The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 1

Vocabulary

أنتجه

antajahu — He produced it; brought it into existence

وفريق

wa-farīq — And a team; group working together

المراجعة

al-murājaʿa — The review or revision of a text

اللغوية

al-lughawiyya — Linguistic; relating to language study

الموزع

al-muwazziʿ — The distributor; one who spreads or shares content

عبر

ʿabra — Via; through; across a medium or space

الإنترنت

al-intarnit — The Internet; global computer network

التابع

al-tābiʿ — The affiliated or subordinate entity

لمشروع

li-mashrūʿ — For a project; belonging to an initiative

حكاية

ḥikāya — A tale or story; narrative account

السنجاب

al-sinjāb — The squirrel; small bushy-tailed rodent

بقلم

bi-qalam — By the pen of; written by an author

مؤلفة

muʾallifa — Female author; woman who wrote a work

الأرنب

al-arnab — The rabbit; small long-eared mammal

وشركاه

wa-shurakāhu — And his partners; and company (business term)

طُبع

ṭubiʿa — Was printed; past passive of to print

وجُلِّد

wa-jullida — And was bound; past passive of to bind a book

في

fī — In; inside; a common preposition of place

بريطانيا

brīṭāniyā — Britain; the island nation in northwestern Europe

العظمى

al-ʿuẓmā — The Great; superlative feminine adjective

بواسطة

bi-wāsiṭat — By means of; through the agency of

المحدودة

al-maḥdūda — Limited; restricted (used in company names)

ولندن

wa-landan — And London; capital city of the United Kingdom

قصة

qiṣṣa — A story; a short narrative or tale

هذه

hādhihi — This; feminine demonstrative pronoun

عن

ʿan — About; concerning; away from

ذيل

dhayl — A tail; the rear appendage of an animal

كان

kāna — Was; past tense of the verb to be

يخص

yakhuṣṣu — Belongs to; is specific to someone

سنجاباً

sinjāban — A squirrel; indefinite accusative form

أحمر

aḥmar — Red; the color red

صغيراً

ṣaghīran — Small; little; of modest size

اسمه

ismuhu — His name is; possessive name construction

له

lahu — He has; for him; possessive preposition

أخ

akh — A brother; male sibling

يُدعى

yudʿā — Is called; is named; passive verb form

وعدد

wa-ʿadad — And a number of; a quantity of things

كبير

kabīr — Large; big; great in size or number

من

min — From; of; a common preposition

أبناء

abnāʾ — Sons; children; plural of son

العمومة

al-ʿumūma — Cousinhood; paternal uncle's side of family

وكانوا

wa-kānū — And they were; past tense plural form

يعيشون

yaʿīshūn — They live; they dwell in a place

غابة

ghāba — A forest; a dense wooded area

على

ʿalā — On; upon; a common preposition

حافة

ḥāffa — An edge; a rim or border of something

بحيرة

buḥayra — A lake; a large inland body of water

وسط

wasaṭ — Middle; center; the interior of something

البحيرة

al-buḥayra — The lake; definite form of lake

توجد

tūjad — There exists; is found; is located there

جزيرة

jazīra — An island; land surrounded by water

مكسوة

maksuwwa — Covered; clothed; draped with something

بالأشجار

bil-ashjār — With trees; covered by trees

وأدغال

wa-adghāl — And thickets; dense overgrown bushes

المكسرات

al-mukassarāt — Nuts; hard-shelled edible seeds

وبين

wa-bayna — And among; and between those things

تلك

tilka — Those; feminine demonstrative pronoun

الأشجار

al-ashjār — The trees; plural of tree

تقف

taqifu — Stands; is standing upright

شجرة

shajara — A tree; a large woody plant

بلوط

ballūṭ — Oak; a type of hardwood tree

مجوفة

mujawwafa — Hollow; having an empty space inside

وهي

wa-hiya — And it is; and she is; conjunction

منزل

manzil — A house; a home; a dwelling place

بومة

būma — An owl; a nocturnal bird of prey

تُدعى

tudʿā — Is called; is named; feminine passive form

العجوز

al-ʿajūz — The old one; elderly person or creature

أحد

aḥad — One; one of; a certain day or thing

فصول

fuṣūl — Seasons; chapters; plural of season or chapter

الخريف

al-kharīf — Autumn; the fall season of the year

حين

ḥīna — When; at the time that something happens

نضجت

naḍajat — Ripened; matured; became ripe

وأصبحت

wa-aṣbaḥat — And became; transitioned into a new state

أوراق

awrāq — Leaves; papers; plural of leaf or paper

أدغال

adghāl — Thickets; dense bushes and undergrowth

البندق

al-bunduq — Hazel; hazelnut shrub or its nuts

ذهبية

dhahabiyya — Golden; of a golden yellow color

وخضراء

wa-khaḍrāʾ — And green; feminine adjective for green color

خرج

kharaja — He went out; he exited a place

وسائر

wa-sāʾir — And the rest of; all the remaining ones

السناجب

al-sanājib — The squirrels; plural of squirrel

الصغيرة

al-ṣaghīra — The small ones; feminine plural adjective

الغابة

al-ghāba — The forest; definite form of forest

ونزلوا

wa-nazalū — And they went down; descended to water

إلى

ilā — To; toward; a directional preposition

صنعوا

ṣanaʿū — They made; they crafted or constructed something

أطواقاً

aṭwāqan — Rafts; circular frames or floating structures

صغيرة

ṣaghīra — Small; little; of small size

الأغصان

al-aghṣān — The branches; twigs of a tree

وجدّفوا

wa-jaddafū — And they rowed; paddled across the water

فوق

fawqa — Above; over; on top of something

الماء

al-māʾ — The water; liquid essential for life

باتجاه

bi-ttijāh — In the direction of; toward something

البومة

al-būma — The owl; definite form of owl

لجمع

li-jamʿ — To collect; for the purpose of gathering

لكل

li-kulli — For each; for every one of them

سنجاب

sinjāb — A squirrel; small tree-climbing rodent

كيس

kīs — A bag; a sack for carrying things

ومجداف

wa-mijdāf — And an oar; a paddle for rowing

وكان

wa-kāna — And he was; past tense with conjunction

ينشر

yanshuру — Spreads; unfurls; opens something out wide

شراعاً

shirāʿan — A sail; cloth catching wind to propel boat

أخذوا

akhadhū — They took; they carried something with them

معهم

maʿahum — With them; accompanying them

أيضاً

ayḍan — Also; too; in addition to something else

هدية

hadiyya — A gift; a present given to someone

ثلاثة

thalātha — Three; the number 3

فئران

fiʾrān — Mice; rats; plural of mouse or rat

سمينة

samīna — Fat; plump; describing well-fed creatures

تقدمةً

taqdimatан — As an offering; a gift presented formally

ووضعوها

wa-waḍaʿūhā — And they placed it; set it down somewhere

عتبة

ʿatabа — A doorstep; the threshold of a door

بابه

bābihi — His door; the entrance to his dwelling