Arabic Vocabulary Review: Page 1-2

Vocabulary flashcards drawn from the two-page lecture notes, covering key Arabic terms, their dialect contexts, and common English equivalents.

الفصحى

Modern Standard Arabic; formal Arabic used in writing and education.

الغداء

Lunch.

مُفضّلة

Favorite (feminine form).

فَطَرَ، يَفطر، الفُطور

To eat breakfast; breakfast (noun and verb forms).

نادي (ناد) ج. نوادي (نواد)

Club (e.g., sports or social club).

المعنى

The meaning.

الشامي

Levantine/Shami dialect.

المصري

Egyptian dialect.

طلع، يطلع من

To go out from; to leave (a place).

ينزل في

To stay in at (a place) or to stay at (a location).

نَزَلَ، يَنْزِل، النزول من، في

To descend or go down; descent from, in.

نزل، ينزل بـ

To stay at/with someone or to go down with (context-dependent).

نصف

Half.

موضوع ج. -ات ، مواضيع

Subject; topic; themes.

أَيْقَظَ، يوقظ

To wake someone up.

فَيْق، يفيق

To wake up; to become awake.

صَحْی (صحیت)

Wakefulness or consciousness (state of being awake).

يصحي

To wake someone up (alternate form).

lunch

Lunch (English loanword used in context).

favorite

Favorite (English loanword used in context).

to eat breakfast

To eat breakfast (verb phrase).

club (e.g., sports, social)

Club; organization for sports or social activities.

to leave (the house)

To leave the house or residence.

to stay (in a hotel)

To stay in or at a hotel.

half

Half.

subject

Subject; topic.

to wake (someone) up

To wake someone up.

آخر

Other; another (masculine).

أخرى

Other (feminine).

آخرون

Others.

ثاني/ة

Second (masculine/feminine).

تاني/ة

Second (colloquial/dialectal).

أو

Or.

بَدَأَ، يبدأ، البدء

To begin; to start (present form and infinitive).

بدا، يبدا

He began; he starts.

بدأ، يبدأ

Past tense and present tense forms of begin/start.

برنامج ج. برامج

Program(s).

بعض

Some (of).

ثُمَّ

Then.

بعدين

Then; later.

جريدة ج. جرائد

Newspaper.

جرائد

Newspapers.

جَلَسَ، يَجْلُس، الجُلوس

To sit; sitting.

حوالي

Around; approximately.

خَرَجَ من

To leave from.

خَرَج، يُخرج

To go out; to bring out.

خاصة

Special; private; particular.

دَخَنَ، يُدَخِّن، التَّدخين

To smoke; smoking (noun).

دَخَّن، يدخن

Smoked; he smokes.

سادسة

Sixth.

الشَّطَرَنج

Chess.

قعد، يقعد، القعدة

To sit; sitting.

بعد ذلك

Then; after that.

عَين ج. عُيون

Eye; eyes.

رجع، يرجع

To return; to go back.

عاد الى، يعود الى، العودة الى

To return to; to go back to.

استَطاعَ، يَسْتَطيع

To be able to; can.

قدر، يقدر

To be able to; can (past/present).

الظهر

Noon.

بعد الظهر

Afternoon.

الظُّهْر

Noon; daytime.

بعد الظُّهْر

Afternoon (after noon).

العشاء

Dinner.

العالم

The world.

العشا

Dinner (colloquial/dialectal).