Arabic Flashcards
(97 cards)
1
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في غضون + مصدر
A
in the course of, during, within (a period of time)
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حَاْشِيَة
A
entourage
retinue
court
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خَطَاْ
يخطو
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to proceed
to advance
to progress
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مَنَاْر / مَنَاْرَة، ج مَنَاْوِر / مَنَاْئِر
A
lighthouse
minaret
beacon
marker
landmark
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جُرْأَة / جَرَاْءَة
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courage
boldness
daring
nerve
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وَاْظَبَ على
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to do regularly
to persevere
to take pains to
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في أَرْجَاْءِ
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inside
within
everywhere in
throughout
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ضَاْقَ ذَرْعًا بِ
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be fed up with
be tired of
feel uneasy about
be oppressed by
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بَاْعِث، ج بَوَاْعِث
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incentive
motive
reason
cause
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تَقْرِيْظ، ج تَقْرِيْظَاْت / تَقَاْرِيْظ
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praise, commendation
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بَقْعَة، ج بُقَع / بِقَاْع
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place
spot
site
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نَسِيْم، ج نِسَاْم / نَسَاْئِم
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breeze
gentle wind
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صَبًا (الصَبَاْ)، ج أَصْبَاْء / صَبَوَاْت
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east wind (feminine noun)
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زُهَاْء
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roughly
some
approximately
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بويِعَ بالخِلافة
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allegiance was pledged to him as the Caliph
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حِصْن، ج حُصُوْن
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fortress
castle
citadel
stronghold
bastion
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وَلَّى، يُوَلِّي، تَوْلِيَة
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to appoint as manager, director, administrator, governor, or ruler
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اِرْتَحَلَ
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to set out, leave, depart
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عَاْمِل ج عُمَّاْل
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governor, vicegerent
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دَوَّخَ
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to conquer, subjugate
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اِسْتَنْقَصَ
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to find decreased, deficient, short, defective, incomplete, imperfect, inferior
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مُخْصِب
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fertile
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زَاْهِد، ج زُهَّاْد
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ascetic
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مَحْرَس، ج مَحَاْرِس
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guardhouse
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مَنْزِلَة، ج مَنَاْزِل
degree, grade, rank
position, status, standing
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أَشْكَلَ على
to be dubious, ambiguous, obscure, intricate, difficult for
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أَشْفَقَ، يشفق، إشفاق على
to feel pity for
to have compassion for
to sympathize with
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سُنَّة، ج سُنَن
the Sunna of the Prophet, e.g., his sayings and doings
can also refer to customs and traditions more generally
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إِثْم، ج آثام
sin, offense, misdeed, crim
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عَمَل + [اسم]
government of
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يَوْمَئِذٍ
(on) that day, then, at that time
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بَاْيَعَ، يُبَاْيِع، مُبَاْيَعَة
to acknowledge as sovereign or leader
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اِسْتِرَاْب، يَسْتَرِيْب، َاِسْتِرَاْبَة
to be in doubt, be skeptical (في = about)
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تَبَيَّنَ ل
to be or become clear, intelligible, evident to
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كَتَمَ، يَكْتُم، كَتْم / كِتْمَاْن
to hide, conceal (ه = s.th., عن = from s.o.)
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هَلَكَ، يَهْلِك، هَلْك / هُلْك / هَلَاْك / تَهْلُكَة
to perish
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تَمَاْدَى، يَتَمَاْدَى، تَمَاْدٍ (التَمَاْدِي) في / ب / على
to persist, persevere
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لا حَصْرَ له
no limit to, countless
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طاعة
obedience
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النَهْيِ عن المُنْكَرِ
prevention of vice
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اِنْقَرَضَ
to become extinct
to die out
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فَتْح، ج فُتُوْح / فُتُوْحَاْت
conquest
(has positive connotations. Generally this is only used to by Muslims to refer to the conquering of the Middle East)
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سَرَّحَ
to let go
to discharge
to grant leave
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لِثَاْم، ج لُثُم
veil, cover, wrapping
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ظَاْهِرِيَّة
Zahirism, theological school following the principle of literal interpretation of the Qur'an
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تَصْنِيْف، ج تَصَاْنِيْف
literary work, writing
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وَطْأَة
pressure
(the root of this has meanings of walking on s.th. or treading on s.th., so this is like putting pressure on s.th.)
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نَظَمَ، يَنْظِم، نَظْم / نِظَاْم
to render in poetry (ه = s.th.)
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نَاْزَلَ
to get into a fight, clash (ه = with s.o.)
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اِمْتَعَضَ
to be annoyed (على = by) be angry (من = at), resent (من = s.th.)
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ضَرِيْح، ج ضَرَاْئِح / أَضْرِحَة
grave, tomb, mausoleum
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قَيَّمَ
to rate according to value, evaluate, judge
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إِغْفَاْل، ج إِغْفَاْلَاْت
neglect, disregard, omission
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خَيْل، ج خُيُوْل
horses, horse (collective noun)
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ذَاْكَرَ، يذاكر، مذاكرة
to parley, negotiate, confer, have a talk, take counsel (ه = with s.o.)
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لِوَاْء، ج أَلْوِيَة / أَلْوِيَاْت
brigade
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سُرُوْر
joy, happiness, delight, pleasure, gladness, cheer
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غَاْرَة، ج غَاْرَاْت
attack (على = on)
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مُنَاْوَشَة، ج مُنَاْوَشَاْت
skirmish
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ظَاْهِر، ج ظَوَاْهِر
outskirts, periphery
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اِنْهَزَمَ
to be defeated, be routed, be put to fligh
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صِهْر
relationship by marriage
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مُرْتَكَز
pillar
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نَاْشِئَة
youth, rising generation
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مَوْطِن العِبْرَةِ
the salient point, the crucial point
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دَسِيْسَة، ج دَسَاْئِس
intrigue, machination, scheme, plot
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كانَ قَلَمُهُ سَيّالاً
he was a skilled writer, he wrote copiously
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جَدِيْر، ج جَدِيْرُوْن / جُدَرَاْء
worthy, worth, deserving (ب = of s.th.)
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صبّ جامَ الغضب
he poured out all of his anger, vented his anger
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ثِقَة، ج ثِقَاْت
trustworthy person, trusted agent, informant, reliable authority or source
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شَنَقَ، يَشْنُق، شَنْق
to hang (ه = s.th., or s.o. on the gallows)
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فَتَكَ، يَفْتُك / يَفْتِك، فَتْك
to assassinate, murder, slay, kill (ب = s.o.), destroy, annihilate (ب = s.th.)
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مَدَنِيَّة
civilization
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إِبَاْدَة
annihilation, extermination, eradication, extirpation
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تَنْصِيْر
baptism, Christianization, conversion to Christianity
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خَرَجَ، يَخْرُج، خُرُوْج على
to rebel, revolt (على = against)
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خَفَى، يَخْفِي
to hide, conceal (ه = s.th.)
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عَذَاْب، ج عَذَاْبَاْت / أَعْذِبَة
pain, torment, suffering, agony, torture
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هَزَمَ، يَهْزِم، هَزْم / هَزِيْمَة
to put to flight, rout, vanquish, defeat (ه = the enemy)
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رُكْبَة، ج رُكَب / رُكْبَاْت
knee
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وَضَعَ السُمَّ في الدَسَمِ = دَسَّ السُمَّ في الدَسَمِ
to offer s.th. harmful in an attractive
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جَيْش عَرَمْرَم
a numerous huge army
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اذا جد الجد
when push comes to shove
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جَفَاْف
dryness
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تَنْسِيْق
ordering, arraying
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زِمَام الأَمْرِ
reins of power
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مُقْفِر
empty, bleak, forsaken, forlorn, deserted, lifeless, uninhabited, uninhabitable, depopulated, deserted, devastated, desolate, waste
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طَبْع، ج طِبَاْع / أَطْبَاْع
natural disposition, temper, nature, character (of s.o. or s.th.)
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تَكَهَّنَ
to predict, foretell, presage, prophesy (ب = s.th.)
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فِدْيَة، ج فِدَيَاْت / فِدًى
ransom (money), redemption money
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تَنَزَّلَ
to lower o.s., stoop, condescend (إلى = to s.th.)
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ثَبَّتَ، يثبّت، تثبيت
to prove guilty, convict (على = a defendant)
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شَهُمَ، يَشْهُمُ، شَهَاْمَة
to be / become courteous, chivalrous
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حَيّاك اللهُ
may God grant you a long life, God keep you
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رَضَخَ ل
to yield, bow, give in, acquiesce, subordinate o.s., submit (ل = to s.o., to s.th.)
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تَبَاكَى، يَتَبَاكَى، تَبَاْكٍ (التَّبَاكِي)
to pretend to cry, to fake cry
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خَدّ، ج خُدُوْد
cheek
