McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 8

Vocabulary

اصطدمت

iṣṭadamat — She/it collided or crashed into something.

السفينة

as-safīna — The ship; a large sea vessel.

بصخرة

bi-ṣakhra — Into/against a rock or boulder.

خمسة

khamsa — The number five.

رجال

rijāl — Men; plural of man.

على

ʿalā — On, upon, or over something.

متن

matn — On board; the body or deck of a vessel.

إذا

idhā — If or when; introduces a conditional clause.

لم

lam — Did not; negates past tense verbs.

يستطع

yastaṭiʿ — Be able to; can (subjunctive/jussive form).

القارب

al-qārib — The small boat or rowboat.

الوصول

al-wuṣūl — The arrival or reaching a destination.

إليهم

ilayhim — To them; toward them.

فسوف

fa-sawfa — Then they will; introduces future consequence.

يغرقون

yaghraqūn — They will drown or sink.

في

fī — In, inside, or within something.

شجعان

shujʿān — Brave ones; plural of brave person.

سيُنقذون

sa-yunqadhūn — They will be rescued or saved.

الرجال

ar-rijāl — The men; definite plural of man.

الخمسة

al-khamsa — The five; definite form of five.

الدرس

ad-dars — The lesson; a unit of study.

الخامس

al-khāmis — The fifth; ordinal number five.

والعشرون

wal-ʿishrūn — And twenty; used in compound numbers.

مراجعة

murājaʿa — Review or revision of studied material.

تعالوا

taʿālaw — Come here; plural imperative to come.

يا

yā — O or hey; vocative particle for address.

أولاد

awlād — Boys or children; plural of child.

وأطعموا

wa-aṭʿimū — And feed; imperative plural to feed.

الأبقار

al-abqār — The cows; plural of cow.

لقد

laqad — Indeed; particle emphasizing completed action.

غربت

gharabat — It set; the sun has set.

الشمس

ash-shams — The sun; the star of our solar system.

وهي

wa-hiya — And she/it is; connective pronoun.

الحظيرة

al-ḥaẓīra — The barn or animal pen.

علّقت

ʿallaqat — She hung or attached something onto something.

جرساً

jaraṣan — A bell; a ringing device.

رقبة

raqaba — Neck; the part connecting head to body.

قطتها

qiṭṭatihā — Her cat; possessive form of female cat.

الأليفة

al-alīfa — The tame or domestic pet animal.

يوم

yawm — Day; a 24-hour period.

حار

ḥārr — Hot; having a high temperature.

جلست

jalsat — She sat down; past tense of sit.

العشب

al-ʿushb — The grass; green ground cover plant.

ظل

ẓill — Shade or shadow; cool area from obstruction.

شجرة

shajara — A tree; large woody perennial plant.

كبيرة

kabīra — Large or big; feminine adjective of size.

يحبّان

yuḥibbān — They both love; dual present tense verb.

أن

an — To; subordinating particle before verb infinitive.

يهزّا

yahuzzā — They both shake or rock something.

دُمَاهما

dumāhumā — Their two dolls; dual possessive form.

ويغنّيا

wa-yughanniyā — And they both sing together.

لهما

lahumā — To them both; dual indirect object pronoun.

الشجعان

ash-shujʿān — The brave ones; definite plural of brave.

قاربنا

qārabnā — Our boat; possessive first person plural.

طريقهم

ṭarīqahum — Their way or path; possessive form.

إلى

ilā — To or toward; preposition of direction.

سينقذون

sa-yunqidhūn — They will rescue or save someone.

إن

in — If; conditional particle in Arabic grammar.

استطاعوا

istaṭāʿū — They were able to; past tense plural.

لن

lan — Will not; negates future tense verbs.

يدعوهم

yadʿūhum — They leave them; let them be abandoned.

أيّ

ayyu — Which or what; interrogative adjective.

طائر

ṭāʾir — A bird; a winged flying creature.

يملك

yamliku — He owns or possesses something.

عيوناً

ʿuyūnan — Eyes; plural indefinite form of eye.

البومة

al-būma — The owl; a nocturnal bird of prey.

هل

hal — Do/does/is; yes-no question particle.

تستطيع

tastaṭīʿ — She/you can or is able to.

الرؤية

ar-ruʾya — The vision or act of seeing.

الليل

al-layl — The night; the dark hours after sunset.

نعم

naʿam — Yes; affirmative response particle.

تُبصر

tubṣiru — She sees or perceives visually.

بشكل

bi-shakl — In a manner or form of something.

أفضل

afḍal — Better; comparative adjective of good.

السادس

as-sādis — The sixth; ordinal number six.

سقوط

suqūṭ — Falling or a fall; downward motion.

جليد

jalīd — Ice; frozen water.

زلّاجات

zallājāt — Skates; bladed shoes for ice skating.

يبكي

yabkī — He cries or weeps.

مع

maʿa — With; preposition indicating accompaniment.

كان

kāna — He was; past tense of to be.

حجر

ḥajar — A stone or rock.

فعل

faʿala — He did or performed an action.

زل

zalla — He slipped or stumbled.

رسم

rasm — Drawing or illustration; a picture.

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative or explanatory; relating to illustration.

أطفال

aṭfāl — Children; plural of child.

يتزلجون

yatazalajūn — They are ice skating or sliding.

بركة

burka — A pond or small body of water.

الشتاء

ash-shitāʾ — The winter season.

الأولاد

al-awlād — The boys or children; definite plural.

الجليد

al-jalīd — The ice; frozen water surface.

بزلّاجاتهم

bi-zallājātihim — With their skates; using their ice skates.

يوجد

yūjad — There is or there exists something.

يرَه

yarahu — He sees him/it; third person singular.

أحد

aḥad — Anyone or someone; indefinite pronoun.

فسقط

fa-saqaṭa — So he fell; consecutive past tense action.

لكنه

lākinnahū — But he; contrastive conjunction with pronoun.

ولد

walad — A boy or young male child.

شجاع

shujāʿ — Brave or courageous; describing a bold person.

ولن

wa-lan — And will not; future negation conjunction.

منشرة

manshara — A sawmill; a place for cutting lumber.

قرب

qurb — Near or close to something.

نهر

nahr — A river; a flowing body of water.

بلدة

balda — A small town or village.

وتلة

wa-talla — And a hill; small elevated landform.

الخلفية

al-khalfiyya — The background; the rear area of a scene.

طفلان

ṭiflān — Two children; dual form of child.

يلعبان

yalʿabān — They both play; dual present tense verb.

النهر

an-nahr — The river; definite form of river.

المقدمة

al-muqaddima — The foreground or introduction; front of scene.

السابع

as-sābiʿ — The seventh; ordinal number seven.

انظر

unẓur — Look or see; singular imperative verb.

اذهب

idhhab — Go; singular masculine imperative of go.

هنا

hunā — Here; indicating a nearby location.

كل

kull — Every or all; a universal quantifier.

عجلة

ʿajala — A wheel or a bicycle.

طاحونة

ṭāḥūna — A mill; a grain or water mill.

مستدير

mustadīr — Round or circular in shape.

و

wa — And; basic coordinating conjunction.

هناك

hunāk — There; indicating a distant location.

بجانب

bi-jānib — Beside or next to something.

الطاحونة

aṭ-ṭāḥūna — The mill; definite form of mill.