McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 2

Vocabulary

هذه

hādhihi — This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)

الكلمات

al-kalimāt — The words; plural of كلمة

الجديدة

al-jadīda — The new (feminine adjective)

والأصوات

wa-l-aṣwāt — And the sounds; plural of صوت

الأولية

al-awwalīya — The initial; primary or elementary

يمكن

yumkin — It is possible; can

دائمًا

dāʾiman — Always; at all times

إيجادها

ījāduhā — Finding them; locating them

في

fī — In; at; within (preposition)

مفردات

mufradāt — Vocabulary; individual words of a language

الدرس

al-dars — The lesson; a unit of study

الذي

alladhī — Which; that (masculine relative pronoun)

استُخدمت

ustukhdimat — Was used; passive past tense verb

فيه

fīhi — In it; therein (prepositional pronoun)

لأول

li-awwal — For the first (time); initially

مرة

marra — Time; once; an instance or occurrence

تتيح

tutīḥ — Allows; permits; makes available

خطة

khuṭṭa — Plan; scheme; organized approach

الكتاب

al-kitāb — The book; written text

للمعلم

lil-muʿallim — For the teacher; belonging to the teacher

اتباع

ittibāʿ — Following; adopting a method or approach

الطريقة

al-ṭarīqa — The method; the way; approach

الصوتية

al-ṣawtīya — The phonetic; relating to sounds

أو

aw — Or; alternatively (conjunction)

طريقة

ṭarīqa — Method; way; technique

الكلمة

al-kalima — The word; a single unit of language

الأبجدية

al-abjadīya — The alphabet; the alphabetic method

أي

ayy — Any; whichever; meaning 'that is'

مزيج

mazīj — Mixture; blend; combination of things

من

min — From; of (preposition)

الطرق

al-ṭuruq — The methods; ways; plural of طريق

تم

tamma — Was completed; it was done (past passive)

توفير

tawfīr — Providing; supplying; making available

رسوم

rusūm — Illustrations; drawings; fees or figures

توضيحية

tawḍīḥīya — Illustrative; explanatory; clarifying

أفضل

afḍal — Better; best; superior

النوعية

al-nawʿīya — The quality; type-related characteristic

بسخاء

bi-sakhāʾ — Generously; lavishly; with abundance

وسيتمكن

wa-sa-yatamakkan — And will be able to; will manage to

المعلم

al-muʿallim — The teacher; instructor; educator

الماهر

al-māhir — The skilled; the proficient; expert

الاستفادة

al-istifāda — Benefiting; making use of something

منها

minhā — From them (feminine); from it

استفادة

istifāda — Benefit; use gained from something

كبيرة

kabīra — Great; large; significant (feminine)

تمارين

tamārīn — Exercises; drills; practice activities

الخط

al-khaṭṭ — The handwriting; script; calligraphy

المنتشرة

al-muntashira — The spread; distributed throughout

جميع

jamīʿ — All; every; entirety of

أنحاء

anḥāʾ — Parts; regions; all corners of

وتمارين

wa-tamārīn — And exercises; and practice drills

اللوح

al-lawḥ — The board; slate; writing tablet

نهايته

nihāyatihi — Its end; the conclusion of it

كُتبت

kutibat — Was written; composed (passive past)

خصيصًا

khuṣīṣan — Specifically; especially; purposely

ونُقشت

wa-nuqishat — And was engraved; etched carefully

بعناية

bi-ʿināya — Carefully; with care and attention

لهذا

li-hādhā — For this; for this purpose

التمهيدي

al-tamhīdī — The introductory; the preliminary primer

ويمكن

wa-yumkin — And it is possible; and one can

استخدامها

istikhdāmuhā — Using them; employing them for a purpose

لتعليم

li-taʿlīm — For teaching; for the purpose of instruction

قراءة

qirāʾa — Reading; the act of reading

وكتمارين

wa-ka-tamārīn — And as exercises; serving as practice drills

لتعلم

li-taʿallum — For learning; in order to learn

الكتابة

al-kitāba — Writing; the act of writing

مع

maʿa — With; together with (preposition)

الثقة

al-thiqa — The trust; confidence; assurance

الكاملة

al-kāmila — The complete; full; total (feminine)

بأن

bi-anna — That; with the fact that (conjunction)

الجمهور

al-jumhūr — The public; the audience; general population

سيُقدّر

sa-yuqaddir — Will appreciate; will value highly

كتابًا

kitāban — A book; written publication (indefinite)

تمهيديًا

tamhīdīyan — Introductory; preliminary; preparatory

رخيصًا

rakhīṣan — Cheap; inexpensive; affordable

وجذابًا

wa-jadhdhāban — And attractive; appealing; engaging

هذا

hādhā — This (masculine demonstrative pronoun)

الطراز

al-ṭirāz — The style; type; design or model

لم

lam — Did not; negation of past tense

يدّخر

yaddakhir — Spares; withholds; saves effort

الناشرون

al-nāshirūn — The publishers; those who publish books

جهد

juhd — Effort; exertion; hard work

مصروف

maṣrūf — Spent; expended; expense or cost

لجعل

li-jaʿl — To make; in order to render something

مساويًا

musāwiyan — Equal; equivalent; comparable to something

حيث

ḥaythu — Where; whereby; in terms of

والورق

wa-l-waraq — And the paper; the paper quality

والرسوم

wa-l-rusūm — And the illustrations; drawings included

التوضيحية

al-tawḍīḥīya — The illustrative; explanatory diagrams

لأي

li-ayy — For any; compared to any

صدر

ṣadara — Was issued; published; came out

عن

ʿan — About; from; concerning (preposition)

مطبعتهم

maṭbaʿatihim — Their press; their printing house

رسم

rasm — Drawing; illustration; sketch

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative; explanatory; clarifying

قطة

qiṭṭa — A cat; female cat

تراقب

turāqib — Watches; observes; monitors closely

عثة

ʿuththa — A moth; small flying insect

الانتقائي

al-intiqāʾī — The eclectic; selective; choosing from various

الأول

al-awwal — The first; number one in order

أ

alif — Alif; first letter of Arabic alphabet

و

wāw — Waw; sixth letter; means 'and'

فأر

faʾr — A mouse; small rodent

ي

yāʾ — Yaa; twenty-eighth letter of Arabic alphabet

د

dāl — Dal; eighth letter of Arabic alphabet

ن

nūn — Nun; twenty-fifth letter of Arabic alphabet

ر

rāʾ — Ra; tenth letter of Arabic alphabet

ت

tāʾ — Ta; third letter of Arabic alphabet

وفأر

wa-faʾr — And a mouse; and the rodent