُوه بالبُحَيْرَة [S] They ducked him in the lake
To inform, tell, make know (ه = s.o.)
عَرَّف، يْعَرِّف
شُو عَرَّفَك [P] how do you know?; {šu ʕɑrrɑfak}
شُو بيْعَرِّفني [V] how should I know?; (literally: what would have informed me. Often used as: I can’t disagree, I don’t know anything else); {šu byºʕɑrrefny}
شُو عَرَّفْنِي [S] How should I know?
شُو عَرّفَك إِنْتَ [V] how did you know? what made you know?
أَوَّل شِي بِدِّي عَرّْفَك على حَقَايِق اِلقَضِيِّة = أَوَّل شِي بِدِّي خَلِّيْك تِتْطَلِّع على حَقَايِق الْقَضِيَّة [S] First, I want acquaint you with the facts of the case
To denote (ه = s.o.) a sheikh, appoint (ه = s.o.) a sheikh
مَشْيَخ
تْمَشْيَخ
