1
Q
desert
A
صَحْراء
2
Q
fast
A
سَريع
3
Q
rich
A
غَنيّ
4
Q
poor
A
فَقير
5
Q
inexpensive/cheap
A
رَخيص
6
Q
expensive (masc., fem.)
A
غالٍ,غالية
7
Q
many/a lot
A
كَثير
8
Q
week
A
أُسْبُوع(أَسَابِيع)
9
Q
the past
A
الماضي
10
Q
since, ago
A
مُنْذُ
11
Q
today
A
الْيَوْم
12
Q
now
A
الآن
13
Q
to be
A
كان/يكون
14
Q
to fly
A
طار/يطير
15
Q
to sell
A
باع/يبيع
16
Q
to say
A
قال/يقول
17
Q
to visit
A
زار/يزور
18
Q
to walk
A
مَشى/يَمشي
19
Q
to throw
A
رَمى/يَرمي
20
Q
to run
A
جَرى/يَجري
21
Q
the world
A
العالَم
22
Q
continent
A
قارّة(قَارَّات)
23
Q
Africa
A
أَفْرِيقِيَا
24
Q
Asia
A
آسِيَا
25
tower
بُرْج(أَبْراج)
26
field
حَقْل(حُقول)
27
building/structure
بِناء
28
sweet
حُلْو
29
important
هَامّ
30
more/most
أَكْثَر
31
better/best
أَفْضَل
32
car rental
اِسْتِئْجار السيّارات
33
actor
مُمَثِّل(مُمَثِّلون)
34
actress
مُمَثِّلة(مُمَثِّلات)
35
grandfather/grandmother
جَدّ/جَدّة
36
Saturday
(يَوْم)السَّبْت
37
Sunday
(يَوْم)الأحَد
38
Monday
(يَوْم)الاِثْنَيْن
39
Tuesday
(يَوْم)الثُلاثَاء
40
Wednesday
(يَوْم)الأَرْبِعَاء
41
Thursday
(يَوْم)الخَميس
42
Friday
(يَوْم)الجُمعَة
43
after
بَعْدَ
44
before
قَبْلَ
45
year
سَنَة(سَنوات)
46
20 years ago
مُنْذُ عشرين سنة
47
to go back/return
عاد/يَعود
48
to increase/go up (in price, etc.)
زاد/يَزيد
49
to complain
شَكا/يَشكو
50
good, virtuous
فاضِل
From p. 231. From root ف ض ل * (f-ḍ-l) "related to surplus, excess". Not in WK
51
watermelon
بِطِّيخَة
52
army, military
جَيْش
53
pyramids
هَرَم (أَهْرام)
54
place, location; status
مَكَان (أَمْكِنَة)
55
square (open space in a town); field, sphere
مَيْدَان (مَيَادِين)
56
at that time
قي ذاك الوقت
57
used to study
كُنتُ أدرُس
58
education
التَعْليم
59
sport
الرِّياضَة
60
history
التَّاريخ
61
geography
الجُغْرافِيا
62
music
الموسيقى
63
mathematics
الرِياضيَّات
64
science
العُلوم
65
languages
اللُّغات
66
religious education
التَرِبية الدينيَّة
67
chemistry
الكيمياء
68
drawing/art
الرَسْم
69
Arabic (language)
العَرَبيّة
70
English (language)
الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة
71
lecture
مُحاضَرة (ات)
72
faculty/college
كُلِّيّة (كُلِّيّات)
From كُلّ (kull) "all, totality, everyone, everything". Not etymologically related to English "college" (which is from Latin con- + lēgō (“appoint”))
73
library/bookshop
مَكْتَبة (مَكْتَبات)
74
professor/lecturer
أُسْتاذ (أَساتِذة)
75
medicine
الطَّبّ
From the root ط ب ب (ṭ-b-b). "forms words relating to curing, to medicine; forms words relating to treating someone gently". See طَبَّ * (ṭabba) I "to treat medically"
76
engineering
الهَنْدَسة
77
law (academic study)
الحُقوق
78
minister
وَزير (وُزَرَاء)
79
ministry
وِزارة (وِزارات)
80
emir, prince
أَمير (أُمَراء)
81
emirate
إِمارَة (إِمارات)
82
ambassador
سَفير (سُفَرَاء)
83
embassy
سِفارة (سِفَارات)
84
president/chairman
رَئيس (رُؤَسَاء)
85
presidency/chair
رِئاسَة (رِئاسَات)
Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʾasa) (form I) "to be in charge, to preside". From the root ر ء س (r-ʾ-s), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Cognate with Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rósh) and Aramaic רֵישָׁא (rēšā)
86
leader
زَعيم (زُعَماء)
From the root ز ع م (z-ʿ-m). Compare زَعَمَ "to claim; to pretend, assert; to impart one's opinion"
87
leadership
زَعامة (زَعامات)
88
agent
وَكيل (وُكَلاء)
89
agency
وَكالة (وَكالات)
90
colleague/associate
زَميل (زُمَلاء)
91
colleagueship / fellowship / camaraderie
زَمالة (زَمالات)
92
manager
مُدير (مُدَراء)
Also "superintendent, boss, chief; (music) conductor". From root د و ر * (d-w-r) "related to circling". As adjective, active participle of أَدَارَ * (ʾadāra) IV "(of a business, company, organization, etc) to run, to manage, to govern, to operate; to make turn, to rotate, to spin, to revolve, to whirl; to turn around". See دَارَ * (dāra) I "to turn, to revolve, to rotate"
93
the prime minister
رَئيس الوُزَراء
94
the Cabinet (council of ministers)
مَجْلِس الوُزَراء
95
the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
الإمارات العَرَبيّة المُتَّحِدة
96
advertising
الإِعْلان
From إِعْلَان * (ʾiʿlān) m "advertisement; announcement; publication". Verbal noun of أَعْلَنَ (ʾaʿlana) (form IV). "to reveal to the public, to publish, to publicize; to announce; to indicate; to summon". From the root ع ل ن (ʿ-l-n) "related to publicity".
97
company (business)
شَرِكة (شَرِكات)
98
meeting
اِجْتِمَاع (اِجْتِماعات)
99
conference
مُؤْتَمَر (مُؤْتَمَرات)
Noun of place in the form of the passive participle of اِئْتَمَرَ (iʾtamara, “to deliberate”), from the root ء م ر (ʾ-m-r) "related to commanding or instructing". Recall تَحت أَمْرَك "تَحت أَمْرَك" from Unit 12.
100
industry
الصِناعة
From صَنَعَ (ṣanaʿa, “to make, manufacture”), from the root ص ن ع (ṣ-n-ʿ) "related to building and designing". Cognate "arsenal" from Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa).
101
health
الصِحَّة
From the root ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ) "forms words relating to health and truth".
102
private
خاصّ
Also "special; particular; specific; designated; characteristic; distinguished; exclusive". Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ) "related to things being or becoming special"
103
different
مُخْتَلِف
Derived from the active participle of اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa, “to differ”), from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f) "Having to do with change, difference, or transition.". Compare خَلَفَ "to follow; to replace; to lag behind; to be detained".
104
life
حَياة (حَيَوات)
From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), related to Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”, also a man's name).
105
beginning
بِداية
106
the people (troop, band, tribe, nation)
الشَّعْب
From the root ش ع ب (š-ʿ-b). Compare شَعَبَ "to gather, unite; to mend; to disperse; to get separated; to leave one's people; to appear". Different root from Sabian (الصابئة).
107
worker
عامِل (عُمّال)
From ع م ل * (ʿ-m-l), "related to doing; related to working"
108
to begin
بَدَأ / يَبْدَأ
From the root ب د ء. Not to be confused with بَدَا * (badā) I "to seem, to appear" (root ب د و (b-d-w)), or ٱبْتَدَعُ "to originate" (root ب د ع).
109
to know
عَرَف / يَعْرِف
110
to ride (on)
رَكِب / يَرْكَب
111
until
حَتَّى
112
outside of
خارِج
113
but rather, instead
بَلْ
114
education, rearing, pupil
تَرْبِيَة
Also "progress; increase; pupil, foster child". Verbal noun of رَبَّى (rabbā, “to raise, to educate”), from the root ر ب و (r-b-w)
115
in the afternoon
ظُّهْرًا
116
generally
عُمُومًا
117
workshop
جَلْسَة عَمَل
118
session, sitting
جَلْسَة
119
station
مَحَطَّة
120
search; request; order; invite
طَلَبَ / يَطْلُبُ
121
visit (noun)
زِيارة (زِيارات)
122
cement
أَسْمَنْت
123
to clean
نَظَّف / يُنَظِّف
124
the future
المُسْتَقْبَل
Passive participle of the verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala, “to receive, meet, face”). From the root ق ب ل (q-b-l) "related to front or acceptance". Compare Unit 19 "to meet" (قابَل) and "to receive", Unit 13, 17 "before" (قَبْلَ)
125
tomorrow
غَداً
Adverb - adverbial accusative of غَد (ḡad, “morrow; tomorrow”, noun).
126
birthday
عيد ميلاد
127
holiday
عُطْلة (عُطَل)
From the root ع ط ل (ʿ-ṭ-l). "forms words related to being unoccupied". See عَطِلَ * (ʿaṭila) I "to lack; to be unemployed, to bt idle; to be unadorned"
128
study (noun)
دِراسة (دِرَاسَات)
129
exam
اِمْتِحان (اِمْتِحانات)
From the root م ح ن (m-ḥ-n). "related to experience, to try, to put to the test, to afflict"
130
plan
خِطّة (خِطَط)
Or "project, projected course". Also pronounced خُطَّة. From the root خ ط ط (ḵ-ṭ-ṭ). Compare خَطَّ * (ḵaṭṭa) I, non-past يَخُطُّ (yaḵuṭṭu) "to draw a line; to carve, inscribe". Different from root ق ط ع "Related to cut and separate".
131
to attend
حَضَر / يَحْضُر
From the root ح ض ر (ḥ-ḍ-r), "related to being present". Compare "lecture" (مُحاضَرة) from Unit 18, "certainly" (حاضِر) from Unit 11.
132
to hope
أَمَل / يَأْمُل
133
to ask
سَأَل / يَسْأَل
From the root س ء ل (s-ʾ-l) "related to asking", cognate with Hebrew שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “he asked”).
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