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Qasid Arabic Level 6: Set 1 Media and Literature
Random vocabulary from advanced MSA classes at the Qasid Institute in Amman
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Language - Arabic
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01/04/2013

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Term

to turn into desert

(e.g., the land in Jordan is turning into desert, more and more land is becoming desert and can no longer be used for agriculture)

Definition
التَصَحُّر
Term
genius
Definition
عَبقَري \ -ون
Term

womanizer, someone who is into women

 

 

Definition

نِسوانْجي

 

(the -anji form is often used to indicate that someone is into something; it might be dialect, not fusha)

 

example:

مشكلجي

Term
handful, scoop
Definition
حَفنة \ حَفَنات
Term

to scoop up with both hands /

to give a little

Definition

حَفَنَ \ يَحفُن

 

 ه - something

ل - to someone

Term

handful, grasp, grip

 

fist

 

in someone's possession

Definition

قَبضة \ قَبَضات

 

قبضة اليد

 

في قبضته

Term

to seize, grab, clutch something / someone

 

to apprehend, arrest

Definition

قَبَضَ \ يَقبِض \ القَبض على او ب او ه

 

قَبَضَ \ يَقبِض \ القَبض على

Term

embarrassing

 

embarrassed

Definition

مُحرِج

 

مُحرَج

Term

to embarrass someone

(also: to narrow, cramp, restrict / complicate, jeopardize)

Definition
أحرج
Term
landmark
Definition
مَعلَم \ مَعالِم
Term

field

 

 

Definition
حَقل \ حُقول 
Term

oil field

 

mine field

Definition

حَقل النَفط

 

حقل الغام

Term
to be dim-sighted, night-blind
Definition

عَشا \ يَعشو \ العَشو

او

عَشِيَ \ يَعشى \ عَشاً

Term
to have supper / dinner
Definition
تَعَشَّى
Term
evening
Definition
عَشي
Term
dinner, supper
Definition
عَشاء \ اعشية
Term

to submerge, plunge, steep, immerse

 

I submerse a cookie in milk

Definition

غَمَسَ \ يَغمِس \ الغَمس

 

ه في

 

أغمِس بسكويت بحليب

Term
to hide (oneself), to be hidden
Definition

اختبأ \ يختبئ

 

او

 

خَفِيَ \ يَخفَى او اختفى او استخفى

Term
to hide, conceal something
Definition

خَبَأَ \ يَخبَأ ه

 

or also form II

Term
hiding place, refuge, air-raid shelter
Definition
مَخبَأ \ مَخابِئ
Term

hidden, concealed

 

hidden, concealed / secret, mysterious

Definition

مُختَبِئ

 

خَفي

Term

anonymous

 

it is well-known that

 

(both expressions that come from خفي)

Definition

خفي الاسم

 

لا يخفي ان

Term
to be or become tired, exhausted
Definition
كَلَّ \ يَكِلّ \ كَلّ
Term
to make tired, to wear out
Definition
أكلّ
Term
forefinger
Definition
سَبابة
Term
finger, toe
Definition

إصبَع \ اصابِع

 

also

 

اصابع القدم

Term
to point with the finger (at)
Definition

صَبَعَ \ يَصبَع \ الصَبع

 

على او ب

Term
grammar: what form of the verb is used in sentences like "He who studies succeeds"?
Definition

Majzum

 

  من يدرسْ ينجح

Term
agriculture
Definition
زِراعة
Term
to gobble down, eat quickly
Definition
  التهم
Term

beard

 

bearded 

Definition

 لِحية \ لُحى

 

مُلتَحٍ

Term
nose
Definition
أَنف \ آناف
Term
giant
Definition
عَملاق \ عَمالِقة
Term
sharp
Definition
حادّ
Term
bounded, bordered; limited
Definition
مَحدود
Term
 iron
Definition

حَديد

 

(also means sharp)

Term
cutting edge of a knife / border of a country
Definition
حَدّ \ حُدود
Term
to sharpen / to delineate / to limit
Definition

حَدَّ \ يَحُدّ \ الحَدّ

 

او

 

حَدّد

Term
narrator
Definition
الرّاوِي
Term
 symbol
Definition
رَمز \ رُموز
Term

deeper

 

(use the tamayyuz form)

Definition

أكثر عَمقاً

 

(عمقاً هذا تمييز)

Term
to expect
Definition
توقّع
Term
forest
Definition

غابة \ -ات

 

coll: غاب

Term

to be absent, to stay away / to vanish, be swallowed, concealed

 

the matter has slipped from his memory

to lose consciousness

 

the reader doubtless knows that...

Definition

غابَ \ يَغيب \ الغَيب

 

غاب الشيء عن باله

 

غاب عن صَوابه

 

لا يغيب عن القارئ

Term
absence; concealment; disappearance (of a person)
Definition
غَيبة
Term
to be absent, truant
Definition
تَغَيَّبَ
Term
to be scared
Definition
خافَ (خِفتُ) \ يَخاف \ الخَوف
Term
to plunge, dive, become submersed, to drown
Definition
غَرِقَ \ يَغرَق \ الغَرَق
Term
drowned / a drowned person / engrossed in
Definition

غَريق 

 

في

Term

free to choose 

 

voluntarily

 

selection

Definition

مُختار

 

مُختاراً

 

مُختارات

Term
voluntary, facultative, elective (studies)
Definition
اختياري
Term
choice / option / selection
Definition

خِيار

 

او

 

اختيار

Term
good, excellent
Definition
خَير
Term
soft
Definition
ناعِم
Term
rough
Definition
خَشِن
Term
immediately, directly
Definition

فوراً

 

او

 

مُباشِرةً

Term
indirectly
Definition
غير مباشر
Term
speech
Definition

خُطبة \ خُطُب

 

او

 

خِطاب \ -ات

Term

to make a speech

 

to propose (ask a woman's hand in marriage)

Definition

خَطَب \ يَخطُب \ خَطبة

 

خَطَب \ يَطُب \خَطب او خِطبة

Term
speaker, orator / fiance
Definition
خَطيب
Term
 عكس الشعر الحر
Definition
الشعر العمودي
Term
vertical
Definition
عَمودي
Term
عُمدة
Definition
support / mayor
Term
horizon
Definition
أٌفق \ آفاق
Term
horizontal
Definition
أٌفقي
Term
biography
Definition
سيرة غيرية
Term
poetry that is to song
Definition
العَروض
Term
both things influence each other
Definition
علاقة تبادُلية
Term

suggestions 

(also inventions, improvisations)

Definition
اقتراحات
Term
shiver, tremor / awakening / popular uprising
Definition
انتفاضة
Term
to shake
Definition
نَفَضَ \ يَنفُض \ النَفض
Term
to be shaken, dusted off / to shiver, tremble / to wake up, come to consciousness
Definition
انتفض
Term
 restful / comfortable / cozy
Definition
مُريح
Term
resting, relaxing, pleased, content, serene, calm
Definition
مُرتاح
Term
I am relaxing
Definition

أستَريح

 

استراح

Term
engine, motor
Definition
مُحرِّك
Term
youth, rising generation
Definition
نَاشِئَة
Term

to rise, emerge / to come into being, originate, spring from

 

to cause to grow, bring up, raise

 

to cause to rise, to create, to institute or establish or organize

Definition

نَشَأَ \ يَنشَأ \ النَشُؤ

 

نَشَّأَ

 

أنشأَ

Term
to hinder, render difficult, impede
Definition

عَرقَلَ \ يُعرقِل \ العَرقَلة

 

(four-letter root, like tarjama)

Term
trust, confidence, faith
Definition

ثِقة

 

(من = in)

Term
to measure
Definition
قاسَ \ يَقيس \ القَيس
Term
to rate the value of, to evaluate, to assess (a situation)
Definition
قيّم
Term
plan, syllabus
Definition

خُطّة \ خُطَط

 

also pronounced خِطّة

Term

provocation, uncalled for interference 

(harassment)

Definition
تَحَرُّش
Term

to scratch

 

to provoke, incense

 

to pick a quarrel, provoke

Definition

 حَرَشَ \ يَحرِش \ الحَرش

 

حرّش

 

تحرّش

Term
to stare
Definition
حَدَّقَ
Term
to surround, encircle
Definition
حَدَقَ \ يَحدِق \ الحَدق
Term
garden
Definition
حَديقة \ حَداِِئق
Term
pupil (of the eye)
Definition
حَدَقَة \ -ات
Term
more professional
Definition
اكثر احترافا
Term
to do something professionally
Definition
احترف
Term
arrogant, conceited
Definition
مُتَكَبِّر
Term

system

 

Definition
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