The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 3

Vocabulary

حدّق

ḥaddaqa — To stare or gaze intently at something

فيها

fīhā — In it / in them (feminine reference)

لبعض

li-baʿḍ — For some (time or things)

الوقت

al-waqt — The time; a specific period or moment

وفجأةً

wa-fajʾatan — And suddenly; all at once unexpectedly

حطّت

ḥaṭṭat — Landed or settled (as a flying creature)

ذبابةٌ

dhubābatun — A fly; a small winged insect

على

ʿalā — On; upon; a common preposition

أحدها

aḥaduhā — One of them; referring to one item

فتحرّك

fa-taḥarraka — So it moved; it stirred or shifted position

تسلّق

tasallaqa — To climb; to scale something upward

السيد

al-sayyid — Mr.; a title of respect for a man

إلى

ilā — To; toward; a directional preposition

أسفل

asfal — Below; the bottom or lower part

كومة

kawma — A pile or heap of things

القمامة

al-qumāma — The garbage; rubbish or waste material

واحد

wāḥid — One; the number one

اثنان

ithnān — Two; the number two

ثلاثة

thalātha — Three; the number three

أربعة

arbaʿa — Four; the number four

خمسة

khamsa — Five; the number five

ستة

sitta — Six; the number six

أرانب

arānib — Rabbits; plural of rabbit

صغيرة

ṣaghīra — Small; little in size (feminine form)

قال

qāla — He said; past tense of to say

وهو

wa-huwa — While he; and he (conjunctive pronoun)

يُلقي

yulqī — He throws or tosses something aside

بها

bihā — With it / by it (feminine pronoun)

في

fī — In; inside; a common preposition

كيسه

kīsih — His bag or sack; a carried container

حلم

ḥalama — He dreamed; to experience a dream

بأن

bi-anna — That; introducing a subordinate clause

أمهم

ummuhum — Their mother; the maternal parent

تقلّبهم

tuqallibuhum — She is turning them over in bed

فراشهم

firāshshum — Their bed or sleeping place

تململوا

tamalmалū — They stirred restlessly in their sleep

قليلاً

qalīlan — A little; slightly; a small amount

نومهم

nawmihim — Their sleep; the state of sleeping

لكنهم

lākinnahum — But they; however, they (conjunction + pronoun)

لم

lam — Did not; negation particle for past tense

يستيقظوا

yastayqiẓū — They wake up; to awaken from sleep

بعد

baʿd — Yet; still; afterward or after that

ربط

rabaṭa — He tied or fastened something securely

الكيس

al-kīs — The bag or sack; a carrying container

وتركه

wa-tarakahu — And he left it; abandoned it there

الجدار

al-jidār — The wall; a vertical structural surface

ذهب

dhahaba — He went; to move toward a destination

ليُخزّن

li-yukhaziina — To store away; to put something in storage

آلة

āla — A tool, instrument, or machine

الجز

al-jazz — The shearing; cutting grass or wool

وبينما

wa-baynamā — And while; meanwhile during that time

كان

kāna — He was; past tense of to be

غائباً

ghāʾiban — Absent; away; not present at the time

عبرت

ʿabarat — She crossed or passed through an area

السيدة

al-sayyida — Mrs./Ms.; title of respect for a woman

التي

allatī — Who/which (relative pronoun, feminine)

بقيت

baqiyat — She stayed or remained in a place

المنزل

al-manzil — The house; a residential building

الحقلَ

al-ḥaqla — The field; an open agricultural land area

نظرت

naẓarat — She looked or gazed at something

بريبة

bi-rība — With suspicion; doubtfully or distrustfully

وتساءلت

wa-tasāʾalat — And she wondered; asked herself a question

أين

ayna — Where; interrogative word for location

الجميع

al-jamīʿ — Everyone; all of them together

ثم

thumma — Then; afterward; next in sequence

خرجت

kharajat — She came out; exited from a place

الفأرة

al-faʾra — The mouse; a small rodent

من

min — From; out of; a common preposition

وعاء

wiʿāʾ — A container or vessel for holding things

المربى

al-murabba — The jam or preserves; sweet fruit spread

ونزع

wa-nazaʿa — And he removed or pulled something off

الكيسَ

al-kīsa — The bag or sack (accusative case)

الورقي

al-waraqī — The paper (adjective); made of paper

عن

ʿan — From; about; off; a common preposition

رأسه

raʾsih — His head; the uppermost body part

وأخبراها

wa-akhbarāhā — And the two of them told her

بالقصة

bil-qiṣṣa — About the story; telling a narrative

المحزنة

al-muḥzina — The sad or sorrowful (feminine adjective)

حالة

ḥāla — A state or condition; a situation

يأس

yaʾs — Despair; hopelessness; loss of hope

تام

tāmm — Complete; total; absolute; fully expressed

إذ

idh — Since; as; because (causal conjunction)

يستطيعا

yastaṭīʿā — The two of them are able or capable

فكّ

fakka — To untie; to undo a knot or fastening

الحبل

al-ḥabl — The rope; a cord used for tying

لكن

lākin — But; however; a contrastive conjunction

كانت

kānat — She was; feminine past tense of to be

شخصاً

shakhṣan — A person; an individual human being

بارعاً

bāriʿan — Skilled; clever; highly capable at something

إيجاد

ījād — Finding; discovering or producing a solution

الحلول

al-ḥulūl — The solutions; answers to problems

قرضت

qaraḍat — She gnawed or chewed through something

ثقباً

thuqban — A hole; a small opening gnawed through

الزاوية

al-zāwiya — The corner; an angled meeting of surfaces

السفلية

al-sufliyya — The lower; bottom (feminine adjective)

سُحب

suḥiba — Were pulled or dragged out (passive verb)

الأرانب

al-arānib — The rabbits; plural of rabbit

الصغار

al-ṣighār — The little ones; the young or small ones

وقُرصوا

wa-quriṣū — And they were pinched to wake them

لإيقاظهم

li-īqāẓihim — To wake them up; to rouse from sleep

حشا

ḥashā — He stuffed or filled something with items

والداهم

wālidāhum — Their two parents; their father and mother

الفارغ

al-fārigha — The empty; hollow; containing nothing inside

بثلاث

bi-thalāth — With three; using three of something

قرع

qarʿ — Gourds or squash; a type of vegetable

متعفّن

mutaʿaffin — Rotten; decomposed; putrid and spoiled

وفرشاة

wa-furshāt — And a brush; a tool with bristles

تلميع

talmīʿ — Polishing; making something shiny and clean

قديمة

qadīma — Old; ancient; worn from long use

وشلجمتين

wa-shaljamatayn — And two turnips; a root vegetable

فاسدتين

fāsidatayn — Two rotten or spoiled ones (dual feminine)

اختبأ

ikhtabaʾa — He hid; concealed himself in a place

تحت

taḥta — Under; beneath; below something

شجيرة

shujayra — A small bush or shrub; a little tree

وراحوا

wa-rāḥū — And they went; they began to do something

يترقّبون

yataraqqabūn — They watch and wait; to observe watchfully

عاد

ʿāda — He returned; came back to a place

والتقط

wa-ltaqaṭa — And he picked up; retrieved something

وحمله

wa-ḥamalahu — And he carried it; bore the weight

معه

maʿahu — With him; accompanying him along the way

حمله

ḥamalahu — He carried it; bore or transported it

مدلّىً

mudallayan — Hanging down; dangling loosely below

لأسفل

li-asfal — Downward; toward the lower direction

كأنه

ka-annahu — As if it; as though it were something

ثقيل

thaqīl — Heavy; having great weight; burdensome

بعض

baʿḍ — Some; a part of a larger amount

الشيء

al-shayʾ — The thing; an object or matter