The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 3

Vocabulary

وسرعان

wa-sur'ān — and soon, and quickly (conjunction of immediacy)

ما

mā — what; a particle used in various grammatical functions

تصاعد

tașā'ada — rose up, ascended (smoke or tension increasing)

خيطٌ

khayṭun — a thread, a thin line or wisp

رفيع

rafī' — thin, slender, fine in texture

من

min — from, of (common preposition)

الدخان

al-dukhān — the smoke

الأزرق

al-azraq — the blue (color)

نار

nār — fire, flame

الحطب

al-ḥaṭab — firewood, wood used for burning

قمة

qimma — top, peak, summit of something

الشجرة

al-shajara — the tree

فنظر

fa-naẓara — so he looked, then he gazed

ثقب

thaqb — hole, small opening or aperture

المفتاح

al-miftāḥ — the key (for a lock)

وغنّى

wa-ghannā — and he sang, performed a song

بيتٌ

baytun — a house, a home

مليء

malī' — full of, filled with something

وثقبٌ

wa-thaqbun — and a hole, and an opening

ولا

wa-lā — and not, nor (negation conjunction)

تستطيع

tastaṭī' — you/she can, is able to do something

أن

an — to, that (subordinating conjunction before verb)

تجمع

tajma' — you gather, collect, or assemble things

وعاءً

wi'ā'an — a container, vessel, or receptacle

مليئاً

malī'an — full, filled (accusative form of مليء)

بحثت

baḥathat — she searched, looked for something carefully

السناجب

al-sanājib — the squirrels (plural of سنجاب)

عن

'an — about, for, in search of (preposition)

المكسرات

al-mukassarāt — nuts, crushed or shelled edible seeds

في

fī — in, at, within (preposition of location)

أرجاء

arjā' — corners, all parts, every area of a place

الجزيرة

al-jazīra — the island

كلها

kulluhā — all of it, entirely, the whole of it

وملأت

wa-mala'at — and she filled (something up completely)

أكياسها

akyāsuhā — her bags, her small sacks

الصغيرة

al-ṣaghīra — the small, the little one

لكن

lākin — but, however (contrastive conjunction)

جمع

jama'a — he collected, gathered things together

تفاح

tuffāḥ — apples (collective noun)

البلوط

al-ballūṭ — the oak (tree or its acorns)

الأصفر

al-aṣfar — the yellow (color)

والقرمزي

wal-qirmizī — and the crimson, and the scarlet red color

وجلس

wa-jalasa — and he sat down

على

'alā — on, upon (preposition of surface/position)

جذع

jidh' — trunk of a tree or stump

شجرة

shajara — a tree

الزان

al-zān — the beech tree (type of forest tree)

يلعب

yal'ab — he plays, engages in play or a game

بالرخام

bil-rakhām — with marbles, with the marble stones

ويراقب

wa-yurāqib — and he watches, observes, monitors carefully

باب

bāb — door, gate, entrance

السيد

al-sayyid — the mister, the gentleman, the lord

العجوز

al-'ajūz — the old one, the elderly person

اليوم

al-yawm — the day; today

الثالث

al-thālith — the third (ordinal number)

استيقظت

istayqaẓat — she woke up, arose from sleep

مبكرةً

mubakkiran — early, ahead of the usual time

جداً

jiddan — very, extremely (adverb of degree)

وذهبت

wa-dhahabat — and she went, departed to a place

للصيد

liṣ-ṣayd — for fishing/hunting, to catch prey

فاصطادت

fa-ṣṭādat — so she caught, managed to fish/hunt successfully

سبعة

sab'a — seven (cardinal number)

أسماك

asmāk — fish (plural of سمكة)

صغيرة

ṣaghīra — small, little, of small size

سمينة

samīna — fat, plump, well-fed

هديةً

hadiyyatan — a gift, a present given to someone

للسيد

lis-sayyid — for the mister, for the gentleman

جدّفوا

jaddafū — they rowed, paddled a boat with oars

عبر

'abra — across, through, over (preposition of traversal)

البحيرة

al-buḥayra — the lake, a body of inland water

ورسوا

wa-rasū — and they anchored, moored their boat

تحت

taḥta — under, beneath, below something

كستناء

kastanā' — chestnut tree or its nuts

ملتوية

multawiya — twisted, winding, bent in shape

جزيرة

jazīra — an island, land surrounded by water

البوم

al-būm — the owls (plural of بومة)

حمل

ḥamala — he carried, bore, transported something

وستة

wa-sitta — and six (cardinal number)

سناجب

sanājib — squirrels (plural of سنجاب)

أخرى

ukhrā — other, another (feminine form)

كلٌّ

kullun — each, every one, all (distributive pronoun)

منها

minhā — from her/it, of them (pronoun suffix)

سمكةً

samakatan — a fish (single fish, accusative)

أما

ammā — as for, regarding (topic-introducing particle)

الذي

alladhī — who, which, that (masculine relative pronoun)

لم

lam — did not (negation particle for past tense)

تكن

takun — be, was not (negated form of كان)

له

lahu — for him, he has (prepositional pronoun)

آداب

ādāb — manners, etiquette, proper conduct

حسنة

ḥasana — good, fine, virtuous (feminine adjective)

فلم

fa-lam — so he did not, therefore not (negation)

يحضر

yaḥḍur — he attends, is present, brings something

أي

ayy — any, which (interrogative or indefinite adjective)

هدية

hadiyya — gift, present offered to someone

الإطلاق

al-iṭlāq — at all, whatsoever (used in negation phrases)

ركض

rakaḍa — he ran, moved quickly on foot

المقدمة

al-muqaddima — the front, the introduction, the forefront

وهو

wa-huwa — while he, and he (pronoun conjunction)

يغني

yughanī — he sings, performs a song

قال

qāla — he said, he spoke (past tense)

لي

lī — to me, for me (first person pronoun)

الرجل

al-rajul — the man, the adult male person

البرية

al-barriyya — the wilderness, the wild natural land

كم

kam — how many, how much (interrogative word)

حبة

ḥabba — a grain, a seed, a single small piece

فراولة

farāwila — strawberry (strawberries)

تنمو

tanmū — grows, increases, develops naturally

البحر

al-baḥr — the sea, the ocean

فأجبته

fa-ajabtuhu — so I answered him, I replied to him

كما

kamā — as, just as, in the same way

رأيت

ra'aytu — I saw, I thought, I considered appropriate

مناسباً

munāsiban — appropriate, suitable, fitting (accusative)

بقدر

biqadr — as much as, to the extent that

يوجد

yūjad — there exists, there is, it is found

الرنجة

al-ranja — the herring (a type of fish)

الحمراء

al-ḥamrā' — the red (feminine form of أحمر)

ينمو

yanmū — it grows, increases in size or number

الغابة

al-ghāba — the forest, the woodland

يُبدِ

yubdi — he shows, displays, expresses something

اهتمام

ihtimām — interest, concern, attention given to something

بالألغاز

bil-alghāz — in riddles, with puzzles or enigmas

حتى

ḥattā — even, until, so that (conjunction/particle)

عندما

'indamā — when, at the time that (temporal conjunction)

كانت

kānat — she/it was (feminine past tense of كان)

الإجابة

al-ijāba — the answer, the response to a question

تُقدَّم

tuqaddam — is presented, is offered, is given

الرابع

al-rābi' — the fourth (ordinal number)

أحضرت

aḥḍarat — she brought, fetched, presented something

مكونة

mukawwana — made up of, consisting of, composed

خنافس

khanāfis — beetles, insects of the order Coleoptera

بمثابة

bimathābat — as, in the capacity of, equivalent to

البرقوق

al-barqūq — the plum (fruit)

حلوى

ḥalwā — sweets, candy, confectionery

كل

kull — each, every, all (quantifier)

خنفساء

khunfusā' — a beetle, a single beetle insect

ملفوفةً

malfūfatan — wrapped, rolled up (accusative feminine)

بعناية

bi-'ināya — carefully, with care and attention

ورقة

waraqa — a leaf; a piece of paper

حُمَّيض

ḥummayḍ — sorrel, a sour-tasting leafy plant

مثبّتةً

muthabbitatan — fastened, secured, pinned in place

بدبوس

bidabbūs — with a pin, using a small fastening pin

إبرة

ibra — needle, pin, a sharp pointed implement

الصنوبر

al-ṣanawbar — the pine tree or its needles/cones

غنّى

ghannā — he sang, performed a song (past tense)

بوقاحة

bi-waqāḥa — impudently, rudely, with insolence

اعتاد

i'tāda — he was accustomed to, used to doing

أيها

ayyuhā — O (vocative particle before masculine noun)

ب

bi — with, by, in (common preposition prefix)