The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 5

Vocabulary

كان

kāna — Was; past tense of the verb 'to be'

قد

qad — Particle indicating completed or emphatic action

فعلها

faʿalahā — He did it; past tense verb with pronoun

عمداً

ʿamdan — Deliberately; intentionally; on purpose

وكان

wa-kāna — And was; conjunction plus past 'to be'

السيد

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

غاضباً

ghāḍiban — Angry; furious; in a state of anger

جداً

jiddan — Very; extremely; used to intensify adjectives

أيضاً

ayḍan — Also; too; in addition; as well

طار

ṭāra — Flew; flew through the air (past tense)

أحد

aḥad — One of; a certain; someone or something

الكوسا

al-kūsā — Zucchini; a green summer squash vegetable

الفاسدة

al-fāsida — The rotten; the spoiled; the corrupt (feminine)

عبر

ʿabra — Through; across; via; passing through something

نافذة

nāfiḏa — Window; an opening in a wall with glass

المطبخ

al-maṭbakh — The kitchen; room where food is prepared

وأصاب

wa-aṣāba — And hit; and struck; and affected something

أصغر

aṣghar — Smallest; youngest; the least in size

أرانب

arānib — Rabbits; plural of rabbit (arnab)

لقد

laqad — Indeed; particle emphasizing a completed action

أُصيب

uṣība — Was injured; was struck; passive past tense

بأذى

bi-adhan — With harm; with injury; with hurt

شديد

shadīd — Severe; intense; serious; strong

ثم

thumma — Then; afterwards; next in sequence

رأى

raʾā — Saw; perceived visually; past tense verb

أن

anna — That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause

الوقت

al-waqt — The time; the moment; a specific point in time

حان

ḥāna — Has come; the time has arrived (past tense)

للعودة

lil-ʿawda — For returning; for going back home

إلى

ilā — To; towards; a preposition of direction

المنزل

al-manzil — The house; the home; place of residence

وهكذا

wa-hākaḏā — And so; and thus; and in this way

لم

lam — Did not; negation particle for past tense

يحصل

yaḥṣul — Get; obtain; receive; acquire something

على

ʿalā — On; upon; a common Arabic preposition

تبغه

tabghahu — His tobacco; the tobacco belonging to him

ولم

wa-lam — And did not; conjunction plus negation particle

تحصل

taḥṣul — She gets; she obtains; feminine present tense

السيدة

al-sayyida — Mrs.; a respectful title for a woman

جلود

julūd — Skins; hides; pelts; plural of jild

الأرانب

al-arānib — The rabbits; definite plural of rabbit

لكن

lākin — But; however; a contrastive conjunction

في

fī — In; at; a common Arabic preposition of place

عيد

ʿīd — Holiday; festival; celebration; feast day

الميلاد

al-mīlād — Christmas; birth; the nativity celebration

التالي

al-tālī — The following; the next; the subsequent one

حصلت

ḥaṣalat — She received; she got; feminine past tense

هدية

hadiyya — A gift; a present given to someone

من

min — From; of; a very common Arabic preposition

صوف

ṣūf — Wool; fiber from sheep or rabbit fur

يكفي

yakfī — Enough; sufficient; it suffices for something

لصنع

li-ṣunʿ — To make; for making; for the purpose of crafting

عباءة

ʿabāʾa — A cloak; a long loose outer garment

وغطاء

wa-ghiṭāʾ — And a cover; and a covering or cap

للرأس

lil-raʾs — For the head; a covering worn on the head

أنيقة

anīqa — Elegant; stylish; neat and well-presented (feminine)

وزوج

wa-zawj — And a pair; and a couple of something

القفازات

al-quffāzāt — The gloves; coverings worn on the hands

الدافئة

al-dāfiʾa — The warm; providing warmth (feminine adjective)

حكاية

ḥikāya — A tale; a story; a narrative or account

بقلم

bi-qalam — By the pen of; written by (authorship phrase)