The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 6

Vocabulary

رسم

rasm — Drawing, sketch, or illustration of something

توضيحي

tawdīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, serving to clarify something

وبعد

wa-baʿda — And after, conjunction indicating sequence of events

لحظة

laḥẓa — A moment, a very brief period of time

انبعثت

inbaʿathat — Arose, emanated, was emitted from a source

أصوات

aṣwāt — Sounds, voices, plural of ṣawt

مرعبة

murʿiba — Terrifying, frightening, causing great fear

للغاية

lil-ghāya — Extremely, to the utmost degree, very much

نباح

nibāḥ — Barking sound made by a dog

عواء

ʿuwāʾ — Howling sound made by dogs or wolves

زمجرة

zamjara — Growling, snarling sound made by an animal

صراخ

ṣurākh — Screaming, shouting, loud cries of alarm

حاد

ḥādd — Sharp, shrill, acute in sound or edge

أنين

anīn — Moaning, groaning sound expressing pain or distress

يُرَ

yura — Was seen, passive form of to see

ذلك

dhālika — That, demonstrative pronoun referring to distant thing

الرجل

ar-rajul — The man, adult male person

ذو

dhū — Possessor of, having, owner of a quality

اللحية

al-liḥya — The beard, facial hair grown on the chin

بعد

baʿd — After, later, subsequent in time or order

أبداً

abadan — Never, ever, at no point in time

فتح

ftaḥa — Opened, to open something such as a door

في الحال

fī l-ḥāl — Immediately, at once, without any delay

باب

bāb — Door, gate, entrance to a building or room

الحظيرة

al-ḥaẓīra — The pen, enclosure or yard for animals

وأطلق سراح

wa-aṭlaqa sarāḥa — And released, set free from confinement

لسوء الحظ

li-sūʾ al-ḥaẓẓ — Unfortunately, sadly, due to bad luck

اندفع

indafaʿa — Rushed, charged forward with force and speed

الجراء

al-jirāʾ — The puppies, young dogs, plural of jarw

إلى الداخل

ilā d-dākhil — To the inside, inward, toward the interior

والتهموا

wal-tahamū — And they devoured, ate greedily and completely

كل

kull — All, every, the entirety of something

البيض

al-bayḍ — The eggs, oval objects laid by birds

قبل

qabla — Before, prior to in time or sequence

يتمكن

yatamakkan — To be able, to manage to do something

إيقافهم

īqāfihim — Stopping them, halting their action or movement

أذنه

udhunuh — His ear, the organ of hearing on head

أثر عضة

athar ʿaḍḍa — A bite mark, wound left from biting

كلاهما

kilāhumā — Both of them, referring to two things together

يعرجان

yaʿrujān — They were limping, walking with difficulty due to injury

رُدَّت

ruddat — She was returned, brought back to a place

تبكي

tabkī — She cries, weeps, sheds tears from sadness

بسبب

bi-sabab — Because of, due to, on account of

البيضات

al-bayḍāt — The eggs, plural form referring to specific eggs

وضعت

waḍaʿat — She laid, placed, put down as eggs

مزيداً

mazīdan — More, an additional amount of something

يونيو

yūnyū — June, the sixth month of the year

وأُذن لها

wa-udhina lahā — And she was permitted, given permission or leave

بالاحتفاظ

bil-iḥtifāẓ — To keep, retain, hold onto something for oneself

بها بنفسها

bihā bi-nafsihā — With them herself, personally keeping them alone

أربعاً

arbaʿan — Four, the cardinal number four

منها

minhā — Of them, from them, out of that group

فحسب

faḥasb — Only, merely, just that and nothing more

أعصابها

aʿṣābuhā — Her nerves, nervous system or emotional composure

رديئة

radīʾa — Poor, bad in quality, defective or inferior