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VOCABULARIES.


ABBREVIATIONS.

L.—Lower Egypt.
U.—Upper Egypt.
Plu. Plural.
Imp. Imperative.

N.B.— The ī denotes the presence of yey (see page 10) in the Arabic, as does also final i. Thus 'arableh (carriage) when plural becomes 'arabīyat as the yey in such words has more of the sound value of y. The feminine ah becomes at before a vowel, e.g., es sikkat el hadīd (the railway).


1. The World and its Elements.

English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
God Allāh
Creator khāliq
world dunya
sky sama, gāu
sun shems, sems (l.), shemsh (u.)
moon qamar
star nigmah
air hāua
earth ard
water moyyah
fire nār
sea bāḥr
animal ḥāywān, plu. ḥāywānāt
cattle plu. bahayim
nature tab'iah
light nūr
dark atmah, zalara
weather hāua
wind rīḥ, plu. aryāḥ
storm nāu
cloud ghāim
rain matar
snow, ice telg
hail bard, galīd
thunder ra'ad
lightning barq