Baby Animals
Posted on 18. Jul, 2012 by Fisal in Arabic Language, art, Culture, Language, Pronunciation, Vocabulary
Baby Animals صــِـــغــــَــــــار الــحـــَـــيـــــوانـــَـــات
In today’s post, we are going to learn some names of baby animals in the Arabic language.
* The baby lion أســـَـــد is called a “cub شـــِــبــْـــل ”
* The baby horse حـِــصــَــان is called a “foal or colt مــُــهـــْـــر ”
* The baby donkey حــِــمــَـــار is called a “foal or colt جــَــحــْــش ”
* The baby of a dog كـَـلــْــب is called a “puppy جـَــرْو ”
* The baby of an elephant فـِــيـــل is called a “calf دعــْــفــَــل ”
* The baby bear دُ بّ is called a “cub دَيــْــســَــم ”
* The baby ostrich نَـعــَــامـَــة is called a “chick رَال ”
* The baby camel نــَــاقـــَــة / جــَــمــَــل is called a “calf حـَــوَار ”
* The baby sheep شــَـــاة is called a “lamb حــَــمــَــل ”
* The baby goat عــَــنــْــزَة is called a “kid or billy جــَــدْىْ ”
* The baby rabbit أرْنــَــبْ is a “bunny خــَــرْنــَــق ”
* The baby pig خـِــنــْــزيــر is a “piglet خــَـــنــُــوص ”
* The baby rat فــَــأر is a “pup دَرص ”
* The baby chicken دَجــَــاجــَـــة is called a “chick ثــَــقّ ”
* The baby fox ثــَــعــْــلَــب is called a “cub هــَــجــْــرَس ”
* The baby wolf ذِئــْــب is called a “pup غــَــلــْــو ”
* The baby cow بــَــقــَــرَة is a “calf عــِــجــْــل ”
* The baby falcon صــَــقــْــر is called a “chick هــَــيــْــث ”
* the baby eagle نــِــســْـــر is called an “eaglet هــَــيــْــثـــَـــم ”
* The baby deer غــزَالــَــة is called a “fawn رِيـــم ”
* The baby butterfly فــَـــرَاشــَـــة is called a “caterpillar يــَــرَقــَــة ”
* The baby pigeon حــَــمــَــامــَـــة is called a “squab جــَــوْزَل ”
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About Fisal
Well, I was born near the city of Rasheed or Rosetta. Yes, the city where the Rosetta Stone was discovered. It is a small city on the north of Egypt where the Nile meets the Mediterranean. I am a Teacher of EFL. I got my BA in Education from Alexandria University Majoring in the English Language in 1999. I did some advanced studies and got a Professional Diploma in Education Technology in 2002. Then, in 2003 I got a Special Diploma in Education with a major in Curricula and Methodologies. I travelled for an Advanced Training Course at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, U.K. in 2006. In 2007 - 2008 I was a Fulbright Fellow - Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (FLTA Program) at Marlboro College, Vermont, USA. I have the ICDL Certificate.3 Responses to “Baby Animals”
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Hello,
Very interesting. I wonder if there is also a word for a baby cat or kitten.
Thanks,
Salam,
Juan.
Hi Juan,
Of course, there is a word for a baby cat or kitten in Arabic. (he) cat is قـِـطـّ /qitt/ or هـِـرّ /Hirr/ and (she) cat is قـِـطـّـة /qittah/ or هـِـرّة /Hirrah/ while a baby cat or kitten is قـُـطـَـيـْـطـَـة /qutaytah/ or هـُـرَيـْـرَة /Hurayrah/. The name of a baby cat follows a grammatical rule for (smallizing) Arabic nouns (The Tasgheer rule قاعدة التصغير). This rule can also be used to redicule people or satiring them. There is a famous religious figure in Islam who was nicknamed Abo-Hurayrah أبو هـُـرَيـْـرَة because he always carried a small cat or kitten in his sleeve.
Best
Fisal
Shukran ya Fisal!!
Very interesting the rule for dininutives.
Salam,
Juan