The Tale of Two Bad Mice — Page 3

Vocabulary

وضع

wada'a — To place or put something somewhere

لحم

lahm — Meat, flesh of an animal

الخنزير

al-khinzīr — The pig, a swine animal

في

fī — In, at, within a place or time

وسط

wasat — Middle, center of something

الأرض

al-arḍ — The ground, earth, or floor

بالملقط

bil-milqaṭ — With tongs, using a gripping tool

وبالمجرفة

wa-bil-mijrafa — And with a shovel or scoop

طحن

ṭaḥn — Grinding, milling into powder

تطاير

taṭāyara — To fly apart, scatter in pieces

إلى

ilā — To, toward, until

قطع

qiṭa' — Pieces, fragments, chunks

إذ

idh — Since, when, as, because

كان

kāna — Was, were; past tense of to be

تحت

taḥta — Under, beneath, below something

الطلاء

al-ṭilā' — The paint, coating, or varnish

اللامع

al-lāmi' — The shiny, glossy, gleaming one

مصنوعاً

maṣnū'an — Made, manufactured, crafted from material

من

min — From, of, out of

الجبس

al-jibs — Plaster, gypsum building material

وحده

waḥdahu — Alone, by itself, solely

ثم

thumma — Then, afterwards, next in sequence

لم

lam — Did not; negation of past action

يكن

yakun — Be; used with lam for negation

لغضب

li-ghaḍab — For anger, out of rage

وخيبة

wa-khayba — And disappointment, frustration, letdown

أمل

amal — Hope, expectation, aspiration

حدود

ḥudūd — Limits, boundaries, borders

حطّموا

ḥaṭṭamū — They smashed, shattered, demolished

الحلوى

al-ḥalwā — The candy, sweets, confectionery

وجراد

wa-jarād — And locusts, grasshoppers

البحر

al-baḥr — The sea, ocean, large body of water

والكمثرى

wal-kummathrā — And the pear, a sweet fruit

والبرتقال

wal-burtuqāl — And the orange, citrus fruit

ولما

wa-lammā — And when, at the time that

كانت

kānat — Was, were; feminine past tense

السمكة

al-samaka — The fish, a single aquatic creature

لا

lā — No, not; negation particle

تنفصل

tanfaṣil — To separate, detach, come apart

عن

'an — About, from, away from

الطبق

al-ṭabaq — The plate, dish for serving food

نار

nār — Fire, flame, heat source

الورق

al-waraq — The paper, leaves, sheets

المجعّد

al-muja''ad — The crinkled, crumpled, curly material

المتّقد

al-muttaqid — The burning, blazing, ignited one

المطبخ

al-maṭbakh — The kitchen, cooking room

لكنها

lākinnaha — But it, however it; feminine conjunction

تحترق

taḥtariq — To burn, catch fire, combust

أيضاً

ayḍan — Also, too, as well

صعد

ṣa'ida — To climb, ascend, go up

مدخنة

madkhana — Chimney, flue for smoke passage

ونظر

wa-naẓara — And looked, gazed, observed

الأعلى

al-a'lā — The top, the highest point

ثمة

thamma — There, over there, in that place

سخام

sukhām — Soot, black residue from fire

بينما

baynamā — While, whereas, at the same time

المدخنة

al-madkhana — The chimney, smoke passage structure

مُنيت

muniyat — Was afflicted with, suffered from

بخيبة

bi-khayba — With disappointment, with failure

أخرى

ukhrā — Another, other, different one

وجدت

wajdat — She found, discovered something

بعض

ba'ḍ — Some, a few, part of

العلب

al-'ulab — The tins, cans, small containers

الصغيرة

al-ṣaghīra — The small, little, tiny ones

على

'alā — On, upon, above, on top of

خزانة

khizāna — Cabinet, cupboard, storage unit

الأدراج

al-adrāj — The drawers, sliding compartments

مكتوب

maktūb — Written, inscribed, labeled

عليها

'alayhā — On them, upon them; feminine plural

أرز

aruzz — Rice, a grain staple food

قهوة

qahwa — Coffee, a hot caffeinated drink

لكن

lākin — But, however, nevertheless

حين

ḥīn — When, at the time of

قلبتها

qalabathā — She flipped them, turned them upside down

رأساً

ra'san — Head, used in idiom upside down

عقب

'aqib — Heel, used in idiom upside down

بداخلها

bi-dākhilihā — Inside them, within their contents

شيء

shay' — Thing, something, an object or matter

سوى

siwā — Except, other than, only

خرز

kharaz — Beads, small decorative round objects

أحمر

aḥmar — Red, the color red

وأزرق

wa-azraq — And blue, the color blue

أخذت

akhadhат — She began, took to doing something

تلك

tilka — Those, that; feminine demonstrative pronoun

الفئران

al-fi'rān — The mice, small rodents

تعمل

ta'mal — To work, do, make efforts

إحداث

iḥdāth — Causing, creating, bringing about

كل

kull — All, every, each, the whole

الأذى

al-adhā — The harm, damage, mischief

الذي

alladhī — Which, who, that; relative pronoun

بوسعها

bi-wus'ihā — Within their capacity, to the best they could

ولا

wa-lā — And not, nor

سيما

siyyamā — Especially, particularly, notably

أخرج

akhraja — To take out, remove, extract

ملابس

malābis — Clothes, garments, clothing items

الدرج

al-daraj — The drawer, sliding storage compartment

غرفة

ghurfa — Room, chamber, enclosed living space

نومها

nawmihā — Her sleep, her bedroom

ورماها

wa-ramāhā — And threw them, tossed them

نافذة

nāfidha — Window, an opening in a wall

الطابق

al-ṭābiq — The floor, story of a building

العلوي

al-'ulwī — The upper, the higher one

غير

ghayr — Other than, non-, except, but

أن

anna — That; conjunction introducing clauses

ذات

dhāt — Possessing, one with, having quality

عقلية

'aqliyya — Mentality, mindset, intellectual quality

مقتصدة

muqtaṣida — Frugal, economical, thrifty

بعد

ba'd — After, later, subsequently

نتفت

natafat — She plucked, pulled out feathers

نصف

niṣf — Half, one of two equal parts

ريش

rīsh — Feathers, plumage of a bird

وسادة

wisāda — Pillow, cushion for sleeping

تذكّرت

tadhakkarат — She remembered, recalled something

أنها

annahā — That she, that it; feminine conjunction

هي

hiya — She, it; feminine third person pronoun

نفسها

nafsahā — Herself, itself; reflexive pronoun

تحتاج

taḥtāj — To need, require, be in need

فراش

firāsh — Bed, bedding, sleeping surface

الريش

al-rīsh — The feathers, the plumage

بمساعدة

bi-musā'ada — With help, with assistance from someone

حملت

ḥamalat — She carried, bore, transported

الوسادة

al-wisāda — The pillow, the sleeping cushion

أسفل

asfal — Downstairs, below, lower level

وعبر

wa-'abara — And across, and through, and over

سجادة

sajjāda — Rug, carpet, floor mat

الموقد

al-mawqid — The fireplace, hearth, stove

الصعب

al-ṣa'b — The difficult, the hard task

دسّ

dassa — To stuff, push, squeeze into

ثقب

thuqb — Hole, opening, small gap

الفأر

al-fa'r — The mouse, a small rodent

لكنهما

lākinhumā — But the two of them, however they

تمكّنا

tamakkanā — They succeeded, managed to accomplish

ذلك

dhālik — That, that thing; demonstrative pronoun

بطريقة

bi-ṭarīqa — In a way, by a method

ما

mā — What, that which; relative particle