The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 1

Vocabulary

رسم

rasm — Drawing or sketch; visual representation of something

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative; serving to explain or clarify visually

حكاية

ḥikāya — Story or tale; a short narrative account

أرانب

arānib — Rabbits; plural of arnab, small furry animals

بقلم

bi-qalam — Written by; authored by a specific person

مؤلفة

muʾallifa — Female author; woman who writes literary works

الأرنب

al-arnab — The rabbit; a small furry burrowing animal

وغيرها

wa-ghayrahā — And others; and so forth, indicating more items

وشركاه

wa-shurakāh — And company; and partners, used in business names

إلى

ilā — To; preposition indicating direction or dedication

جميع

jamīʿ — All; every member of a group without exception

الأصدقاء

al-aṣdiqāʾ — The friends; plural of friend, close companions

الصغار

al-ṣighār — The little ones; young children or small beings

للسيد

lil-sayyid — For Mr.; addressing a male respectfully

يُقال

yuqāl — It is said; used to report common beliefs

إن

inna — That; emphatic particle introducing a subordinate clause

تناول

tanāwul — Consuming; eating or taking in food or medicine

كميات

kammiyyāt — Quantities; amounts or measured portions of something

كبيرة

kabīra — Large; big in size, amount, or degree

من

min — From or of; preposition showing origin or composition

الخس

al-khass — The lettuce; a leafy green vegetable commonly eaten

له

lahu — For him or it; possessive or beneficiary pronoun

تأثير

taʾthīr — Effect or influence; impact something has on another

مُنوِّم

munawwim — Soporific; causing drowsiness or inducing sleep

لم

lam — Did not; negation particle for past tense verbs

أشعر

ashʿur — I feel; first-person singular of to feel

أنا

anā — I; first-person singular subject pronoun

قط

qaṭṭ — Ever; used with negation to mean never before

بالنعاس

bil-nuʿās — With drowsiness; feeling sleepy or heavy-eyed

بعد

baʿd — After or yet; indicating time or used with negation

غير

ghayra — Other than; except, or non-, indicating difference

أنني

annanī — That I; conjunction with first-person singular pronoun

لستُ

lastu — I am not; first-person negation of to be

أرنبًا

arnaban — A rabbit; indefinite accusative form of rabbit

لقد

laqad — Indeed; emphatic particle confirming a past action

كان

kāna — Was or were; past tense of the verb to be

لها

lahā — For her or it; feminine possessive or beneficiary pronoun

بالتأكيد

bil-taʾkīd — Certainly; without doubt, definitely true

منوِّم

munawwim — Sleep-inducing; causing one to feel very drowsy

للغاية

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

على

ʿalā — On or upon; preposition indicating surface or effect

عندما

ʿindamā — When; temporal conjunction linking two events

كبر

kabira — Grew up; became older or reached adulthood

تزوج

tazawwaja — Married; entered into a marriage with someone

ابنة

ibnat — Daughter; a female child in relation to parents

عمه

ʿammihi — His uncle; father's brother in Arabic family terms

لديهم

ladayhim — They have; indicating possession for a group

عائلة

ʿāʾila — Family; a group of related people living together

وكانوا

wa-kānū — And they were; past tense plural with conjunction

مبالين

mubālīn — Caring; paying attention or concerned about something

بالمستقبل

bil-mustaqbal — About the future; concerned with upcoming times

ومرحين

wa-marḥīn — And cheerful; happy and lively in disposition

لا

lā — No or not; basic negation particle in Arabic

أتذكر

atadhakkar — I remember; first-person singular of to remember

الأسماء

al-asmāʾ — The names; plural of name, identifiers for people

المنفردة

al-munfarida — Individual; separate or distinct names for each one

لأطفالهم

li-aṭfālihim — For their children; referring to the kids they have

إذ

idh — Since or as; causal or temporal conjunction

يُعرفون

yuʿrafūn — They are known; passive plural, recognized collectively

عمومًا

ʿumūman — Generally; in a broad or collective sense

بـ

bi- — By or with; short preposition attached to following word

نظرًا

naẓaran — Given that; considering or in view of the fact

لأن

liʾanna — Because; causal conjunction introducing a reason

الطعام

al-ṭaʿām — The food; nourishment consumed to sustain life

يكن

yakun — Be; subjunctive or jussive form of to be

كافيًا

kāfiyan — Sufficient; enough in quantity or quality

دائمًا

dāʾiman — Always; at all times, without exception

يستعير

yastaʿīr — Borrows; takes something temporarily from another

الملفوف

al-malfūf — The cabbage; a leafy round green vegetable

أخي

akhī — My brother; male sibling of the speaker

الذي

alladhī — Who or which; masculine relative pronoun

يمتلك

yamtalik — Owns; possesses or has something as property

حديقة

ḥadīqa — Garden; an outdoor area for growing plants

مشتل

mushtal — Nursery; a place where plants are cultivated

في

fī — In or at; preposition indicating location or time

بعض

baʿḍ — Some; a portion or part of something larger

الأحيان

al-aḥyān — The times; plural of time, used in expressions

لدى

ladā — Has or at; preposition indicating possession or location

ملفوف

malfūf — Cabbage; a round leafy vegetable, also means wrapped

يمكنه

yumkinuhu — He can; it is possible for him to do

الاستغناء

al-istghnāʾ — Dispensing with; doing without, not needing something

عنه

ʿanhu — About it or from it; third-person prepositional pronoun

ذلك

dhālika — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant objects

يحدث

yaḥduth — Happens; occurs or takes place at a time

كانت

kānat — Was or were; feminine past tense of to be

تعبر

taʿbur — Crosses; passes over or through a boundary

الحقل

al-ḥaql — The field; an open area of land for farming

كومة

kawma — Heap or pile; a mound of accumulated material

قمامة

qumāma — Garbage or refuse; waste material discarded as useless

الخندق

al-khandaq — The ditch or trench; a narrow excavated channel

خارج

khārij — Outside; beyond or exterior to a place

خليطًا

khalīṭan — A mixture; a blend of various different elements

متنوعًا

mutanawwiʿan — Varied or diverse; composed of many different types

تحتوي

taḥtawī — Contains; holds or includes various items within

أوانٍ

awānin — Jars or vessels; containers used to store things

للمربى

lil-murabbā — For jam; containers used specifically for preserves

وأكياس

wa-akyās — And bags; plural of bag, flexible containers

ورقية

waraqiyya — Paper; made of paper material

وجبالٍ

wa-jibālin — And mountains; here meaning large piles of something

العشب

al-ʿushb — The grass; green vegetation covering ground surfaces

المقطوع

al-maqṭūʿ — The cut; trimmed or severed, referring to mown grass

آلة

āla — Machine or instrument; a device used for work

الجز

al-jazz — The mowing; cutting of grass or shearing action

التي

allatī — Which or who; feminine relative pronoun in Arabic

ذات

dhāt — Having; possessing a quality or characteristic

طعم

ṭaʿm — Taste or flavor; the sensation experienced while eating

زيتي

zaytī — Oily; having the quality or taste of oil

وبعض

wa-baʿḍ — And some; a portion of something in addition

القرع

al-qarʿ — The squash or gourd; a type of vegetable plant

المتعفن

al-mutaʿaffin — The rotten; decayed or decomposed organic matter

وحذاء

wa-ḥidhāʾ — And a shoe; footwear worn on the foot

قديم

qadīm — Old; ancient or worn out from long use

أو

aw — Or; conjunction presenting an alternative option

اثنين

ithnayn — Two; the number two, a pair of things

وفي

wa-fī — And in; conjunction combined with location preposition

يومٍ

yawmin — A day; a period of twenty-four hours

الأيام

al-ayyām — The days; plural of day, periods of time

يا

yā — Oh; exclamatory particle expressing emotion or address

للفرحة

lil-farḥa — For joy; expressing great happiness or delight

هناك

hunāk — There; indicating a distant or specified location

كمية

kammiyya — Quantity or amount; a measured portion of something

نباتات

nabātāt — Plants; living organisms that grow in soil

المتضخمة

al-mutaḍakhkhima — The swollen or overgrown; enlarged beyond normal size

قد

qad — Already or indeed; particle emphasizing completed action

انطلقت

inṭalaqat — Set off or burst forth; started moving energetically

الإزهار

al-izhār — The flowering or blossoming; producing flowers on plants

اكتفت

iktafat — Was content with; settled for or limited itself to

بالتهام

bil-tihām — With devouring; eating greedily and ravenously

بشراهة

bi-sharāha — Greedily; with excessive hunger and voracious appetite