ف Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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then, so, hence, thus
A
fa
fa-hoon fii iishi taani But this is different
2
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active, energetic
effective, efficacious
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fa33aal / fa33aale / fa33aliin
id-daawa mish fa33aal the medicine’s not working
3
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activity
effectiveness, efficacy
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fa33aliiyye / fa33aliyyaat
fa33aliiyyet id-daawa the effectiveness of the medicine
4
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to squash, crush, flatten
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faa3aS [biif3aS]
fi hoon SarSuur, ‘iif3aSo! there’s a cockroach, squash it!
5
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to scatter, flee, run away
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faa3aT [biif3aT]
il jaaj faa3aT The chickens scattered
in-naas faa3aTu The people fled
6
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to pick over, search through and scatter
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faa3fal [bifaa3fel]
il-jaaje bitfaa3fel iz-zbaale The hen picks over the rubbish
7
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winner, victor
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faa’ez
8
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to overflow, flood
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faaD [bifiiD]
in-naaher faaD The river overflowed
il-maayy faayDa The water’s overflowing
9
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void, space
daylight
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faaDa
safiinet il-faDaa spaceship
il-faDaa’ il-khaariji outer space
10
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space (adj)
relating to outer space
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faDaa’i / faDa’iiyye
11
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to shame, disgrace, dishonour, show up, bring into disrepute
to make shameful facts public
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faaDah [yiifDaH]
faDaaH-ha He exposed her to public disgrace
ma tifDah-naa-sh! don’t digrace us!
biddnaa-sh niifDaH il-‘umuur We don’t want any dark secrets to come out
12
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free time, leisure
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faDaawe
3aala faDaawtak in your free time
13
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to vacate
to empty
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faaDDa [bifaaDDi]
faDDeet il-jaruur I emptied the drawer
faDDii-li l-qanniine Empty the bottle for me
bafaaDDi Haali I’ll make time
14
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to prefer
[to feel that one] would rather/ would sooner
to favour, give preferential treatment to
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faaDDal [bifaaDDel]
bafaaDDel aruuH la-Haali I’d rather go on my own.
bifaaDDel il-moot 3ala heek 3iishe He’d sooner die than live like this.
il-mudiir bifaaDDlo 3an geero The manager favours him over the others.
15
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favour, grace
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faaDel
min faaDlak Please!
il-faaDel ‘iilak! Thanks to you!
tfaaDDal! Take it! Come in!
16
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empty, vacant, free, unoccupied
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faaDi / faaDye / faDyiin
il-maHaall faaDi the space is free
haat qanniine faaDye Bring an empty bottle!
haallaq ‘aana mush faDii-lak I don’t have time for you at present
haada kuullo kalaam faaDi That’s a lot of empty talk
ruuHet la-hunaak 3a-l-faaDi I went there for nothing. It was a waste of time.
17
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disgrace, scandal, humiliation
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faDiiHa / fDiiHa / faDaayeH
fdiiHet ‘uukhti my sister’s disgrace
biduun faDaayeH! Don’t show us up!/ Try not to disgrace us!
18
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virtue, good quality
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faDiile / faDaayel
il-i3tiraaf bil-khaaTa faDiile Admitting one’s mistakes is a virtue.
19
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remainder, remnant, leftovers, scraps
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faaDle / faDalaat
faaDlet il-‘aakel the leftovers
il-yoom biiddna nookol il-faDalaat Today we are eating leftovers.
faDalaat l-qmaash scraps of fabric
20
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understanding
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faahem / faahme (active)
21
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to explain, make (someone) understand
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faahham [bifaahhem]
‘aana fahhaamto I explained it to him
biiddi tfahhem-ni ‘iishi I want you to explain something to me
Taayyeb, ‘aana bafaahhmak OK, I’ll explain to you.
22
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quick-thinking, quick-witted, resourceful
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faahlawi / fahlawiiyye
23
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table of contents, index
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faahras / fahaares
24
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to spread, pervade
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faaH [bifuuH]
ir-riiHa lmniiHa bitfuuH fi kull il-guurfe The pleasant smell pervades the room
25
**coal**
**faaHem**
26
**text, examination, exam**
**faaHS / faaHeS / fuHuuS**
**faaHS id-daamm blood test**
**mnistaanna ntaa'ej il-fuHuSaat We're waiting for the results of the tests.**
27
**thigh**
**faakhd / faakhde / fkhaad**
**il-fakhedteen the [two] thighs**
28
**splendid, magnificent, grand, fancy, classy**
**faakhem / faakhme**
**cp 'aafkham**
**sakniin fi 'aafkham byuut They live in the most luxurious houses.**
**malaabes faakhme magnificent clothes, fancy clothes, classy outifts**
29
**pride, glory**
**magnificence, splendour**
**faakher**
**huu faakhr-il-3eele He's the pride and joy of his family**
30
**glorious, luxurious, grand, fancy**
**faakher / faakhira**
**cp 'aafkhar**
**fi maTaa3em faakhira in fancy restaurants**
31
**trap, snare**
**faakhkh**
**wiiqe3 fi-l-faakhkh** **He fell into the trap**
**laazem nuunSob faakhkh Haatta niimsek it-taa3lab**
**We have to set a trap to catch the fox.**
32
**to honour, treat respectfully**
**to pronounce emphatically**
**faakhkham**
**Haarf mufaakhkham emphatic consonant**
**'aaHrof mufaakhkhame emphatic consonants**
33
**proud**
**fakhuur / fakhuura / fakhuriin**
## Footnote
**'aana fakhuur fiiki I'm proud of you!**
**naas fakhuriin proud people**
34
**glutton**
**faj3aan / faj3aane / faj3aniin**
35
**suddenly**
**faaj'a**
**faaj'a Saarat tshaatti Suddenly it began to rain.**
**u-faaj'a, il-baab infaataH and suddenly the door opened.**
36
**dawn**
**faajer**
## Footnote
**Salaat il-faajer the morning prayer (in Islam)**
37
**to blast, blow up, dynamite, detonate**
**faajjar [bifaajjer]**
## Footnote
**faajjaru S-Saakhra They blew up the rock.**
**biiddhom ifaajjru l-3uubwe They are going to detonate the bomb.**
38
**gap, breach**
**faajwe / fajwaat**
## Footnote
**fii faajwet il-''ajyall there's the generation gap**
**fii faajwe fi-l-HeeT There's a gap in the wall.**
**laaqa faajwe fi-l-qanuun He found a loophole in the law.**
**hiiyye mit3aallme u jooz-ha laa', fii benaathom faajwe**
**She's well educated but her husband isn't, there's a gap between them.**
39
**fruit**
**faakiha / fawaakeh**
**fawaakeh mjaaffafe dried fruit**
40
**jaw**
**faakk**
## Footnote
**il-fakkeen the jaws / upper and lower jaws**
**il-faakk il-'asfal wil-faakk il-3uulwi the lower jaw and the upper jaw**
41
**fax**
**faaks / faksaat**
**ba3aat-li faaks He set me a fax.**
**'ajaani faaks I received a fax.**
**kull yoom bijuuni faksaat I get faxes every day.**
42
**to fax, send a fax**
**faaksas [bifaakses]**
**btiiqdar tfaksees-li yyaah? Can you fax it to me?**
43
**sign, omen**
**faal**
**haada faal mliiH That's a good omen.**
**smee3t il-buume.. haada faal! I heard the owl, it's a omen!**
**faal 'allaah waala faalak!**
**May things turn out as God decrees and not as you forsee them.**
44
**to plough, cultivate, till**
**faalaH [biiflaH]**
**biiflaH 'aarDo He ploughs his land.**
**'aarD mafluuHa ploughed / cultivated land**
45
**skies, heavens, firmament**
**celestial body**
**faalak**
**3iilm il-faalak astronomy**
**3aalem faalaki astronomer**
46
**piece** (of soap)
**faalaqa / fuulaq**
## Footnote
**faalqet Sabuun a piece of soap / a bar of soap**
47
**Palestine**
**falasTiin**
**falasTiini / falasTiniiyye / falasTiniyyiin Palestinian**
**ish-shaa3b il-falasTiini the Palestinian people**
**il-laahje l-falasTiniiyye the Palestinian dialect**
48
**partial paralysis**
**faalej**
## Footnote
**huuwwe mafluuj, yaa3ni Saaybo faalej**
**He's paralysed, that's to say he's got partial paralysis.**
49
**unattached, detached, free, loose**
**dissolute, wanton, loose**
**faalet / faalte / faltiin**
## Footnote
**waaraqa faalte a loose leaf of paper**
**il-kaalb faalet The dog's loose.**
**waalad faalet an unsupervised child**
**il-banaat il-faltaat modern girls, loose women**
50
**to boil** (rice) **in water**
**faalfal**
51
**to leave quickly, take off, clear off, split (all intrans)**
**faall [bifeell]**
## Footnote
**ma shuufnaah 'iilla faall As soon as we saw him he took off.**
**falleet I took to my heels.**
52
**to search** (through)**, ransack**
**faalla [bifaalli]**
## Footnote
**falleet il-beet I searched the house.**
**bitfaalli raas biint-ha She searches through her daughter's hair (for lice).**
53
**fellah, peasant, famer**
**fallaaH / fallaaHa / fallaHiin**
**'abuuy kaan fallaaH My father was a farmer**
**fii hoon fallaaHa bitbii3 3iinab**
**There's a countrywoman here selling grapes.**
54
**to fill up** (with petrol, gasoline)
**faallal [bifaallel]**
**falleel-li! Fill her up for me!**
55
**to release, let go, set free**
**faallat [bifaallet]**
## Footnote
**il-buliis fallatuuni The police let me go.**
**ma tfalltiish il-quuTab! Don't drop any stitches!**
56
**cork**
**falliin**
**falliine a cork**
57
**philosophy**
**faalsafe**
58
**vest, undershirt**
**faneella**
59
**art**
**craft, technique, skill**
**faann / funuun**
## Footnote
**faann il-maasraH the dramatic arts**
**il-funuun il-jamiile fine arts**
60
**to toss a coin, flip a coin**
**faann [bifeenn]**
## Footnote
**khalliina nfeenn faanne Let's toss for it! Let's flip a coin!**
61
**artist**
**fannaan / fannaane / fannaniin**
**haada shuugol fannaan This is the work of an artist.**
62
**artistic**
**technical**
**faanni / fanniiyye**
## Footnote
**iHkii-lna 3an nashaaTak il-faanni Tell us about your artistic activities!**
**kaan-fi mashaakel fanniiyye There were technical difficulties.**
63
**lantern**
**fanuus / fawaniis**
64
**to burst**
**faaqa3 [biifqa3]**
## Footnote
**il-3aajal faaqa3 the tyre burst**
**il-baloon faaqa3 the balloon burst**
**il-masuura faaq3at the pipe burst**
**hiiyye btiifqa3 min il-giire She's bursting with jealousy.**
65
**to lose** (with abstract nouns)
**to be bereaved, lose** (a family member)
**to check up on, keep an eye on**
**faaqad [biifqed]**
## Footnote
**faaqad iS-Saaber / il 'aamal He lost patience / hope.**
**faaqad tawaazno He lost his balance.**
**faaqad waa3yo He lost consciousness.**
**faaqdat iz-zaakre She lost her memory.**
**faaqad 'iibno He lost his son.**
**kaanu talaate mafqudiin Three people were missing.**
66
**to open, lance**
**faaqaH [biifqaH]**
**faaqaH id-duummal He lanced the boil.**
67
**to bump** (Easter) **eggs together**
**faaqas [bifaaqes]**
**'aana bafaaqsak I bump my Easter egg with yours.**
68
**poverty**
**faaqer / fuuqor**
## Footnote
**3aayesh fi-l-faaqer He's living in poverty.**
**huumme taHt khaaTT il-faaqr They're below the poverty line.**
69
**to blister**
**faaqfal [bifaaqfel]**
## Footnote
**idaayye bitfaaqfel My hands get blistered.**
**ideeh mfaaqfle His hands are blistered.**
70
**blister**
**faqfuule / faqafiil**
71
**poor**
**faqiir / fuuqara**
**cp 'aafqar**
**'aarmale faqiire a poor widow**
**il-fuuqara biSiiru 'aafqar kamaan The poor are getting even poorer.**
**ulaad il-fuuqara poor children**
72
**to burst (trans)**
**faaqqa3 [bifaaqqe3]**
## Footnote
**faaqqa3 il-balloon He burst the balloon.**
**haz-zaalame faqqaa3-ni! That guy made me blow a fuse!**
**hal-ulaad shuu bifaaqq3u! Don't those children get on your nerves!**
**3am-bifaaqq3u 'al3aab nariiyye They're letting off fireworks.**
73
**to hatch**
**faaqqas [bifaaqqes]**
## Footnote
**il-beeDa faaqqasat the egg hatched**
**laamma l-beDaat bifaaqqsu when the eggs hatch**
74
**a variety of long thin cucumber**
**faqquuse**
coll **faqquus**
75
**vertebra**
**paragraph, article, section, clause**
**faaqra / faqaraat**
**fi haadi l-faaqra in this paragraph**
**fi kull il-faqaraat in all the paragraphs**
**il-3amuud il-faaqari the spinal column**
76
**to boil, boil over**
**faar [bifuur]**
## Footnote
**il-Haliib bifuur The milk's boiling.**
**diir baalak 'AHsan-ma ifuur Watch out it doesn't boil over!**
**faar dAmmo His blood boiled**
77
**mouse**
**faar / firaan**
**hIyye bitkhaaf min il-firaan She's afraid of mice.**
**il-bIss hAjam 3a-l-faar The cat pounced on the mouse.**
78
**plane** (carpenter's tool)
**faara / faraat**
## Footnote
**biimsaH il-looH bil-faara He planes the plank.**
79
**to scatter, spread** (out)
f**ä**rad [b**i**fred]
## Footnote
f**ä**rad il-k**u**tob 3a-T-T**aa**wle He spread out the books on the table.
80
**to impose**
**to assume**
f**a**raD [b**i**freD / b**u**froD]
## Footnote
il-Huk**uu**me f**a**rDat Dar**aa**yeb jd**ii**de
The government has imposed new taxes.
bidd**ii**-sh '**ä**freD r**a**'yi 3äl**ee**kom I don't want to impose my opinion on you.
n**u**froD inno h**ee**k Let's assume that's how things are.
n**u**froD käl**ää**mak SaH**ii**H Let's assume you're right.
81
**free time, leisure**
**emptiness, void**
fär**ää**g
## Footnote
fi w**ä**qt il-fär**ää**g in one's free time / at leisure
h**ää**dä bid**e**ll 3älä fär**ää**g thaq**aa**fi This is indicative of a cultural void.
82
**happiness, gladness, joy**
**family celebration**
f**ä**räH - 'äfr**aa**H
## Footnote
s**aa**r y**u**rqoS min il färäH He began to dance for joy.
k**u**ll-ma f**ii** f**ä**räH, '**ä**nä mä3z**uu**m I'm invited to every family celebration
insh**a**lla bil-'äfr**aa**H! May God grant that we meet on happy occasions!
83
**to relieve, grant a respite**
f**ä**raäj [b**i**frej]
## Footnote
'**a**lla yifr**e**j-ha 3**ä**nkom May God grant you a respite (from trouble)!
'**a**lla f**ä**räjäk! Bless you! Gesundheit!
84
**relief, respite, lull**
**salvation**
f**ä**räj
## Footnote
h**ää**dä l-f**ä**räj b**ä**3d ish-sh**i**dde
This is the calm that follows the storm (This is the respite afther the distress.)
85
**to rub**
**to polish**
f**a**rak [b**u**frok]
## Footnote
f**a**rak 3iin**ee** He rubbed his eyes.
'**u**frok f**ä**khdäk b-häd-d**ä**wä Rub your thigh with this ointment!
bt**u**frok ish-shäm3d**ää**n She polishes the candelstick.
86
**to chop up**
**to mince**
f**a**ram [b**u**from]
## Footnote
l**ä**Hme mäfr**uu**me minced meat
87
**to differ, be different**
**to divide, separate, distinguish**
**to part one's hair**
f**ä**räq [b**i**freq / b**u**froq]
## Footnote
m**ä** bt**i**freq m**ä**3i It makes no difference to me
f**ii** äshy**ä**' bt**i**freq b**ee**nhom There are things that divide them.
bt**u**froq sh**ä**3er-hä bin-n**u**SS She's got a centre parting.
88
**to leave, take leave of,**
**be parted from**
f**ää**räq [bif**ää**req]
## Footnote
l**ää**zem 'äf**ää**rqäk I must take leave of you.
m**ä** fäär**ä**qto däq**ii**qä I didn't leave him for a minute.
S**a**3b 3äl**ee**h if**ää**req '**ä**hlo It's hard for him to be parted from his family.
89
**desertion, defection**
far**aa**r
## Footnote
3**ä**skäri fär**aa**r deserter
90
**mare**
f**a**ras ['äfr**aa**s]
## Footnote
f**a**ras in-n**ä**hr hippopotamus, hippo
91
**to spread out, lay**
**to furnish**
f**ä**räsh [b**u**frosh]
## Footnote
is-sujj**ää**de mäfr**uu**she 3ä-l-**a**rD The rug is spread out on the floor.
'**oo**Da mäfr**uu**she furnished room
Tar**ii**qo mish mäfr**uu**sh bil-wur**uu**d His life is not a bed or roses.
92
**butterfly**
far**aa**she [far**aa**sh]
93
**to unravel**
**to unstich, take out stiches**
**to change money into smaller amounts**
f**a**raT [b**uu**froT]
## Footnote
h**i**yye f**a**rTat il-j**ä**rze She unravelled the sweater
mafr**uu**T unstitched, undone, unravelled
bt**i**qdar tufr**o**T-li? Can you give me change..
94
**an individual**
**a single unit**
**family member**
f**ä**rd / 'äfr**ää**d
## Footnote
f**ä**rd m**a**rra all at once / at one go
**i**nte äw äkh**uu**k äw äyy f**ä**rd min il-3**ee**le
You or your brother or any other member of the family
b**i**ddi äk**uu**n f**ä**rd fä33**ä**l fi-l-m**u**jtämä3
I want to be an active member of society.
95
**pistol, gun**
**spray gun**
**hairdryer**
f**ä**rd / fr**uu**de
## Footnote
bir**o**shsh dh**ää**n bil f**ä**rd He sprays paint with a spray gun.
f**ä**rd sh**ä**3er hairdryer
96
**one of a pair, one half of a couple**
f**ä**rde / färd**ää**t
## Footnote
f**ä**rdet k**u**ndara one shoe
97
**individual**
f**ä**rdi / färd**ii**yye
## Footnote
h**ää**y qaD**i**yye färd**i**yye This is an individual case.
min 3**ää**ljo b sh**ä**kel f**ä**rdi Were treating him individually.
3**ä**däd f**ä**rdi odd number
98
**imposition**
**duty**
**homework**
f**a**rD / fr**uu**D
## Footnote
l-m3**ä**llem 'a3T**aa**-na f**a**rD The teacher gave us homework.
3**i**ndak fr**uu**D? Do you have homework?
'**ä**na S**aa**yem, h**ää**da f**a**rD Im fasting, its a duty.
99
**small branch, twig**
**branch of a business**
**area of study, learning track**
f**ä**re3 / fr**uu**3
## Footnote
il f**ä**r3 il-'**ä**däbi literature studies
il f**ä**r3 il 3ilmi the sciences
f**ä**re3 bar**ii**d branch of the Post Office
f**ä**re3 b**ä**nk branch of a bank
f**ii** fur**uu**3 fi kull l-bl**ää**d There are branches all over the country.
100
**epilepsy**
f**ä**rHä
## Footnote
3**i**ndo f**ä**rHä He's got epilepsy.
101
**happy, glad**
färH**aa**n / färHaane / färHaan**ii**n
## Footnote
r**i**je3 3ä-l-b**ee**t färH**aa**n. He came home happy.
qadd**ee**sh il-ul**ää**d färHään**ii**n! How happy the children are!
102
**chick, fledgling**
f**ä**rkh / 'äfr**ää**kh
## Footnote
f**ä**rkh il-b**a**TT 3äww**ää**m
Like father, like son. The ducks chick is a swimmer.
103
**unique, incomparable, unrivalled**
**a common first name**
fär**ii**d / fär**ii**de
## Footnote
S**oo**t fär**ii**d min n**oo**3o a voice unique of its kind
3**i**ndnä f**u**rSa fär**ii**de innä n**e**3mäl... We have a unique opportunity to do...
'**i**sem-hä Far**ii**de Her name is Faride.
104
**duty, religious obligation**
fär**ii**Da [far**aa**'eD]
## Footnote
far**aa**'eD il-H**ä**jj the obligations duties of the hajj
105
**team**
fär**ii**q / f**i**räq
## Footnote
il-färiiq**ee**n the two teams
fär**ii**q-nä '**ä**khäd il-k**ää**s Our team won the cup.
106
**comma**
f**ää**rize / fäw**ää**rez
## Footnote
s**i**fer f**ää**rize tläät**ii**n 0.30
107
**rubbing, polishing**
**brushing**
f**ä**rk
## Footnote
biht**ä**mm fi f**ä**rk 'äsn**ää**no He takes care to brush his teeth.
108
**chemist, pharmacist**
färmäsh**ää**ni / färmäshään**i**yye
109
**chemist, pharmacy**
färmäsh**i**yye / färmäshiyy**ää**t
110
**difference**
f**ä**rq / fur**uu**q
## Footnote
'**ee**sh il-f**ä**rq b**ee**n-hom? Whats the difference between them?
f**ii**h f**ä**rq kb**ii**r. Theres a big difference.
