Tag Archives: Arabic vocabulary
Fisal’s Dictionary: طبع Posted by Fisal on Nov 25, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb طبع and explore some of its derivatives. * طـَبـَعَ [V. T.] = to print or copy something . Ex. – طـَـبَـعَ محمدٌ الكتابَ =…
Answer of word search Posted by aziza on Oct 31, 2011
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game presented in the previous post. بحر مياه شاطئ أسماك حوت قرش أخطبوط قاع دولفين أمواج Can you use any of these words in sentences of your own? You can share them in the comments section.
ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 15, 2011
ذو is a very interesting word in Arabic. It means ‘the owner of’, ‘one who has’ or ‘one with’. It is one of the ‘five nouns’ that are marked in Arabic by long vowels rather than short vowels, so the three cases of ذو are (ذو) nominative, (ذا) accusative and (ذي) genitive. Consider the following…
Fisal’s Dictionary: كتب Posted by Fisal on Jun 13, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb كتب and explore some of its derivatives. * كَتـَبَ [V. T.] = to write, e.g. Ali wrote a letter كتب علىٌ خطاباً * كَتـَبَ الكِتابَ = to write…
Fisal’s Dictionary : جمع Posted by Fisal on May 13, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb جمع and explore some of its derivatives. * جَمَعَ [V. T.] = to collect / to unite / to pile up / to add; e.g…
Word search geography Posted by aziza on Apr 29, 2011
In this post, I present a word search game of words relating to natural phenomena and geographic terminology. Try to find the words below in the word search grid: Land = أرض Sea = بحر Ocean = محيط Lake = بحيرة Mountain = جبل Valley = وادي Earthquake = زلزال Storm = عاصفة Rain =…
Fisal’s Dictionary : علم Posted by Fisal on Apr 24, 2011
Today, we are going to sail on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb علم and explore some of its derivatives. * عَلِمَ [v. T.] = (1) to know something; e.g.. عَلِمَ محمدٌ الخَبَر = Mohammad knew the news…