The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse — Page 2

Vocabulary

كانت

kānat — She/it was (feminine past tense of 'to be')

هناك

hunāk — There, over there, there is/are

ممرات

mamarrāt — Passages, corridors, pathways (plural)

رملية

ramliyya — Sandy, made of or relating to sand

طويلة

ṭawīla — Long, tall (feminine adjective)

جداً

jiddan — Very, extremely (intensifier adverb)

تؤدي

tuʾaddī — Leads to, performs, carries out (feminine verb)

إلى

ilā — To, toward, until (preposition)

غرف

ghuraf — Rooms (plural of غرفة)

التخزين

at-takhzīn — Storage, storing, warehousing

وأقبية

wa-aqbiya — And cellars, and vaults (plural of قبو)

الجوز

al-jawz — Walnuts, a type of tree nut

البذور

al-budhūr — Seeds (plural of بذرة)

كلها

kulluhā — All of it/them (feminine pronoun suffix)

بين

bayna — Between, among (preposition)

جذور

judhūr — Roots (plural of جذر)

السياج

as-siyāj — The fence, hedge, enclosure

رسم

rasm — Drawing, illustration, sketch

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, descriptive (adjective)

في

fī — In, at, within (preposition)

المخزن

al-makhzan — The storeroom, storage place, warehouse

السرير

as-sarīr — The bed, sleeping furniture

كان

kāna — He/it was (masculine past tense of 'to be')

مطبخ

maṭbakh — Kitchen, place for cooking food

وغرفة

wa-ghurfa — And a room (combined conjunction and noun)

جلوس

julūs — Sitting, a sitting room (verbal noun)

ومخزن

wa-makhzan — And a storeroom, and a storage place

وخزانة

wa-khizāna — And a cupboard, and a wardrobe

طعام

ṭaʿām — Food, meal, nourishment

وكان

wa-kāna — And it/he was (conjunction plus past verb)

أيضاً

ayḍan — Also, too, as well (adverb)

غرفة

ghurfa — Room, chamber in a building

نوم

nawm — Sleep, bedroom (verbal noun of sleeping)

السيدة

as-sayyida — The lady, the Mrs., the madam

حيث

ḥaythu — Where, wherever (relative adverb of place)

تنام

tanām — She sleeps, she goes to sleep

سرير

sarīr — Bed, a piece of sleeping furniture

صغير

ṣaghīr — Small, little, young (adjective)

على

ʿalā — On, upon, over (preposition)

شكل

shakl — Shape, form, appearance

صندوق

ṣundūq — Box, chest, container

فأرة

faʾara — A mouse, small rodent (feminine)

مرتبة

murattaba — Tidy, organized, well-ordered (feminine adjective)

ودقيقة

wa-daqīqa — And precise, and meticulous, and detailed

للغاية

lil-ghāya — Extremely, to the utmost degree

تكنس

taknus — She sweeps (floors), she brushes clean

وتنفض

wa-tanfuḍ — And she dusts, and she shakes off dust

الغبار

al-ghubār — The dust, fine particles of dirt

عن

ʿan — From, about, away from (preposition)

الأرضيات

al-arḍiyyāt — The floors, the flooring surfaces (plural)

الناعمة

an-nāʿima — The soft, the smooth (feminine adjective)

دائماً

dāʾiman — Always, at all times, constantly

الخنفساء

al-khunfusāʾ — The beetle, a type of insect

أحياناً

aḥyānan — Sometimes, occasionally, at times

يضل

yaḍill — He gets lost, he loses his way

طريقه

ṭarīqahu — His way, his path, his road

الممرات

al-mamarrāt — The passages, the corridors (definite plural)

اخرج

ukhruj — Get out! Leave! (imperative masculine command)

أيتها

ayyatuhā — O you (feminine vocative particle address)

الأقدام

al-aqdām — The feet, the paws (plural of قدم)

الصغيرة

aṣ-ṣaghīra — The small, the little (feminine definite adjective)

القذرة

al-qadhira — The dirty, the filthy (feminine definite adjective)

قالت

qālat — She said, she spoke (feminine past verb)

وهي

wa-hiya — While she, and she (pronoun with conjunction)

بمجرفة

bi-mijrafa — With a shovel, using a small shovel

طرد

ṭarada — He expelled, he drove out, he chased away

خنفساء

khunfusāʾ — A beetle, a small hard-shelled insect

دعسوقة

duʿsūqa — Ladybug, ladybird (a spotted beetle insect)

وفي

wa-fī — And in, and at (conjunction plus preposition)

يوم

yawm — Day, a single calendar day

ما

mā — What, that, some (relative/interrogative particle)

ركضت

rakaḍat — She ran, she sprinted (feminine past verb)

امرأة

imraʾa — A woman, a female adult person

عجوز

ʿajūz — Old woman, elderly person (adjective/noun)

ذهاباً

dhahāban — Going, in the direction of going forward

وإياباً

wa-iyāban — And returning, back and forth (combined)

ترتدي

tartadī — She wears, she puts on (clothing verb)

عباءة

ʿabāʾa — Cloak, long outer garment, abaya robe

حمراء

ḥamrāʾ — Red (feminine adjective, color)

منقطة

munaqquṭa — Spotted, dotted, having spots (feminine adjective)

بيتك

baytuki — Your house, your home (feminine possessive)

يحترق

yaḥtariq — It is burning, it is on fire

يا

yā — O, hey (vocative particle for address)

أم

umm — Mother, mom (also used as 'mother of')

الدعسوقة

ad-duʿsūqa — The ladybug, the ladybird insect

طيري

ṭīrī — Fly! (feminine imperative command to fly)

المنزل

al-manzil — The home, the house, the dwelling

عند

ʿinda — At, near, with, by (preposition of location)

أطفالك

aṭfāluki — Your children (feminine possessive plural noun)

آخر

ākhar — Another, other, last (adjective)

دخل

dakhala — He entered, he came in (past verb)

عنكبوت

ʿankabūt — Spider, a web-spinning arachnid

كبير

kabīr — Big, large, great (adjective)

سمين

samīn — Fat, plump, chubby (adjective)

ليحتمي

li-yaḥtamī — To seek shelter, to protect himself from

من

min — From, of, some of (preposition)

المطر

al-maṭar — The rain, rainfall, precipitation

عفواً

ʿafwan — Excuse me, pardon me, you're welcome

أليس

a-laysa — Is it not? Isn't this? (negative interrogative)

هذا

hādhā — This (masculine demonstrative pronoun)

منزل

manzil — House, home, dwelling, residence

الآنسة

al-ānisa — Miss, young unmarried woman (title)

اذهب

idhhab — Go away! Leave! (masculine imperative command)

بعيداً

baʿīdan — Far away, at a distance (adverb)

أيها

ayyuhā — O you (masculine vocative particle address)

الوقح

al-waqiḥ — The impudent, the insolent, the shameless one

الشرير

ash-sharīr — The evil one, the wicked, the villain

تتركُ

tatruku — You leave behind, you abandon (present verb)

بقايا

baqāyā — Remains, leftovers, remnants (plural noun)

نسيج

nasīj — Web, fabric, tissue, woven material

كل

kull — Every, all, each (quantifier)

مكان

makān — Place, location, spot, area

منزلي

manzilī — My house, my home (first person possessive)

الجميل

al-jamīl — The beautiful, the lovely (masculine adjective)

النظيف

an-naẓīf — The clean, the tidy (masculine definite adjective)

خارج

khārij — Outside, out, exterior

النافذة

an-nāfidha — The window (feminine definite noun)

دفعت

dafaʿat — She pushed, she thrust out (feminine past verb)

خارجاً

khārijan — Outward, outside (adverbial form)

نزل

nazala — He descended, he came down (past verb)

طول

ṭūl — Length, height, along the length of

بواسطة

bi-wāsiṭat — By means of, using, through, via

خيط

khayṭ — Thread, string, thin filament

رفيع

rafīʿ — Thin, fine, slender (adjective)

مضت

maḍat — She went, she continued on her way

طريقها

ṭarīqahā — Her way, her path, her route

تخزين

takhzīn — Storing, storage, stockpiling (verbal noun)

بعيدة

baʿīda — Far, distant, faraway (feminine adjective)

لتجلب

li-tajliba — In order to bring, to fetch (purpose clause)

نوى

nawā — Pits, stones of fruit (plural of نواة)

الكرز

al-karaz — The cherries, cherry fruit

وبذور

wa-budhūr — And seeds (conjunction plus plural noun)

الشوك

ash-shawk — The thorns, prickles, thistles (collective noun)

لتناول

li-tanāwul — For eating, for having (a meal)

العشاء

al-ʿashāʾ — Dinner, supper, the evening meal

شمّت

shammat — She sniffed, she smelled (feminine past verb)

طوال

ṭawāl — Throughout, all along, the entire length of

الممر

al-mamarr — The passage, the corridor, the pathway

ونظرت

wa-naẓarat — And she looked, and she gazed around

الأرض

al-arḍ — The ground, the earth, the floor

أشمّ

ashumm — I smell, I sniff, I detect a scent

رائحة

rāʾiḥa — Smell, scent, odor, aroma

عسل

ʿasal — Honey, the sweet bee-produced substance

هل

hal — Is it? Does? (yes/no question particle)

هي

hiya — She, it (third person feminine pronoun)

زهور

zuhūr — Flowers, blossoms (plural of زهرة)

الخارج

al-khārij — The outside, the exterior, outdoors