The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 4

Vocabulary

أُحجيةٌ

uḥjiyyatun — A riddle or puzzle posed as a challenge

أُحجية

uḥjiyya — A riddle or enigma to be solved

دقيقُ

daqīqu — Fine flour; also means precise or minute

وفاكهةُ

wa-fākihatu — And fruit; edible sweet plant produce

التقيا

iltaqayā — The two of them met or encountered each other

معاً

maʿan — Together, at the same time or place

في

fī — In, inside, within; common preposition

وابلٍ

wābil — A heavy downpour or shower of rain

من

min — From, of; very common Arabic preposition

المطر

al-maṭar — Rain, precipitation falling from clouds

وُضِعا

wuḍiʿā — The two were placed or put somewhere

كيسٍ

kīs — A bag or sack for carrying things

مربوطٍ

marbūṭ — Tied, bound, or fastened with something

بخيط

bi-khayṭ — With a thread or string; tied by thread

إن

in — If; conditional conjunction in Arabic grammar

أخبرتني

akhbartanī — You told me or informed me something

بحلِّ

bi-ḥall — With the solution or resolution of something

هذه

hādhihi — This; feminine demonstrative pronoun in Arabic

الأُحجية

al-uḥjiyya — The riddle; a specific puzzle or enigma

سأعطيكَ

saʾuʿṭīka — I will give you something in the future

خاتماً

khātaman — A ring, typically worn on the finger

وكان

wa-kāna — And it was; past tense of 'to be'

ذلك

dhālika — That; masculine demonstrative pronoun pointing afar

أمراً

amran — A matter, affair, or order of importance

سخيفاً

sakhīfan — Silly, foolish, or absurd in nature

لأنه

li-annahu — Because he; causal conjunction with pronoun

لم

lam — Did not; negation particle for past tense

يكن

yakun — He was not; jussive form of 'to be'

يملك

yamlik — He owns or possesses something

أيَّ

ayya — Any; used in negation meaning 'not any'

خاتمٍ

khātim — A ring; piece of jewelry for the finger

ليعطيه

li-yuʿṭiyahu — To give it to him; purpose clause

للسيد

li-l-sayyid — To the mister or gentleman; respectful title

العجوز

al-ʿajūz — The old one; elderly person, often an owl

بحثَ

baḥatha — He searched or looked for something carefully

السناجبُ

al-sanājibu — The squirrels; plural of squirrel

الآخرون

al-ākharūn — The others; other individuals in a group

أدغال

adghāl — Thickets, dense undergrowth or jungle brush

الجوز

al-jawz — Walnuts or nuts; common tree-borne fruit

صعوداً

ṣuʿūdan — Going up, ascending; upward direction or movement

ونزولاً

wa-nuzūlan — And going down, descending; downward movement

أما

ammā — As for; topic-introducing conjunction in Arabic

فقد

fa-qad — Then indeed; particle indicating completed action

جمعَ

jamaʿa — He collected or gathered things together

وسائدَ

wasāʾida — Cushions or pads; plural of pillow/cushion

الإبر

al-ibar — The needles; plural of needle or pin

شجيرةِ

shujayrati — A small shrub or bush; diminutive of tree

العوسج

al-ʿawsaj — Holly or hawthorn; a thorny shrub plant

وغرسَ

wa-gharasa — And he planted or inserted something firmly

فيها

fīhā — In it/them; preposition with feminine pronoun

إبرَ

ibra — Needles; sharp pointed sewing or pine needles

أوراقِ

awrāqi — Leaves of a plant; also means papers/sheets

الصنوبر

al-ṣanawbar — Pine tree; evergreen coniferous tree species

اليومِ

al-yawmi — The day; used with ordinals to mean 'on day'

الخامس

al-khāmis — The fifth; ordinal number five

أحضرَ

aḥḍara — He brought or fetched something to someone

هديةً

hadiyyatan — A gift or present given to someone

العسلِ

al-ʿasal — Honey; sweet substance produced by bees

البري

al-barrī — Wild, untamed; relating to wilderness or nature

حلواً

ḥulwan — Sweet; pleasant tasting, sugary in flavor

ولزجاً

wa-lazijan — And sticky; having an adhesive or gluey texture

لدرجةٍ

li-darajatin — To a degree or extent; to such a level

أنهم

annahum — That they; conjunction with third person plural

لحسوا

laḥasū — They licked; past tense of to lick

أصابعهم

aṣābiʿahum — Their fingers; plural of finger with pronoun

حين

ḥīna — When; at the time that something occurred

وضعوه

waḍaʿūhu — They placed or put it somewhere

على

ʿalā — On, upon; very common Arabic preposition

الحجر

al-ḥajar — The stone or rock; solid mineral material

كانوا

kānū — They were; past tense plural of 'to be'

سرقوه

saraqūhu — They stole it; past tense of to steal

عشِّ

ʿushsh — Nest; a dwelling built by birds or insects

دبابيرَ

dabābīra — Wasps; stinging flying insects, plural form

قمةِ

qimmati — The top or summit of something elevated

التلةِ

al-tallati — The hill; a small elevated landform

العليا

al-ʿulyā — The upper or highest; superlative feminine adjective

لكنَّ

lākinna — But, however; strong contrastive conjunction

يقفزُ

yaqfizu — He jumps or leaps; present tense verb

وهبوطاً

wa-hubūṭan — And descending, going downward; downward movement

وهو

wa-huwa — While he; conjunction with third person pronoun

يُغني

yugannī — He sings; present tense of to sing

طنينٌ

ṭanīnun — A buzzing or humming sound; drone noise

أزيز

azīz — A whizzing or hissing sound; buzzing noise

حينَ

ḥīna — When; at the moment that something happened

عبرتُ

ʿabartu — I crossed or passed over something

فوقَ

fawqa — Above, over; preposition indicating position above

قابلتُ

qābaltu — I met or encountered someone or something

قطيعاً

qaṭīʿan — A herd or flock of animals together

الخنازيرِ

al-khanāzīr — Pigs; plural of pig, swine animals

الجميلة

al-jamīla — The beautiful; feminine adjective of beauty

بعضُها

baʿḍuhā — Some of them; part of a group

أصفرُ

aṣfaru — Yellow; color adjective, comparative form here

الرقبة

al-raqaba — The neck; upper part of the body

الظهر

al-ẓahr — The back; posterior part of the body

كانت

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

أجملَ

ajmala — The most beautiful; superlative form of beautiful

الإطلاق

al-iṭlāq — Absolutely; used in phrase 'by any means'

التي

allatī — Which, that; feminine relative pronoun

عبرت

ʿabarat — She/it crossed or passed over something

رفعَ

rafaʿa — He raised or lifted something upward

السيدُ

al-sayyidu — The mister or sir; respectful title for male

عينيه

ʿaynayhi — His two eyes; dual form with possessive pronoun

باشمئزازٍ

bi-shtimʾizāz — With disgust or revulsion; feeling strong distaste

وقاحةِ

waqāḥati — The impudence or insolence of someone bold

لكنه

lākinnahū — But he; contrastive conjunction with pronoun

أكلَ

akala — He ate; past tense of to eat

العسلَ

al-ʿasala — The honey; sweet bee-produced substance (accusative)

كلَّه

kullahu — All of it; totality with possessive pronoun

ملأَ

malaʾa — He filled something completely to capacity

أكياسَهم

akyāsahum — Their bags or sacks; plural with pronoun

الصغيرةَ

al-ṣaghīrata — The small ones; feminine plural adjective accusative

بالمكسرات

bi-l-mukassarāt — With nuts; cracked or shelled tree nuts

جلسَ

jalasa — He sat down; past tense of to sit

صخرةٍ

ṣakhrata — A rock or boulder; large stone surface

مسطحةٍ

musaṭṭaḥa — Flat, level; having an even smooth surface

كبيرة

kabīra — Large, big; adjective describing size

ولعبَ

wa-laʿiba — And he played; past tense of to play

لعبةَ

luʿbata — A game; an activity done for amusement

أعمدةِ

aʿmidati — Columns or pins; plural of pillar or pole

بتفاحةٍ

bi-tuffāḥa — With an apple; using an apple as object

برية

barriyya — Wild; growing naturally without cultivation

ومخاريطِ

wa-makhārīṭi — And cones; plural of cone-shaped natural object

شجرِ

shajari — Trees; of the tree, genitive form

التنوبِ

al-tannūbi — Fir or spruce tree; a type of conifer

الخضراء

al-khaḍrāʾ — The green ones; feminine plural color adjective

السادس

al-sādis — The sixth; ordinal number six

يومُ

yawmu — Day of; used before day names in Arabic

السبت

al-sabt — Saturday; the seventh day of the week

جاءَ

jāʾa — He came or arrived at a place

مرةً

marratan — A time or instance; one occurrence of something

أخرى

ukhrā — Another, other; feminine form of other

للمرةِ

li-l-marrati — For the time; referring to a specific instance

الأخيرة

al-akhīra — The last or final; feminine superlative adjective

وأحضروا

wa-aḥḍarū — And they brought; past tense plural verb

بيضةً

bayḍatan — An egg; oval object laid by birds

طازجةً

ṭāzijatan — Fresh; newly obtained, not stale or old

سلةٍ

sallatin — A basket; woven container for carrying items

صغيرةٍ

ṣaghīratin — Small; little in size, diminutive adjective

البوصِ

al-būṣ — Reed or rush; a type of tall marsh grass

هديةَ

hadiyyata — Gift of; farewell present, accusative form

وداعٍ

wadāʿ — Farewell or goodbye; parting from someone

أخيرةً

akhīratan — Final, last; the ultimate occurrence of something

للسيدِ

li-l-sayyidi — To the mister; respectful address to a gentleman