The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 2

Vocabulary

تدريجياً

tadrījiyyan — Gradually, in a step-by-step manner

واحداً

wāḥidan — One, a single one (masculine accusative)

تلو

tilwa — After, following one after another

الآخر

al-ākhir — The other, the next one

غلب

ghalaba — Overcame, defeated, overpowered someone

عليهم

ʿalayhim — Upon them, against them (preposition + pronoun)

النعاس

al-nuʿās — Drowsiness, sleepiness, the urge to sleep

واستلقوا

wa-istaлqaw — And they lay down, reclined on a surface

في

fī — In, at, inside (common preposition)

العشب

al-ʿushb — The grass, green vegetation on the ground

المقصوص

al-maqṣūṣ — The cut, trimmed (referring to mowed grass)

لم

lam — Did not, negation particle for past tense

يغلب

yaghlub — He overcomes, he defeats or overpowers

النعاسُ

al-nuʿāsu — Drowsiness, sleepiness (nominative case marked)

بالقدر

bil-qadr — To the degree, to the extent or measure

الذي

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

به

bihi — With it, by it (preposition + pronoun)

أولاده

awlāduhu — His children, his offspring or kids

قبل

qabla — Before, prior to a time or event

أن

an — That, to (subordinating conjunction or particle)

يغفو

yaghfū — He dozes off, falls into light sleep

كان

kāna — Was, he was (past tense of 'to be')

يقظاً

yaqiẓan — Awake, alert, in a wakeful state

بما

bimā — Enough that, by what, to the extent

يكفي

yakfī — It suffices, it is enough or adequate

ليضع

liyaḍaʿa — In order to place, to put something down

كيساً

kīsan — A bag, sack (accusative singular form)

من

min — From, of (very common Arabic preposition)

الورق

al-waraq — The paper, leaves or paper sheets

فوق

fawqa — Above, on top of something

رأسه

raʾsuhu — His head (noun + possessive pronoun)

لإبعاد

li-ibʿād — To keep away, to drive off something

الذباب

al-dhubāb — The flies, flying insects that buzz

نامت

nāmat — She slept, fell asleep (past tense feminine)

أرانب

arānib — Rabbits, plural of rabbit

الصغيرة

al-ṣaghīra — The small, little (feminine adjective with article)

نوماً

nawman — Sleep, a sleep (accusative noun form)

لذيذاً

ladhīdhan — Delicious, sweet, pleasant and enjoyable

دفء

dif' — Warmth, coziness, gentle pleasant heat

الشمس

al-shams — The sun, the star giving light and warmth

وكان

wa-kāna — And there was, and it was (past)

يأتي

yaʾtī — He comes, it arrives or reaches

الحديقة

al-ḥadīqa — The garden, an enclosed outdoor planted area

المجاورة

al-mujāwira — The neighboring, the adjacent nearby place

صوت

ṣawt — Sound, voice, noise coming from something

آلة

āla — Machine, device, tool used for a task

الجز

al-jazz — The mowing, shearing of grass or wool

المتقطع

al-mutaqaṭṭiʿ — The intermittent, irregular, stopping and starting

البعيد

al-baʿīd — The distant, the far away sound or place

كانت

kānat — She was, there was (past feminine form)

الذبابة

al-dhubāba — The fly, a single flying insect

الزرقاء

al-zarqāʾ — The blue one (feminine adjective with article)

تطنّ

taṭunnu — She buzzes, makes a humming insect sound

حول

ḥawla — Around, surrounding, about something

الجدار

al-jidār — The wall, a vertical barrier or partition

فأر

faʾr — Mouse, small rodent animal

عجوز

ʿajūz — Old, elderly (referring to an old creature)

صغير

ṣaghīr — Small, little, tiny in size

ينبش

yanbushu — He rummages, digs through or searches messily

القمامة

al-qumāma — The garbage, rubbish, trash or waste

بين

bayna — Between, among two or more things

أواني

awānī — Containers, pots, jars or vessels

المربى

al-murabbā — The jam, fruit preserve or marmalade

أستطيع

astaṭīʿ — I can, I am able to do something

أخبرك

ukhbiruka — I tell you, I inform you of something

باسمها

bi-ismiha — By her name, using her name

تُدعى

tudʿā — She is called, known by the name

فأرةُ

faʾratu — The mouse (feminine nominative form)

غابةٍ

ghābatin — A forest, woods (genitive indefinite form)

ذات

dhāt — Possessing, having (feminine possession marker)

ذيل

dhayl — Tail, the rear appendage of an animal

طويل

ṭawīl — Long, tall, extended in length

عبر

ʿabara — Through, across, passing through something

كيس

kīs — Bag, sack or pouch for carrying things

وأيقظت

wa-ayqaẓat — And she woke, awakened someone from sleep

اعتذرت

iʿtadharat — She apologized, offered an excuse or apology

الفأرة

al-faʾra — The mouse, the small female rodent

اعتذاراً

iʿtidhāran — An apology, an expression of regret (accusative)

مطوّلاً

muṭawwalan — Lengthy, prolonged, extended in duration

وقالت

wa-qālat — And she said, stated something (past feminine)

إنها

innahā — That she, indeed she (emphatic particle + pronoun)

تعرف

taʿrifu — She knows, is acquainted with someone

بينما

baynamā — While, whereas, as something else happens

هي

hiya — She, her (third person feminine pronoun)

يتحدثان

yataḥaddathān — They two are talking, conversing together (dual)

قريباً

qarīban — Nearby, close, not far away

سمعا

samiʿā — They two heard, listened to something (dual past)

وطء

waṭʾ — Footstep, heavy tread, sound of steps

ثقيل

thaqīl — Heavy, weighty, not light in nature

رؤوسهما

ruʾūsahumā — Their two heads (dual possessive noun form)

وفجأة

wa-fajʾatan — And suddenly, all at once unexpectedly

أفرغ

afragha — He emptied, poured out the contents

السيد

al-sayyid — Mister, the sir, a title of respect

مليئاً

malīʾan — Full, filled completely with something

بقصاصات

bi-quṣāṣāt — With clippings, snippets of cut material

النائمة

al-nāʾima — The sleeping one (feminine active participle)

مباشرةً

mubāsharatan — Directly, immediately, straight onto something

انكمش

inkamasha — He shrank back, curled up or contracted

تحت

taḥta — Under, beneath, below something

اختبأت

ikhtabaʾat — She hid herself, concealed herself somewhere

إناء

ināʾ — A jar, container or vessel for storing

مربى

murabbā — Jam, preserved fruit spread or marmalade

ابتسمت

ibtasamat — She smiled, gave a smile (past feminine)

الأرانب

al-arānib — The rabbits, the small hopping animals

ابتسامة

ibtisāma — A smile, a pleasant facial expression

حلوة

ḥulwa — Sweet, pleasant, charming (feminine adjective)

نومها

nawmuhā — Her sleep, her state of sleeping

وابل

wābil — A shower, downpour or heavy rain of something

ولم

wa-lam — And did not, negation with conjunction (past)

تستيقظ

tastayqiẓ — She wakes up, arouses from sleep

لأن

liʾanna — Because, since, for the reason that

الخس

al-khass — The lettuce, a green leafy vegetable

شديد

shadīd — Intense, strong, very powerful or extreme

التنويم

al-tanwīm — Causing sleep, sedation, making one drowsy

حلمت

ḥalamat — She dreamed, had a dream while sleeping

بأن

bi-anna — That, by the fact that (conjunction)

أمها

ummuhā — Her mother, the female parent

تغطيها

tughaṭṭīhā — She covers her, wraps her up warmly

سرير

sarīr — Bed, a surface for sleeping or resting

القش

al-qashsh — The straw, dried stalks used as bedding

نظر

naẓara — He looked, gazed in a direction

إلى

ilā — To, toward, in the direction of

الأسفل

al-asfal — The bottom, downward, the lower direction

بعد

baʿda — After, following something in time or space

كيسه

kīsuhu — His bag, his sack or pouch

رأى

raʾā — He saw, he noticed or observed something

بعض

baʿḍ — Some, a few, part of a group

الأطراف

al-aṭrāf — The ends, tips, extremities of something

البنية

al-bunniyya — The brown ones, brownish colored (feminine)

المضحكة

al-muḍḥika — The funny, amusing, comic (feminine adjective)

لآذان

li-ādhān — Of ears, belonging to ears (plural noun)

تطل

taṭullu — They peek out, protrude or stick out

قصاصات

quṣāṣāt — Clippings, cut pieces or snippets of material