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English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
thrice telāt marrāt
four times arba' marrāt
five times khams (khamas) marrāt
a half nuss, nusf
a third tult
a fourth rub'a
three-fourths
nuss wa rub'a
a fifth khums
an eighth tumn
23. Colours.
White m. abiad, f. beyda
black m. iswad, f. soda
brown m. asmar, f. samara
blue m. azraq, f. zerqa
sky colour samawi
red m. ahmar, f. hamara
green m. akhdar, f. khadara
greenish khadrāwi, yiddi al khadār
yellow m. asfar, f. safara
grey azraq (also blue)
yellowish missfirr
to make yellow saffar
violet m. banafsig
indigo m. nīlah
24. Adverbs, &c.
Above, upstairs fōq
after ba'd
afterwards, then bādeyn
always dāi y man, tamalli
at first āuwalan
because 'ala shān, li-an
before qodām
behind wara
by force bil ghassb, bil gabr
down taḥt
easily bi-rāḥah, bi-sohūlah
enough kifāyah, bass, bi-ziādah
entirely bilkullīyah
falsely -