Verbs 8 Flashcards

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To disseminate, distribute, publicise, spread (ه = s.th.)

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شَيَّع ، يْشَيِّع

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To tame, train (ه = s.o. / s.th.)

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رَوَّض ، يْوَرِّض

تْرَوَّض

الِحْصَان لِسَّا ما تْرَوَّض ‎[S] The horse hasn’t been broken in yet.

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To object to (على = s.th.)

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اْعْتَرَض ، يِعْتُرِض

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To ease, facilitate, make more convenient (ه = s.th.)

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سَهَّل ، يْسَهِّل

هَيَّن

I’ll make it easier for you = راح هوّنا عليك

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To appear, become evident;
(also in the sense of appearing miraculously)

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ظَهَر ، يِظهَر

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To inaugurate, consecrate, christen (ه = s.th.)

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دَشَّن ، يْدَشِّن

دَشَّنْنَا المَرْكَبِ مْبَارِح ‎[S] We christened the boat yesterday.
‏دَشَُّوا الِكْنِيْسِة ‎[P] they consecrated the church

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To stab (ه = s.o. / s.th.)

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بَطّ ، يْبُطّ

طَعَن، يِطْعَن

اْنْطَعَن

اْنْطَعَن بِالِخْنَاقَة ‎[S] He was stabbed in the brawl

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8
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To leave (ه = a legacy, inheritance), bequeath (ه = s.o., ه = s.th.)

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وَرَّت ، يْوَرِّت

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9
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To spend the night, stay the night

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بَات، يْبَات

بَات في الشَارِع [P] he slept in the street; {bāt fy-š-šāreʕ}
بَات زَعلَان [P] he spent the night angry; {bāt zaʕlān}
مَرَتي بَاتَت زَعلَانِة [P] my wife spent the night angry; {mɑrɑty bātat zaʕlāne}
خُبِز بَايِت [P] bread that has been left out all night; {ḵubᵉz bāyet}
بْنِيْتِي اْبَاتِ هْنِيك لَيْلِة [S] I intend to stay there overnight

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10
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To spend the summer (ب / في = in a place)

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صَيَّف ، يْصَيِّف

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11
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To spend winter

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شَتَّى ، يْشَتّي

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12
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To spend (ه = money)

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صَرَف ، يُصرُف

اْنْصَرَف

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13
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To take advantage of, seize (ه = an opportunity)

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ستَغنَم ، يِستَغنِم

لَازِم نِستَغنِمِ الفُرصَة ‎[P] we must take advantage of the opportunity

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14
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To seize, confiscate (على = s.th.)

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حَجَز ، يِحْجُز

اْنْحَجَز

هَجَزُوا عَلَى التَلِيزيَوْن تَبَعُو ‎[P] they seized his television {hajazu ʕala-t-talizyōn tabaʕo}
‏هَجَزُوا عَلَ أَتَات بَيْتُو ‎[P] they seized his furniture; {hajazu ʕala ʔatāt bēto}
‏مْنِحجِز لُو المَعَاش حَتَّى يِدفَع ‎[P] we’ll garnish his wages until he pays

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To receive hospitably, entertain (ه = s.o. / guests)

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ضَيَّف ، يْضَيِّف

تْضَيِّف / اِتْضَيِّف / اِضَّيِّف، يِتْضَيِّف

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16
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To reach, access (ل = to)

To get through (ل = to)

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وِصِل , يُوْصَل

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17
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To hint (بْإِنَّ / إِنَّ = that, or عن = about)

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لَمَّح ، يْلَمِّح

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To divide up, subdivide (ه = s.th.)

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قَسَّم ، يْقَسِّم

جَزَّء ، يْجَزِّئ

اِجَّزَّأ، يِتْجَزَّأ

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To commit o.s., pledge, undertake, promise, vow (فعل مضارع بدون علامة = to do s.th., or ب / في = s.th., or إنّ = that)

To contract, enter into a contract you

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تْعَهَّد ، يِتعَهَّد

هُوِّ تْعَهَّد يِدفَع ‎[P] he promised to pay; {huwwe tºʕahhad yidfaʕ}
‏اِلّي تْعَهَّدِت فِيْه ‎[P] what I’ve myself to doing; {‘illy tºʕahhadᵉt fīᴴ}
‏لَمَّا فَتَحُوا المَدَرَسِة تْعَهَّدُوا ‎[P] when they opened the school they pledge that…; {lamma fataḥu-l-madarase tºʕahhadu}
‏تْعَهَّدْتِ بْخَمِس دَوْلارَات لِلصَّلِيبِ الأَحْمَر ‎[S] I pledged five dollars to the Red Cross
‏المَدْرَسِة بْتِتْعَهَّدِ بْتَزْوِيْد كِتْبِ الطِّلَّاب بْبَلَاْش ‎[S] The school undertakes to provide textbooks free of charge
‏تْعَهَّد مَا يْعِيدَهْا تَانِي مَرَّة ‎[S] He vowed not to
do it

تَعَهَّدُوْا يِبْنُوا البِنَايِة بْخَمِسْةِ اْشْهُر ‎[S] They’ve contracted to put up the building in five months.

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To inoculate, vaccinate

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طَعَّم ، يِطَعِّم

تْطَعَّم / طَّعَّم، يِتطَعَّم / يِطَّعَّم

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21
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To have an inclination (ل = to), lean towards (ل = s.th.)

To bend, slope, incline, lean (ل = to)

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مَال ، يْمِيْل

البُرج مَايِل ‎[P] the tower leans (to one side)

بيْمِيْل لَلفَنّ ‎[P] he has artistic inclinations; {byºmīl lalfann}
‏ الأَكتَرِيِّة بِتمِيْل لَهَا القَرَار ‎[P] the majority is in favor of his decision; {‘il-ʔaktɑriyye bitmīl laha-l-ʠɑrᾱr}
‏بَمِيْل لَتَبَنّي طَرِيْقَة أُخرَى ‎[P] formal: I’m inclined to adopt another method; {bamīl latabanny ṭɑrīqa ʔuḵrɑ}
‏بِيْمِيْل ناحِ اليَمِين سِيَاسِيًّا ‎[S] He leans toward the right in politics.
‏بِيْمِيل لِلتَّحَيُّز ‎[S] He tends to be partial

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To tilt, tip, incline, lean (ه = s.th.)

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مَيَّل ، يْمَيِّل

تْمَيَّل

مَيِّلِ القَنِّيْنِة ‎[P] tilt the bottle; {mayyelᴵ-l-qannīne}
‏إِذَا مَيَّلْتِ القَنِّيْنِة يِمْكِن فِيكِ تْطَالِعَهْا ‎[S] If you tilt the bottle, you may be able to get it out
‏مَيِّل رَاسَك لَوَرَا ‎[S] Tilt your head back,
‏لَا تْمَيِّل كِرْسِيْك كِلّْ هَالقَدّْ لَوَرَا ‎[S] Don’t tilt your chair so far back
‏مَيِّل رَاسَك شْوَيِّة عَ الشّْمَاْل ‎[S] Tip your head a little to the left

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To make (ه = s.th.) worse, worsen (ه = a situation), to aggravate (ه = a situation)

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أَزَّم ، يْؤَزِّم

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24
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To make (ه = s.o.) lose (ه = s.th.)

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خَسَّر ، يْخَسِّر

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To make (ه = s.o.) dizzy

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دَوَّخ ، يْدَوِّخ

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26
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To become clear, obvious

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تْبَيَّن ، يِتبَيَّن

مِن هَيْك بْيِتْبَيَّن إِنَّو [S] From this it follows that…
مِنِ البَحثِ تْبَيَّن ليِ اْنُّو [P] from the research it became clear to me
تْبَيَّن إِنَّهْا كَانِت غَلْطَة [S] It turned out to be a mistake

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To summon (ه = s.th. / s.o.)

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سْتَدْعَى ، يِسْتَدْعِي

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To deteriorate, decline

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تْدَهوَر ، يِتدَهوَر

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To retreat, withdraw, fall back (من = from)

To revoke, go back on (من = from)

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تْرَاجَع ، يِترَاجَع

الفَوْج تْرَاجَع قِدَّام دَبَّابَاتِ العَدُوّ ‎[S] The battalion retreated in the face of the enemy tanks
‏الجَيْشِ تْرَاجَع قُدَّامهُم ‎[P] they army retreated before them; {‘il-jēšᵉ tºrājaʕ quddāmhom}
‏ما فِينا نِتْرَاْجَع هَلَّق ‎[S] We can’t back down now

بَعْدَيْنِ تْرَاجَع مِنِ الفِكرَة هَاي ‎[P] he later retreated from the idea / he dropped the idea; {baʕºdēnᵉ tºrājaʕ minᴵ-l-fikrɑ hāy}
‏عَطَيْنَا كِلْمِتْنَا وْمَا فِيْنَا نِتْرَاجَع هَلَّق ‎[S] We gave our word and we can’t turn back now.

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To stabilise

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سْتَقَرَّ ، يَسْتَقِرّ

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To spare (على = s.o.)

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بَقَّى ، يْبَقِّي

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To discount (ه = an item, من = by a certain amount

To give a discount (ل = to s.o.)

To knock off, take off, deduct (ه = an amount)

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خَصَم ، يِخْصُم

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To take sides, side with, (ل = with) favour (ل = s.o. / s.th.)

To be prejudiced (ضِدّ = against, ل = in favor of)

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تْحَيَّز ، يِتحَيَّز

دايْمًا بْيِتْحَيَّز لَأَخُوْه ‎[S] He always takes his brother’s part,
‏صَعْبِ الوَاحِد يِتْحَيَّز (لَطَرَفِ) بْهالمَسْأَلِة ‎[S] It’s difficult to take sides on this question
‏لَيْش دايْمًا بْتِجِي مَعَو = لَيْش دايْمًا بْتِتْحَيَّز لَو ‎[S] Why do you always side with him?
‏بَتحَيَّز لُو ‎[P] I’m on his side; {batḥayyaz lo}
‏ المِتحَيِّز مَا بيْمَيِّز ‎[P] a lack of objectivity leads does not distinguish (he who takes sides is not able to properly distinguish);

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To be absent, be away (عن = from)

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غَاْب ، يْغِيْب

هَادي غَابَت عَنّي [P] I missed that

كَم مَرَّة غِبِت / غِبتي هَا الشَهِر ‎[P] how many times were you absent this month (male and female forms shown); {kam mɑrrɑ gibᵉt / gibty ha-š-šahᵉr}
‏سْمِعِت بِدَّكِ تْغِيْب ‎[P] I heard you wouldn’t be there; {sºmeʕᵉt biddakᵉ tºġīb}
‏مِش لَازِمِ تْغِيْب مِنِ المَدرَسِة ‎[P] you mustn’t miss school / be absent from school; {miš lāzemᵉ tºġīb minᴵ-l-madrase}
‏كَان غَايِب ‎[P] he wasn’t there; {kān ġāyeb}
‏هَادَا صَار وْءَنَا غَايِب ‎[P] it happened in my absence; {hāda ṣᾱr wºʔana ġāyeb}
‏قَدَّيْش صَار لُو غَايِب ‎[P] how long has he been away?; {qaddēš ṣᾱr lo ġāyeb}
‏گِبت عَن سَيَّارْتي دَقِيْقَة ‎[P] I was away from my car for (only) a minute); {gibt ʕan sayyᾱrºty daqīqa}
‏هَادي غَابَت عَنّي ‎[P] I missed that (literally: that was absent from me); {hādy ġābat ʕanny}
‏اِلّي غَاب وْجَاب كَئِنُّو مَا غَاب ‎[P] proverb: he who goes away and brings (a present back with him) it’s as if he’d never been away); {‘illy ġāb wºjāb kaʔinno mā ġāb}
‏قَام غَام مِتِل لَـمْحِ البَصَر ‎[S] He was off in a flash
‏غِبِت مِدِّة طَوِيلِة يَا ‎[S] You’ve stayed away a long time

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To dig up, rummage in, scrabble in (في = in s.th.)

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نَبَّش ، يْنَبِّش

بَحبَش، يْبَحبِش

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To act devilish, be naughty and misbehave (often said of children)

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تْشَيْطَن

37
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To become free

To free oneself, emancipate oneself

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تْحَرَّر ، يِتحَرَّر

38
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To crave, be craving (على = s.th.)

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تْوَحَّم

39
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To turn sour, curdle

To develop (ه = film)

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حَمَّض ، يْحَمِّض

اش-شَوْرَبَة حَمَّضَت ‎[P] the soup has turned sour; {‘š-šōrɑbɑ ḥɑmmɑḍɑt}
‏الحَلِيْب حَمَّض ‎[S] The milk turned sour,
‏الطَّقِس مِشْوِب لَدَرَجِة القِشْطَة حَمَّضِت ‎[S] The weather is so hot that the cream has turned.
‏الحَلِيْب حَمَّض ‎[S] The milk turned sour
‏الحَلِيب حَمَّض أَثْنَاءِ اللَيْل ‎[S] The milk curdled overnight

بيْحَمِّضِ المِسوَدِّة وْبَعدَيْن بِطبَع صُوَر ‎[P] he develops the film and then he prints pictures;

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To occupy, keep busy (ه = s.o.)

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شَغَل ، يِشْغِل

‏يْشِغلُو شْوَيّ عَ بَيْن مَا بْخَلِّص ‎[P] keep him occupied for a while until we finish; {yºšᵉġlo šºwayy ʕa bēn ma bºḵɑlleṣ}
‏المَدْرَسِة شَاغْلِة كِلّْ وَقْتِي ‎[S] School occupies all of my time
‏الِـمْخَيَّم بْيِشْغِل مَسَاحْةِ عَشِرْةَ اْلَاف مِتْرِ مْرَبَّع ‎[S] The camp occupies an area of ten thousand square meters
‏هالشَّغْلِة لَحَ يِشِغْلَو لَوَقِت ‎[S] That will keep him occupied for a while
‏وَالله دايْمًا بِشْغِل حَالِي بْشِي شَغْلِة ‎[S] Oh, I keep myself occupied
‏هالشِّي بْيِشِغْلَك لَحَتَّى اِرْجَع ‎[S] This will keep you busy until get back

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To break, snap, become broken (usually into two)

To be broken off (e.g. relations)

To get interrupted, get cut off, get disconnected

To be shut off (permanently) (e.g. the electricity)

To come off, be torn off / tear off

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نْقَطَع ، يِنْقِطِع

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To raise the price, charge a high price;

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غَلَّى ، يْغَلّي

تْغَلَّى، يِتْغَلَّى

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To roast, grill (ه = s.th.)

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شَوَى ، يِشْوِي

اللَحمِة، بْتِشوِيْهَا ‎[P] you roast the meat; {‘il-laḥme، bºtišwīha}
‏بِتْحِبِّ الكَسْتَلَيْتَات تَبَعَك مِشْوِيِّة ‎[S] Would you like your lamb chops grilled?

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To turn or take (ه = a vehicle) along a curve

To follow along a curve, move in a curve

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كَوَّع ، يْكَوِّع

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To direct (ه = traffic)

To operate, work, run (ه = s.th.)

To set in motion, carry out, make go, make happen (ه = s.th.)

To let or make (ه = s.o. / s.th.) walk, to walk (ه = s.th.), help (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
walk

To lead, make go (ه = s.o. / s.th.)

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مَشَّى ، يْمَشِّي

بيْمَشّي الوَلَد ‎[P] he helps the child walk

كِيْف بِتمَشّي بْضَاعتَك ‎[P] how do you ensure a brisk turnover of your goods?; {kīf bitmaššy bºḍᾱʕtak}
‏اْتْرِكْ لِي يَاها، أَنَا بْمَشِّيْهَا ‎[S] Leave it to me, I’ll start the ball rolling
‏مَشَّى خِطِّتَو هُوِّ ‎[S] He put his own plan through
‏تَخْفِيْضِ الرّْسُوْمِ الجِّمْرُكِيِّة مَشِّتِ الإِنْمَاءِ الاِقْتِصَادِي ‎[S] Lowering of tariffs set the economic recovery in motion
‏بتوَقِّف عند كل هَدُول الناس، وبتمَشِّي للي اِنْت بِدَّك ياه غَصْبٍ عَنُّهْن ‎[V] You’re going to stop all these people, and you’ll do what you want whether they like it or not

بْتَعْرِفِ تْمَشِّي مَرْكَب شِرَاْعِي ‎[S] Do you know how to sail a boat?
‏مَشِّي المَوْتَوْر ‎[S] Start the motor
‏مَشِّيْ لِي هالمَاكِيْنَة ‎[S] Start up this machine!
‏صَارْ لَو (صَرْ لَو) تْلِتْةِ سْنِين عَم يْمَشِّي الشِّغِل ‎[S] He’s been running the business for
three years,

بْيِقدَرش يْمَشِّيْهَا مِتِل مَا بِدُّو ‎[P] he can’t make her do what he wants

46
Q

To blow (ه = a horn), honk, hoot, beep (one’s horn, also a car horn)

A

زَمَّر ، يْزَمِّر

47
Q

To be eaten

To be edible

A

تَّاكَل ، يِتَّاكَل

48
Q

To boil (ه = s.th., e.g. water, milk, etc. for boiling an egg, see سلق)

A

غَلَى ، يِغلي

نغَلَى ، يِنغَلَى

49
Q

To become small

A

صِغِر

50
Q

To straighten, make straight (ه = s.th.)

A

قَوَّم ، يْقَوِّم

51
Q

To season, spice (ه = s.th.)

A

بَهَّر ، يْبَهِّر

52
Q

To drown out (على = s.th.)

A

طَغَى ، يِطْغِي

الضَّوْجِة طَغِت على كَلَامَو ‎[S] The noise drowned out his words

53
Q

To obscure, cover up, block, hide (على = s.th.)

To cover (ه = s.th.) (in financial terms)

To cover (ه = s.th., a story) (in the media)

To cover, cover up (ه = s.th.)

A

غَطَّى ، يْغَطِّي

54
Q

To flip through, leaf through (ه = s.th.)

To turn over several times (ه = s.th.)

To zap (TV), to move rapidly through TV channels;

A

قَلَّب ، يْقَلِّب

قَلَّب فَوْقَاْنِي تَحْتَانِي ‎[S] to turn upside down (e.g. in search of s.th., or to make a mess of s.th.)
‏الشِّرْطَة قَلَّبُوا المَحَلّ فَوْقَانِي تَحْتَانِي بَسّْ ما لَقُوا شِي ‎[S] The police turned the place inside out, but they couldn’t find anything
‏قَلَّب شِي بِالعَقِل ‎[S] to mull
‏قَلَّبِ الاِقْتِرَاحِ بْعَقْلَو قَبِل ما وَافَق عَلَيْه ‎[S] He mulled over the suggestion before approving it
‏قَلِّبَهْا بْعَقْلَك قَبِل ما تَعْطِينِي جَوَاب = لَوْكَهْا بْعَقْلَك قَبِل ما تَعْطِينِي جَوَاب = جَوْجِلَهْا بْعَقْلَك قَبِل ما تَعْطِينِي ‎[S] Turn it over in your mind before you give me your answer.

بيْقَلِّبِ الصَفحَات ‎[P] he flicks through the pages; {byºqallebᴵ-ṣ-ṣɑfḥᾱt}
‏عَم تِقرَا الِكْتَاب — لَأ، بَسّ بَقَلِّب فِيْه ‎[P] are you reading the book? — no, I’m just leafing through it; {ʕam tiqrɑ-l-ᵉkºtāb — laʔ¡، bass baqalleb fīᴴ}

55
Q

To cook, get cooked

To become ripe, ripen

A

سْتَوَى ، يِسْتِوِي

اْستَنَّى تَا يِستْوي ‎[P] wait until it is cooked; {‘ºstanna ta yistºwy}
‏خَلِّي اللَحْمِة عَ النَّار لَتِسْتِوِي مْنِيْح ‎[S] Give the meat time to cook well,
‏بَعِد عَشِر دَقَايِقِ اللَحْمِة بْتِسْتِوِي ‎[S] In ten minutes the meat will be done

هَا العِنَب مُش مِستْوي، نِستَنَّى تَا يِستْوي ‎[P] these grapes are not ripe, we’ll wait for them to ripen; {ha-l-ʕinab muš mistºwy، nistanna ta yistºwy}
‏المِشْمُش عَم يِبْدَا يِسْتِوِي ‎[S] The apricots are already beginning to ripen

56
Q

To steam (ه = s.th.)

A

هَبَّل

بْفَضِّل اْهَبِّلِ الخِضَر تَبَعَاتِي ‎[S] I prefer to steam my vegetables

57
Q

To differentiate, distinguish (بين = between)

To disperse, distribute (ه = s.th., بين = amongst, or على = to)

A

فَرَّق ، يْفَرِّق

مَا بَفَرِّق بَيْن حَيْفَا وبَيْن قَريِة ‎[P] I don’t differentiate between Haifa and a village (i.e. Haifa is just a village); {ma bafarreq bēn ḥēfa w-bēn ʠɑrye}
‏هَادَا مُش رَح يْفَرِّق بَيْنَّا ‎[P] this is not going to divide us; {hāda muš rɑḥ yºfarreq bēnna}
‏فَرِّق تَسُد ‎[P] divide and rule (the phrase is often used as a noun by itself, as in the next example); {farreq tasud}
‏حَسَبِ المَبدَأ فَرِّق تَسُد ‎[P] in accordance with the principle of divide and rule; {ḥasabᴵ-l-mabdaʔ farreq tasud}
‏الِوْلَاد عَم يِتْقَاتْلُوا، الأَفْضَلِ تْفَرِّقُهْن ‎[S] The kids are fighting, you’d better separate
them

البُولِيْس فَرَّقِ المُتَظَاهِرِيْن ‎[P] the police dispersed the demonstrators; {‘il-bulīs farraqᴵ-l-mutɑẓᾱhirīn}
‏فَرَّق هَادَا بَيْنهُم ‎[P] he distributed it among them; {farraq hāda bēnhom}
‏فَرَّق هَادَا عَلَى الضْيُوْف ‎[P] he distributed to the guests; {farraq hāda ʕala-ḍ-ḍºyūf}
‏مِيْن عَم يْفَرِّقِ السَكَاكِر ‎[S] Who’s giving out the candy?

بِالكَاد فَرَّقِت بَيْن فَرْدِةِ التَّوْمِ الواحْدِة مْنِ التَّانْيِة ‎[S] could hardly distinguish one twin from the other
‏ما بِقْدِر اْفَرِّقِ الوَاحِد عَن التَّانِي ‎[S] I can’t tell the one from the other
‏كِيف بْتِقْدِرِ تْفَرِّق هالتَّيْن عَن بَعْض ‎[S] How can you tell those two apart?
‏كِيْف تِقْدِرِ تْفَرِّق بَينِ التّْنَيْن ‎[S] How do you tell the two been

58
Q

To enslave, treat as a slave (ه = s.o.)

A

اسْتَعْبَد، يِسْتَعْبِد

59
Q

To give preferential treatment (ه = to s.o. / s.th.)

To make out (ه = s.th.)

To distinguish, tell apart (ه = s.th., عن = from, or بين = between)

A

مَيَّز ، يْمَيِّز

ما فِينِي مَيِّز بَينِ الأَلْوَان ‎[S] can’t distinguish the colors,
‏ الوَلَد بْيِعرِفِش يْمَيِّز ‎[P] the boy can’t distinguish (between…); {‘il-walad bºyeʕrefᵉš yºmayyez}
‏اْلّي بيْمَيِّزِ الإِنسَان عَنِ الحَيوَان ‎[P] that which distinguishes humans from animals; {‘ºlly byºmayyezᴵ-l-ʔinsān ʕanᴵ-l-ḥaywān}
‏هَادَا بيْمَيّْزُو عَن غَيْرُو ‎[P] that’s what distinguishes him from other people

بْتِقْدِرِ تْمَيِّز مِين جايِ مْنِ هْنِيْك ‎[S] Can you make out who’s coming there?

المُدِيْر بيْمَيِّز بَيْنِ المُوَظَّفِيْن ‎[P] the manager gives preferential treatment too some of the employees

60
Q

To distinguish oneself, stand out, be special

A

تْمَيَّز ، يِتمَيَّز

تْمَيَّزِ بْشَجَاعْتَو ‎[S] He distinguished himself by his courage
‏بيْتمَيَّز عَنِ البَاقِيْن ‎[P] he stands out from the rest; {byºtmayyaz ʕanᴵ-l-bāqīn}
‏بِأَيْش بيْتمَيَّز ‎[P] what makes it stand

61
Q

To overlook, look out over (على = s.th.);

A

طَلّ ، يْطُلّ

62
Q

To clear, become clear, pure, clean

A

صِفي ، يِصفَى

صِفيَتِ السَمَا ‎[P] the sky has cleared

63
Q

To put to sleep, send to sleep, make sleep (ه = s.o.)

To put someone up for the night, find a bed for (ه = s.o.)

A

نَيَّم ، يْنَيِّم

64
Q

To restore

A

رَمَّم ، يْرَمِّم

تْرَمَّم

65
Q

To dirty, make filthy, make messy (ه = s.th.);

A

وَسَّخ ، يْوَسِّخ

تْوَسَّخ، يِتوَسَّخ

شْلَوْنِ تْوَسَّخِت لَهالدَّرَجِة ‎[S] How did you get so dirty?
‏صَلَّحتِ السَيَّارَة وِتْوَسَّخِت ‎[P] I repaired the car and got dirty; {ṣɑllɑḥtᴵ-s-sayyᾱrɑ wᵉtºwassaḵᵉt}
‏حُطّ شَاشِة عَلَى الجُرُح أَحسَن مَا يِتوَسَّخ ‎[P] put a piece of gauze on the injury so it doesn’t get dirty;

66
Q

To take turns, work in shifts

A

تْنَاوَب ، يِتنَاوَب

67
Q

To sit up

A

جَلَس ، يِجْلُس

حَاوَل يِجْلُس بِالتَّخِت ‎[S] He tried to sit up in bed
‏اْجْلُس (جْلَوْس) ‎[S] Sit up straight

68
Q

To inspect, make an investigation or search of (ه = s.th.)

A

فَتَّش ، يْفَتِّش

تْفَتَّش

فَتَّشُوا الشَّنَاتِي بْدِقَّة ‎[S] They inspected the baggage carefully
‏جَوَاْزَاْتْنَا بِيْفَتّْشُوهُن عَ الِحْدُوْد ‎[S] Our passports will be checked at the border.
‏لازِم مِنْفَتّْشَك ‎[S] We’ll have to search you
‏ الِّرْطَة فَتَّشُوا البَلَد مِن أَوَّلَهْا لَآخِرَهْا ‎[S] The police combed the whole city.
‏فَتَّشُوا النَّهْرِ بْشَبَكَاْت عَ الجِّثِّة ‎[S] They dragged the river for the body

خَلِّيْنَا نْفَتِّش مَع بَعِض ‎[P] let’s search together; {ḵallīna nºfatteš maʕ bɑʕᵉḍ}
‏فَتِّش في جْيَابَك ‎[P] look in your pockets; {fatteš fy jºyābak}
‏بِتفَتِّش جَيْبِة جَوْزهَا ‎[P] she searches through her husband’s pockets; {bitfatteš jēbe jōzha}
‏بيْفَتّْشُوْنَا تَفتِيْش دَقِيْق ‎[P] they carry out a thorough (body) search on us;

69
Q

To be thundery

A

رَعَد ، يِرْعُد

الدِنيَا عَم تِرعِد ‎[P] it’s thundery (note that the subject, الدنيا, is commonly used as the subject when referring to the weather); {‘id-dinya ʕam tirʕed}
‏بَدِت تَرْعُد ‎[S] It’s beginning to thunder,

70
Q

To waste, dissipate (ه = s.th.)

A

بَعزَق ، يْبَعزِق

بيْبَعزِڥ كُلّ مَالُو [P] he wastes all his money / assets

بَعْزَقِ النّْهَار كِلَّو بِدُوْن ما عِمِل شِي [S] He fiddled away the whole day doing absolutely nothing

71
Q

To be filled (ب = with)

To fill up (intransitive)

A

تْعَبَّى ، يِتْعَبَّى

جِسْمِي كان يْتْعَبَّى بْرَصَاص ‎[L] my body was almost filled with bullets;

المَسْرَح كان عَم يِتْعَبَّى شْوَيِّة شْوَيِّة ‎[S] The theater was slowly filling up

72
Q

To compose, write (ه = s.th.)

To compile (ه = s.th.)

To set up, form (ه = s.th., e.g. a committee)

A

أَلَّف ، يْؤَلِّف

أَلَّف هالسِّمْفَوْنِيِّة وَقْتِ الحَرِب ‎[S] He composed that symphony during the war.
‏هُوِّ أَلَّف الخِطَاب لَحَالَو ‎[S] Did he make up
the speech himself?

البَرْلَمَان لَحَ يْؤَلِّف لِجْنِة خَاصَّة لَتِنْظُر بْهالِفْضِيْحَة الوِسْخَة ‎[S] Parliament will set up a special committee to look into this sordid mess
‏أَلَّف وَزَارَة جْدِيدِة ‎[S] He formed a new cabinet
‏فَنِّي واحِد وْتْلِتْةِْ مْسَاعْدِين بِيْؤَلّْفُوا هَيْئِةْ الِمْوَظَّفِين كِلَّهْا ‎[S] A technician and three assistants
make up the entire staff

عَم يْؤَلّْفُوا قَامُوس عَامِي ‎[S] They’re compiling a colloquial dictionary,

73
Q

To happen (ل = to)

To start to

To be already (note usage of past tense is often translated as already, depending on context)

A

صَاْر ، يْصِيْر

صَاْرِتِ السَّاعَة خَمْسِة [S] It’s already five o’clock
صارِتِ الدِنْيِة عَمِ تْعَتِّم [S] It’s getting dark already.
صار وَقْتِ الأَكِل [S] It’s already time to eat

74
Q

To lie down, stretch oneself out

To expand

A

تْمَدَّد، يِتمَدَّد

أَوْعَك، هَالبَلَّوْرَة بْيِتْمَدَّد تَحْتِ الحَرَارَة [S] Be careful, that glass will expand as you heat it

بِدَّك تِتمَدَّد بَعدِ الغَدَا ‎[P] do you want to lie down after lunch; {biddak titmaddad baʕdᴵ-l-ġada}
‏بيْتمَدَّد لَلفَحِص ‎[P] he lies down for the examination; {byºtmaddad lalfɑḥᵉṣ}
‏مِتمَدِّد عَلَى الأَرض ‎[P] lying stretched out on the ground

75
Q

To be scattered, separated

To be divided (amongst)

A

تْفَرَّق، يِتفَرَّق

المُتَظَاهِرِيْنِ تْفَرَّقُوا ‎[P] the demonstrators dispersed / scattered

76
Q

To dent (ه = s.th.)

A

طَعَج، يِطْعَج

اْنْطَعَج، يِنْطِعِج

الجَنَاحِ اْنطَعَج ‎[P] the fender got bent

دِيْر بالَك، هالطَّنْجَرَة الأَلُوْمِيْنْيَوْمِ بْتِنْطِعِج قَوَاْم ‎[S] Be careful, this aluminum pot dents easily

طَعَجْتِ لَّو بَاب سَيَّارْتَو الوَرَّانِي بِالحَادْثِة ‎[S] dented his rear door in the accident
‏الجَنَح مَطعُوْج ‎[P] the fender’s got a dent in it

77
Q

To claim, lay claim (ب = to)

A

طَاْلَب، يْطَاْلِب

بْطالِبِ بْحِصّْتِي ‎[S] claim my share
‏فِي قَرَايِبِ بْعِيد طَالَب بِالوِرْطِة ‎[S] A distant relative laid claim to the estate