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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 | - |