Verbs 26

Question 1

To delight (ه = s.o., ب = with)

Answer 1

بَهَج، يِبْهِج

اْنْبَهَج

بَهَجْنَا بْمَعْرِفْتَو ‎[S] He delighted us with his vast knowledge

Question 2

To control (في = s.th.)

Answer 2

تْحَكَّم، يِتحَكَّم

Question 3

To shame, embarrass, disgrace, dishonor (ه = s.o.)

Answer 3

خَزَى، يِخْزِي

انْخَزى

وَسَّخت قُدَّام بَابِ الجِيْرَان، خَزَيْتنَا ‎[P] you’ve made a mess in front of the neighbors’ door, you’ve disgraced us; {wassaḵt quddām bābᴵ-l-jīrᾱn، ḵazētna}
‏بيْحكي كَلَام مُشِ مْنِيْح بيْخزي النَاسِ اللي قَاعدِيْن حَوَالَيْه ‎[P] he talks impolitely and embarrasses those sitting around him; {byºḥky kalām mušᵉ mºnīḥ byºḵzy-n-nāsᴵ-l-ly qāʕdīn ḥawālēᴴ}
‏الله يِخزِيْك ‎[P] may God shame you! (often used as: you should be ashamed of yourself)

Question 4

To drive back, force back (ه = s.o. / s.th.)

Answer 4

رَدّ، يْرِدّ

اْنْرَدّ

الِهْجُوْمِ اْنْرَدّ مَع خَسَائِر فَاضْحَة ‎[V] The assault was repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy

رَدَّيْنَا العَدُوّْ لَوَرا النَّهِر ‎[S] We drove the enemy back across the river,
‏رَدُّوا العَدُوّ شِبِر شِبِر ‎[S] Inch by inch they forced the enemy back,

Question 5

To eliminate (ه = s.th.)

To remove (ه = s.th.)

To undo (ه = s.th.)

Answer 5

زَاْل، يْزِيْل

اْنْزَاْل

مَعْقُول هادا يْزِيل كِلّْ شَكّ ‎[S] This should remove all doubt
‏زَال شي مْنِ الوُجُوْد ‎[S] to remove from existence (also of a person)
‏الِحْكُوْمِة شافِت ضَرُورِي إِنَّو تْزِيلَو مْنِ الوُجُوْد ‎[S] The government saw fit to have him liquidated

ما فِيكِ تْزِيْلِ الشَّرّ هَللي سَاوَيْتَو كَإِنَّو ما صَار ‎[S] You can’t undo the wrong you’ve
done,

بْكِلِّ السّْهُولِة فِينا نْزِيل هالصّْعُوبَات ‎[S] We can easily eliminate these difficulties

Question 6

To create, invent, design (ه = s.th. new)

Answer 6

اْبْتَكَر، يِبْتِكِر

ابْتَكَر مَوْضِة + إضافة ‎[S] to design a fashion
‏هِيِّة بْتِبْتِكِر مَوْضِة أَوَاعِيْهَا ‎[S] She designs her own clothes

Question 7

To be early, come early

Answer 7

بَكَّر

قَدّْ ما بَكَّرْت بِالجَّيِّة بِيْكُوْن أَحْسَن ‎[S] The sooner you come, the better

Question 8

To be successful

Answer 8

تْوَفَّق

تْوَفَّقِت تَمَامِ بْهَالتَّرْجَمِة ‎[S] You’ve done a very good job on that translation
‏تْوَفَّقِت شِي ‎[S] Did you have any luck
‏بْحَيَاتَو مَا بْيِتْوَفَّقِ بْهالشِّي ‎[S] He’ll never make a go of it
‏بْحَيَاتَو ما بْيِتْوَفَّق ‎[S] He’ll never make good
‏تْوَفَّق بِالدِّنْيِة ‎[S] He made his mark in the world
‏تْوَفَّقِ بْحَيَاتَو مْنِيْح ‎[S] He’s gotten somewhere in life
‏أَنَا مِتْأَكِّد إِنَّو رَحَ يِتْوَفَّق ‎[S] I’m sure he’ll make good

Question 9

To be supplied, provided, furnished, equipped (ب = with)

Answer 9

تْجَهَّز، يِتْجَهَّز

Question 10

To get ready (intransitive)

To be gotten ready, to be drawn up, processed

Answer 10

تْحَضَّر

Question 11

To deafen (ه = s.o. / s.th.)

Answer 11

طَرَش، يُطرُش

اْنْطَرَش

الحِسّ طَرَشنَا ‎[P] the noise deafened us;; {‘il-ḥess ṭɑrɑšna}
‏ الضَجِّة بْتُطرُش / بْتِطْرِش ‎[P] the din is deafening

Question 12

To gather (ه = s.th.) into a mass, press into a lump

Answer 12

كَتَّل، يْكَتِّل

تْكَتَّل، يِتْكَتَّل

مِنِ تْكَتِّلَوا الشُّرْطَة فَرِّقَتْهُم ‎[I] When they massed themselves, the police dispersed them

خَلِّي مَيّْ عَ الطِّين وْكَتِّلَه ‎[I] Put water with the mud and press it into a lump.

Question 13

To inflate, become inflated

Answer 13

اْنتَفَخ، يِنتْفِخ / يِنتَفِخ

اْنتَفَخِ البَالَوْن ‎[P] the balloon inflated; {‘ºntafaḵᴵ-l-balōn}
‏ البَالَوْن بيْنتْفِخ ‎[P] the balloon inflates

Question 14

To relax (also of muscles), become relaxed, unbend

To unwind

Answer 14

اِسْتَرْخَى، يِسْتِرْخِي

Question 15

To relieve, grant respite to (ه = s.o.)

Answer 15

فَرَج، يِفرِج

اِنْفَرَجَ

الله فَرَجَك ‎[P] Bless you! Gesundheit!;

Question 16

To go to a foreign country, emigrate

Answer 16

اِغْتَرَبَ، يغترب

Question 17

To run away, flee, escape (من = from)

To desert

Answer 17

فَرّ، يْفِرّ

فَرّ مِنِ الجَيْش ‎[P] he ran away from the army (can also mean he’s a deserter)

Question 18

To be mocked, made the butt of jokes (على = s.o.)

Answer 18

تْنَكّت / اتْنَكّت، يِتْنَكّت

اِتْنَكِّت عَلَيه ‎[E] he was the object of jokes

Question 19

To boil, boil over, bubble

Answer 19

فَار، يْفُوْر

المَيّ بَدِتِ تْفُوْر ‎[S] The water is beginning to bubble
‏ الحَلِيْب بيْفُوْر ‎[P] the milk is boiling; {‘il-ḥalīb byºfūr}
‏دِيْر بَالَك أَحسَن مَا يْفُوْر ‎[P] watch out it doesn’t boil over; {dīr bālak ʔaḥsan ma yºfūr}
‏فَار دَمُّو ‎[P] his blood boiled; {fᾱr dammo}
‏كان دَمَّو عَم يْفُوْر مْنِ الغَضَب ‎[S] He was foaming with rage
‏كان عَم يْفُوْر فَوَرَاْن مْنِ الغَيْظ ‎[S] He was raving mad
‏كانوا عَم يْفُوْرُوا مِن كِتْرِ الغَيْظ ‎[V] They were boiling with rage.

Question 20

To boil (ه = s.th.)

Answer 20

فَوَّر، يْفَوِّر

تْفَوَّر، يِتْفَوَّر

فَوَّرتِ الحَلِيْب ‎[P] I boiled the milk; {fawwɑrtᴵ-l-ḥalīb}
‏هَادَا بيْفَوِّرني ‎[P] this boils me (like in English, this boils my blood); {hāda byºfawwerny}
‏هَادَا بيْفَوِّر دَمّي ‎[P] this boils my blood, makes my blood boil; {hāda byºfawwer dammy}
‏بِيْفَوِّر دَمِّي ‎[S] He makes my blood boil

Question 21

To come (said of a time)

Answer 21

حَاْن، يْحِيْن

حان الوَقت ‎[E] it is time, the time has come;

وَقْت بِيْحِينِ الوَقِت ‎[S] in due time
‏أَنَا مِتْأَكِّد إِنَّو مْنِصَل لَاِتِّفَاق وَقْت بِيْحِينِ الوَقِت ‎[S] I’m sure we’ll come to an agreement in due time

Question 22

To feed (ه = s.o., ب = s.th.), nourish, nurture (ه = s.o., ب = with)

Answer 22

غَذَّى، يْغَذِّي

تْغَذَّى / اِتْغَذَّى، يِتْغَذَّى

هادا بِيْغَذِّي لَك أَفْكَارَك ‎[S] This will give you food for thought

Question 23

To escape, slip away (من = from)

Answer 23

زَمَط، يِزْمُط

سَلْحَب

لَـمّا سِمِع صَوْتَهْا سَلْحَب مِنِ البَابِ الوَرَّانِي ‎[S] When he heard her voice he slipped out the back door
‏خَلِّيْنَا نْسَلْحِب ‎[S] Let’s slip away,
‏سَلْحَبِ مْنِ البَيْت ‎[S] I sneaked out of the house
‏لَازِم يْكُوْن سَحْلَب لَجُوَّا بِالوَقْت يَللي كِنْت ما عَم اِتْطَلَّع فِيه ‎[S] He must have sneaked in while I wasn’t looking

مِش قِدِر يزْمُط من مَرْتُه ‎[L] he said he can’t slip away from his wife;
‏زَمَطْنَا بْنِصِّ الحَفْلِة ‎[S] We stole away in the middle of the party,
‏كِيْف زَمَطْت مِن هالوَرْطَة ما بَعْرِف ‎[S] How did you ever get out of that mess?
‏زَمَط مِن إِيْد حدا ‎[V] to give someone the slip
‏زَمَط مِن إِيْدْنَا مَرَّة تانْيِة ‎[S] He’s given us the slip again,

Question 24

To take root, grow roots (said of a plant)

Answer 24

شَرَّش، يْشَرِّش

كِيف بْتَعْرِف إِذَا الوَرْدِة شَرَّشِت ‎[S] How can you tell whether the rosebush has taken root?

Question 25

To air-condition (ه = s.th.)

Answer 25

كَيَّف، يْكَيِّف

كَيَّف هَوَا + إضافة ‎[S] to air-condition s.th.
‏لَحَ يْكَيّْفُوا هَوَا البِنَايِة كِلَّهْا ‎[S] They’re going to air-condition the entire building

Question 26

To reproduce, multiply (not in the mathematical sense, but in the sense of growing rapidly)

Answer 26

تْكَاتَر، يِتْكَاتَر

عَدَدِ السِّكَّان عَم يِتْكَاتَرِ بْسِرْعَة مِرِعْبِة ‎[S] The population multiplies at an alarming speed

Question 27

To take (ه = medicine, drugs)

To engage, treat (with)

Answer 27

تْعَاطَى، يِتعَاطَى

هِيِّ تْعَاطَتِ الدَوَا ‎[P] formal: she took the medicine; {hiyye tºʕᾱṭɑtᴵ-d-dawa}
‏اِلّي بْيِتعَاطَى مُخَدِّرَات ‎[P] formal: people who
take drugs

بدُّهْن يْؤَمّْنُوا جَيْبِتُهْن حَتَّى يَعْرِفُوا كِيف بْيِتْعَاطُوا مَعَك. ‎[L] They want to make sure their pocket is covered so they want to know how to handle you.

Question 28

To broach, open a conversation (ه = with s.o., في = on a topic)

Answer 28

فَاتَح، يْفَاتِح

مَا عْرِفتِش كِيْف أَفَاتحَك في المَوضُوْع ‎[P] I didn’t know how to open a conversation with you on the subject

Question 29

To can, tin (ه = s.th.)

Answer 29

عَلَّب، يْعَلِّب

تْعَلَّب، يِتْلَعَّب

Question 30

To become hoarse, lose one’s voice

Answer 30

اْنبَحّ، يِنبَحّ

حَكَيْتِ كْتِيْر وِاْنبَحَّيْت ‎[P] I talked a lot and lost my voice; {ḥakētᵉ kºtīr wi’ºnbaḥḥēt}
‏رَح اْعَيَّط لِلبَوْلِيس — أَيه، أَوْعَى تِنْبَحّ حَبِيبِي ‎[V] I’m going to call the cops — ha, don’t shout yourself hoarse man!

Question 31

Mind, desire, inclination, will

Answer 31

خَاطِر، ج خَوَاطِر

إِلَك خَاطِر تِيْجي ‎[P] do you feel like coming? { ʔilak ḵᾱṭer tījy}
‏مَا لِيْش خَاطِر ‎[P] I don’t feel like it; {ma līš ḵᾱṭer}
‏ أَجُوا مِن خَاطِرهُم ‎[P] ‎[P, J] they came of their own free will; { ʔaju min ḵᾱṭerhom}
‏ إِجُوا مِن خَاطِرهِن ‎[P] ‎[P, G] they came of their own free will; { ʔiju min ḵᾱṭerhen}
‏اِعمَل عَلَى خَاطرَك ‎[P] do what you like!; {‘iʕmal ʕala ḵᾱṭrak}
‏شُو، بِدّنَا نِمشي عَلَى خَاتِرِ النَاس ‎[P] what, are we going to do what other people like (and not what we want)?; {šu، biddna nimšy ʕala ḵᾱterᴵ-n-nās}
‏ أَخَد عَلَى خَاطرُو ‎[P] he was offended / saddened (he took it on his mood, took it personally); { ʔaḵad ʕala ḵᾱṭro}
‏تْكَلِّف خاطْرَك ‎[L] to take the time to (to do s.th.)., to be willing to do s.th.
‏بَسِّ تْكَلِّف خَاطْرَك تِسْأَل أَو تِتْطَلَّع أَكْتَر عَلَى الخَطَوَات المِقْتِرْحَة وِالمَقْصُود مِنْهَا ‎[L] if you would just take the time to ask or look more at the recommended steps and the intent of them.
‏كَلِّف خاطْرَك شْوَيّ ‎[L] take a bit of your time
‏ما كَلَّف خاطْرِ التَلِيفَون ‎[L] he didn’t even bother to call;
‏أَخْدِت على خَاطْرَهْا بْسَبَبِ مْلَاحَظْتِي ‎[S] She took offense at my remark
‏خَلِّي بَالَك بْشِغْلَك ‎[S] Keep your mind on your wor
‏شُو فِي بْبَالَك = شُو قِصّْتَك ‎[S] What’s on your mind?
‏هالشِّي بْبَالِي مِن زَمَان ‎[S] This has been on my mind for quite a while
‏جايِة بْبَالِي قِل لَو هَيْك ‎[S] I have a good mind to tell him so
‏اِسْمَو غَاب عَن بَالِي ‎[S] His name slipped my mind
‏سِرْعِةِ الخاطِر ‎[S] presence of mind
‏أَنَا مِعْجَب بْسِرْعِة خَاطْرَك ‎[S] I admire your presence of mind

Question 32

To fail to succeed, come to nothing

Answer 32

خَاْب، يْخِيْب

خَاب أَمَلُو ‎[P] his hopes were dashed; {ḵāb ʔamalo}
‏خَاب أَمَلي فِيْك ‎[P] I’m disappointed in you; {ḵāb ʔamaly fīk}
‏خَايِب / خَايِبِ اْلأَمَل ‎[P] (he is) disappointed, let down; {ḵāyeb / ḵāyebᴵ ‘ºlʔ¡amal}
‏ما تْرِدِّينِي خايْبِة ‎[L] don’t send me back a failure, don’t send me back empty handed;

Question 33

To shape (ه = s.th.)

Answer 33

صَاْغ، يْصِيْغ

مَجْلِسِ الإِدَارَة هُوِّ هَللي بِيْصِيغ سْيَاسِةِ الشِّرْكِة ‎[S] The board of directors shapes the company’s policy
‏كْتِيْر بِيْحِبّ يْصِيْغ تَعَابِيْرِ جْدِيْدِة ‎[S] He loves to coin new expressions.

Question 34

To be able, capable (من = of doing), have command (من = of s.th.)

Answer 34

تْمَكَّن

ما تَمَكَّن ‎[S] to be unable
‏مِتْمَكِّن هُوِّ تَمَامِ مْنِ الاِنْگْلِيزي ‎[S] Does he have a good command of English?
‏حَتَّى يِتمَكَّن مِن دَفِع كُلِّ دْيُوْنُو ‎[P] so that he can pay all his debts;

Question 35

To tune (ه = an instrument)

To straighten up, get in order (ه = a matter), fix up (ه = affairs)

To tune up, get in tune (intransitive)

Answer 35

دَوْزَن، يْدَوْزِن

تْدَوْزَن

الكَمَنجَا مِشِ مْدَوْزَنِة ‎[P] the violin is out of tune; {‘il-kamanja mišᵉ mºdōzane}
‏البْيَانَو لازْمَو دَوْزْنِة ‎[S] The piano needs tuning

الأَوْرْكَيْسْتْرَا عَمِ تْدَوْزَن ‎[S] The orchestra is tuning up

Question 36

To call for help, seek help

Answer 36

اِسْتَنْجَد، يِسْتَنْجِد

طَلَبِ النَّجْدِة بَسّ ما حَدَا سِمْعَو = اْسْتَنْجَد بَسّ ما حَدَا سِمْعَو ‎[S] He called for help, but nobody heard
‏تْصَوَّرِت إِنَّو كان في حَدا عَم يِسْتَنْجِد ‎[S] thought heard a call for help.
‏بِسْتَنْجِد إذا ما بِتْرُوْح مِن هَوْن ‎[S] I’ll call for help if you don’t go away

Question 37

To pluck, to pluck out, pull out (ه = s.th.)

Answer 37

نَتَّف، يْنَتِّف

تْنَتِّف / اِتْنَتِّف، يِتْنَتِّف

بيْنَتِّف شَعِر دَقنُو ‎[P] he pulls out hairs from his beard; {byºnattef šaʕᵉr daqno}
‏بِتنَتِّفِ الجَاجِة ‎[P] she plucks the chicken