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| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَوَّل | awwal | first | A1 | هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الْأَوَّلُ.Hadhā huwa al-yawmu al-ʾawwalu.This is the first day. |
| ثانِي | thānī | second | A1 | يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّانِي.Yawmu al-āthnayni huwa al-yawmu al-ththānī.Monday is the second day. |
| فِلَسْطِينِيّ | filasṭīniyy | Palestinian | A1 | أَنَا طَالِبٌ فِلَسْطِينِيٌّ.Anā ṭālibun filasṭīniyyun.I am a Palestinian student. |
| إِنْجلِيزِيّ | injlīziyy | English (language or nationality) | A1 | هَلْ تَتَكَلَّمُ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةَ؟Hal tatakallamu al-ʾinjilīziyyata?Do you speak English? |
| فَرَنْسِيّ | faransiyy | French | A1 | أُمِّي تَتَكَلَّمُ الفَرَنْسِيَّةَ.Ummī tatakallamu al-faransiyyata.My mother speaks French. |
| عَرَبِيّ | ʿarabiyy | Arabic (language) | A1 | أَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.Anā atakallamu al-ʿarabiyyata.I speak Arabic. |
| إِيطالِيّ | īṭāliyy | Italian | A1 | هُوَ طَالِبٌ إِيطَالِيٌّ.Huwa ṭālibun īṭāliyyun.He is an Italian student. |
| أَبْيَض | abyaḍ | white | A1 | الْقَمَرُ أَبْيَضُ.Al-qamaru abyaḍu.The moon is white. |
| أَحْمَر | aḥmar | red | A1 | هَذَا القَمِيصُ أَحْمَرُ.Hadhā al-qamīṣu aḥmaru.This shirt is red. |
| آخَر | ākhar | another or different | A1 | هَلْ عِنْدَكَ قَمِيصٌ آخَرُ؟Hal ʿindaka qamīṣun ākharu?Do you have another shirt? |
| أَخْضَر | akhḍar | green | A1 | هَذَا قَمِيصٌ أَخْضَرُ.Hadhā qamīṣun akhḍaru.This shirt is green. |
| أُخْرَى | ukhrā | another (feminine) | A1 | أُرِيدُ قَهْوَةً أُخْرَى، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.Urīdu qahwatan ukhrā, min faḍlika.I'd like another coffee, please. |
| أَزْرَق | azraq | blue | A1 | السَّمَاءُ أَزْرَقُ.Al-ssamāʾu azraqu.The sky is blue. |
| إِسْبانِيّ | isbāniyy | Spanish | A1 | أَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ الإِسْبانِيَّةَ.Anā atakallamu al-ʾisbāniyyata.I speak Spanish. |
| أَصْفَر | aṣfar | the color yellow | A1 | هَذَا القَلَمُ أَصْفَرُ.Hadhā al-qalamu aṣfaru.This pen is yellow. |
| أَفْضَل | afḍal | better or best | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ أَفْضَلُ.Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu afḍalu.This food is better. |
| أَكْبَر | akbar | bigger or largest | A1 | هَذَا بَيْتٌ أَكْبَرُ.Hadhā baytun akbaru.This is a bigger house. |
| أَلْمانِيّ | almāniyy | German | A1 | أَنَا أَلْمانِيٌّ.Anā almāniyyun.I am German. |
| أَمْرِيكِيّ | amrīkiyy | American person | A1 | أَنَا أَمْرِيكِيٌّ.Anā amrīkiyyun.I am American. |
| بارِد | bārid | cold | A1 | الشَّايُ بَارِدٌ.Al-shshāyu bāridun.The tea is cold. |
| بُرْتُقالِيّ | burtuqāliyy | orange color | A1 | الْقَمِيصُ بُرْتُقالِيٌّ.Al-qamīṣu burtuqāliyyun.The shirt is orange. |
| برِيطانِيّ | brīṭāniyy | from Great Britain | A1 | هَذَا طَالِبٌ بَرِيطَانِيٌّ.Hadhā ṭālibun barīṭāniyyun.This is a British student. |
| بَعِيد | baʿīd | far or distant | A1 | بَيْتِي بَعِيدٌ عَنِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.Baytī baʿīdun ʿani al-madrasati.The school is far from the house. |
| آخِر | ākhir | last or final | A1 | هَذَا آخِرُ دَرْسٍ الْيَوْمَ.Hadhā ākhiru darsin al-yawma.This is the last lesson today. |
| إِنْكلِيزِيّ | inklīziyy | relating to England | A1 | صَدِيقِي إِنْكِلِيزِيٌّ مِنْ لَنْدَنَ.Ṣadīqī inkilīziyyun min landana.My friend is English, from London. |
| أَصْغَر | aṣghar | younger or smallest | A1 | أَخِي أَصْغَرُ مِنِّي.Akhī aṣgharu minnī.My brother is younger than me. |
| تُرْكِيّ | turkiyy | Turkish person or language | A1 | هُوَ تُرْكِيٌّ.Huwa turkiyyun.He is Turkish. |
| ثالِث | thālith | third | A1 | هُوَ فِي الصَّفِّ الثَّالِثِ.Huwa fī al-ṣṣaffi al-ththālithi.He is in the third grade. |
| جَمِيل | jamīl | beautiful or pretty | A1 | هَذِهِ حَدِيقَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.Hadhihi ḥadīqatun jamīlatun.This park is beautiful. |
| ثامِن | thāmin | eighth | A1 | هَذَا هُوَ الطَّابِقُ الثَّامِنُ.Hadhā huwa al-ṭṭābiqu al-ththāminu.This is the eighth floor. |
| جَوْعان | jawʿān | hungry | A1 | أَنَا جَوْعَانٌ جِدًّا.Anā jawʿānun jiddanā.I am very hungry. |
| جَيِّد | jayyid | good | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ جَيِّدٌ.Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu jayyidun.This food is good. |
| حارّ | ḥārr | hot or burning | A1 | الشَّايُ حَارٌّ.Al-shshāyu ḥārrun.The tea is very hot. |
| حُلْو | ḥulw | sweet or charming | A1 | هَذِهِ الْبَقْلَاوَةُ حُلْوَةٌ.Hadhihi al-baqlāwatu ḥulwatun.This baklava is sweet. |
| خامِس | khāmis | fifth | A1 | هُوَ فِي الطَّابِقِ الْخَامِسِ.Huwa fī al-ṭṭābiqi al-khāmisi.هُوَ فِي الطَّابِقِ الْخَامِسِ. |
| حَزِين | ḥazīn | sad | A1 | أَنَا حَزِينٌ الْيَوْمَ.Anā ḥazīnun al-yawma.I am sad today. |
| رابِع | rābiʿ | fourth | A1 | هُوَ فِي الطَّابِقِ الرَّابِعِ.Huwa fī al-ṭṭābiqi al-rrābiʿi.He is on the fourth floor. |
| رائِع | rāʾiʿ | great or wonderful | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ رَائِعٌ.Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu rāʾiʿun.This food is great. |
| رُوسِيّ | rūsiyy | Russian person | A1 | أَنَا طَالِبٌ رُوسِيٌّ.Anā ṭālibun rūsiyyun.I am a Russian student. |
| سَعِيد | saʿīd | happy or cheerful | A1 | أَنَا سَعِيدٌ بِهَذَا.Anā saʿīdun bihadhā.I am happy with this. |
| سابِع | sābiʿ | seventh | A1 | أَسْكُنُ فِي الطَّابِقِ السَّابِعِ.Askunu fī al-ṭṭābiqi al-ssābiʿi.I live on the seventh floor. |
| سادِس | sādis | sixth | A1 | هَذَا هُوَ الطَّابِقُ السَّادِسُ.Hadhā huwa al-ṭṭābiqu al-ssādisu.This is the sixth floor. |
| سَهْل | sahl | easy | A1 | الدَّرْسُ سَهْلٌ.Al-ddarsu sahlun.The lesson is easy. |
| سَيِّء | sayyiʾ | bad | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ سَيِّءٌ.Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu sayyiʾun.This food is bad. |
| صَعْب | ṣaʿb | difficult or hard | A1 | هَذَا الدَّرْسُ صَعْبٌ.Hadhā al-ddarsu ṣaʿbun.This lesson is difficult. |
| جائِع | jāʾiʿ | experiencing hunger | A1 | أَنَا جَائِعٌ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ آكُلَ.Anā jāʾiʿun, urīdu an ākula.I'm hungry, I want to eat. |
| صَغِير | ṣaghīr | small | A1 | هَذَا وَلَدٌ صَغِيرٌ.Hadhā waladun ṣaghīrun.This is a small boy. |
| صِينِيّ | ṣīniyy | Chinese (adjective) | A1 | هَذِهِ طَاوِلَةٌ صِينِيَّةٌ.Hadhihi ṭāwilatun ṣīniyyatun.This is a Chinese table. |
| طَوِيل | ṭawīl | long or tall | A1 | الرَّجُلُ طَوِيلٌ جِدًّا.Al-rrajulu ṭawīlun jiddanā.The man is very tall. |
| طَيِّب | ṭayyib | kind | A1 | جَدِّي رَجُلٌ طَيِّبٌ.Jaddī rajulun ṭayyibun.My grandfather is a kind man. |
| عالِي | ʿālī | high or tall | A1 | اَلْبِنَايَةُ عَالِيَةٌ.Albināyatu ʿāliyatun.The building is tall. |
| عِراقِيّ | ʿirāqiyy | person from Iraq | A1 | هُوَ صَدِيقِي، وَهُوَ عِرَاقِيٌّ.Huwa ṣadīqī, wahuwa ʿirāqiyyun.He is my friend, and he is Iraqi. |
| قَدِيم | qadīm | old | A1 | هَذَا بَيْتٌ قَدِيمٌ.Hadhā baytun qadīmun.This is an old house. |
| قَرِيب | qarīb | near or close | A1 | اَلْبَيْتُ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.Albaytu qarībun mina al-madrasati.The house is near the school. |
| قَصِير | qaṣīr | short | A1 | هَذَا الرَّجُلُ قَصِيرٌ.Hadhā al-rrajulu qaṣīrun.This man is short. |
| قَلِيل | qalīl | a little bit | A1 | أُرِيدُ قَلِيلًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ.Urīdu qalīlanā mina al-māʾi.I want a little bit of water. |
| كَبِير | kabīr | big or large | A1 | هَذَا بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ.Hadhā baytun kabīrun.This is a big house. |
| كَثِير | kathīr | many or much | A1 | لَدَيَّ كُتُبٌ كَثِيرَةٌ.Ladayya kutubun kathīratun.I have many books. |
| رَمادِيّ | ramādiyy | gray color | A1 | السَّمَاءُ رَمَادِيَّةٌ اليَوْمَ.Al-ssamāʾu ramādiyyatun al-yawma.The sky is gray today. |
| ساخِن | sākhin | hot or warm | A1 | شَرِبْتُ شَايًا سَاخِنًا فِي الصَّباحِ.Sharibtu shāyanā sākhinanā fī al-ṣṣabāḥi.I drank hot tea in the morning. |
| مُذَكِّر | mudhakkir | masculine (grammatical) | A1 | هَذَا كِتَابٌ مُذَكَّرٌ.Hadhā kitābun mudhakkarun.This is a masculine book. |
| مَرِيض | marīḍ | sick person | A1 | هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مَرِيضٌ.Hadhā al-rrajulu marīḍun.This man is sick. |
| مَشْغُول | mashghūl | busy | A1 | أَنَا مَشْغُولٌ الْيَوْمَ.Anā mashghūlun al-yawma.I am busy today. |
| سَرِيع | sarīʿ | fast or quick | A1 | الْقِطَارُ سَرِيعٌ جِدًّا.Al-qiṭāru sarīʿun jiddanā.The train is very fast. |
| مِصْرِيّ | miṣriyy | person from egypt | A1 | صَدِيقِي مِصْرِيٌّ.Ṣadīqī miṣriyyun.My friend is Egyptian. |
| مُفَضَّل | mufaḍḍal | favorite | A1 | اللَّوْنُ الأَحْمَرُ هُوَ لَوْنِي المُفَضَّلُ.Al-llawnu al-ʾaḥmaru huwa lawnī al-mufaḍḍalu.Red is my favorite color. |
| سُورِيّ | sūriyy | Syrian person | A1 | أَنَا سُورِيٌّ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ.Anā sūriyyun min dimashqa.I am Syrian, from Damascus. |
| مُمْكِن | mumkin | possible | A1 | هَلْ هَذا مُمْكِنٌ؟Hal hadhā mumkinun?Is this possible? |
| مُؤَنَّث | muʾannath | feminine gender | A1 | هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ مُؤَنَّثَةٌ.Hadhihi al-kalimatu muʾannathatun.This word is feminine. |
| صَحِيح | ṣaḥīḥ | correct, true, or authentic | A1 | نَعَمْ، جَوَابُكَ صَحِيحٌ.Naʿam, jawābuka ṣaḥīḥun.Yes, your answer is correct. |
| هِنْدِيّ | hindiyy | Indian or Hindi | A1 | أنا طالِبٌ هِنْدِيٌّ.Anā ṭālibun hindiyyun.I am an Indian student. |
| مُشْمِس | mushmis | bright and sunny | A1 | الْيَوْمُ مُشْمِسٌ وَجَمِيلٌ.Al-yawmu mushmisun wajamīlun.Today is sunny and nice. |
| مَفْتُوح | maftūḥ | open | A1 | البَابُ مَفْتُوحٌ.Al-bābu maftūḥun.The door is open. |
| يابانِيّ | yābāniyy | Japanese | A1 | هَذِهِ السَّيَّارَةُ يَابَانِيَّةٌ.Hadhihi al-ssayyāratu yābāniyyatun.This car is Japanese. |
| جَدِيد | jadīd | new | A1 | هَذا جَدِيدٌ لِي.Hadhā jadīdun lī.This is new for me. |
| لُبْنانِيّ | lubnāniyy | Lebanese person | A1 | أَنا لُبْنانِيٌّ وَأَسْكُنُ في بَيْرُوتَ.Anā lubnāniyyun waʾaskunu fy bayrūta.I am Lebanese and I live in Beirut. |
| أَسْوَد | aswad | black | A1 | هَذَا قَلَمٌ أَسْوَدُ.Hadhā qalamun aswadu.This pen is black. |
| عَطْشان | ʿaṭshān | thirsty | A1 | أَنَا عَطْشَانُ.Anā ʿaṭshānu.I am thirsty. |
| غائِم | ghāʾim | cloudy | A1 | كَانَ الجَوُّ غَائِماً اليَوْمَ.Kāna al-jawwu ghāʾiman al-yawma.The weather was cloudy today. |
| مُمْطِر | mumṭir | rainy | A1 | اَلْيَوْمُ مُمْطِرٌ.Alyawmu mumṭirun.It is rainy today. |
| لَذِيذ | ladhīdh | delicious or tasty | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ لَذِيذٌ جِدًّا.Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu ladhīdhun jiddanā.This food is very delicious. |
| مُتَزَوِّج | mutazawwij | married | A1 | هَلْ أَنْتَ مُتَزَوِّجٌ؟Hal anta mutazawwijun?Are you married? |
| مُمْتاز | mumtāz | excellent | A1 | هَذَا الطَّعَامُ مُمْتَازٌ!Hadhā al-ṭṭaʿāmu mumtāzun!This food is excellent! |
| جَزائِرِيّ | jazāʾiriyy | algerian person | A1 | أَنَا جَزَائِرِيٌّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ وَهْرَانَ.Anā jazāʾiriyyun min madīnati wahrāna.I am Algerian, from the city of Oran. |
| مُهِمّ | muhimm | important or significant | A1 | هَذَا الدَّرْسُ مُهِمٌّ جِدًّا.Hadhā al-ddarsu muhimmun jiddanā.This lesson is very important. |
| نَظِيف | naẓīf | clean and tidy | A1 | غُرْفَتِي نَظِيفَةٌ وَكَبِيرَةٌ.Ghurfatī naẓīfatun wakabīratun.My room is clean and big. |
| سَعُودِيّ | saʿūdiyy | Saudi national | A1 | أَنَا سَعُودِيٌّ، مِنَ الرِّيَاضِ.Anā saʿūdiyyun, mina al-rriyāḍi.I am Saudi, from Riyadh. |
| أُرْدُنِّيّ | urdunniyy | Jordanian person | A1 | صَدِيقِي أُرْدُنِّيٌّ يَعِيشُ فِي عَمَّانَ.Ṣadīqī urdunniyyun yaʿīshu fī ʿammāna.My friend is a Jordanian living in Amman. |
| مَغْرِبِيّ | maghribiyy | moroccan person | A1 | صَدِيقِي مَغْرِبِيٌّ وَيَعِيشُ فِي الرِّبَاطِ.Ṣadīqī maghribiyyun wayaʿīshu fī al-rribāṭi.My friend is Moroccan and lives in Rabat. |
| أَجْمَل | ajmal | most beautiful | A2 | |
| أَجْنَبِيّ | ajnabiyy | foreign or foreigner | A2 | |
| أَحْسَن | aḥsan | better or best | A2 | |
| رِياضِيّ | rīāḍiyy | relating to sports | A2 | |
| مَسِيحِيّ | masīḥiyy | Christian | A2 | |
| إِيرانِيّ | īrāniyy | Iranian | A2 | |
| إِسْلامِيّ | islāmiyy | relating to Islam | A2 | |
| إِلِكْترُونِيّ | iliktrūniyy | electronic | A2 | |
| اِبْتِدائِيّ | ibtidāʾiyy | primary, elementary | A2 | |
| أَخِير | akhīr | last or final | A2 | |
| أُسْتُرالِيّ | usturāliyy | australian | A2 | |
| أَفْرِيقِيّ | afrīqiyy | an african person | A2 | |
| أَشْقَر | ashqar | blond or fair | A2 | |
| أَقْرَب | aqrab | nearest or closest | A2 | |
| أَقَلّ | aqall | least or less | A2 | |
| أُسْبُوعِيّ | usbūʿiyy | weekly | A2 | |
| أُورُبِّيّ | ūrubbiyy | European | A2 | |
| أُوكرانِيّ | ūkrāniyy | a ukrainian person | A2 | |
| أَيْرلَنْدِيّ | ayrlandiyy | irish | A2 | |
| أَيْمَن | ayman | right or right-handed | A2 | |
| أَعْزَب | aʿzab | bachelor / unmarried man | A2 | |
| أَكِيد | akīd | certain or sure | A2 | |
| بَرازِيلِيّ | barāzīliyy | person from brazil | A2 | |
| بَرِيدِيّ | barīdiyy | postal | A2 | |
| أَهَمّ | ahamm | more important | A2 | |
| أَسْرَع | asraʿ | faster than | A2 | |
| أَسْعَد | asʿad | happier than | A2 | |
| أَسْهَل | ashal | easier | A2 | |
| تاسِع | tāsiʿ | ninth | A2 | |
| أَصْعَب | aṣʿab | more difficult or harder | A2 | |
| أَطْوَل | aṭwal | longer or tallest | A2 | |
| بَسِيط | basīṭ | easy and simple | A2 | |
| أَغْلَى | aghlā | most expensive | A2 | |
| أَقْصَر | aqṣar | shorter | A2 | |
| أَنِيق | anīq | ، | A2 | |
| بَنَفْسَجِيّ | banafsajiyy | violet or purple | A2 | |
| باكِستانِيّ | bākistāniyy | Pakistani | A2 | |
| ثانَوِيّ | thānawiyy | secondary level | A2 | |
| بَطِيء | baṭīʾ | slow | A2 | |
| خالِي | khālī | empty or vacant | A2 | |
| حامِض | ḥāmiḍ | sour or acidic | A2 | |
| خَطِير | khaṭīr | dangerous | A2 | |
| دافِئ | dāfiʾ | warm | A2 | |
| خاصّ | khāṣṣ | special | A2 | |
| خاطِئ | khāṭiʾ | wrong/incorrect | A2 | |
| دِراسِيّ | dirāsiyy | related to education | A2 | |
| دَنِمارْكِيّ | danimārkiyy | Danish | A2 | |
| تِلْفِزيُونِيّ | tilfizyūniyy | related to television | A2 | |
| رَطْب | raṭb | wet, moist, or fresh | A2 | |
| ثَقِيل | thaqīl | heavy | A2 | |
| جاهِز | jāhiz | prepared and ready | A2 | |
| سِياحِيّ | sīāḥiyy | tourist related | A2 | |
| سُوَيْدِيّ | suwaydiyy | Swedish person | A2 | |
| سُوِيسْرِيّ | suwīsriyy | Swiss person | A2 | |
| شَخْصِيّ | shakhṣiyy | personal or private | A2 | |
| جَنُوبِيّ | janūbiyy | southern | A2 | |
| جافّ | jāff | dry or withered | A2 | |
| شَهْرِيّ | shahriyy | monthly | A2 | |
| صِحِّيّ | ṣiḥḥiyy | healthy | A2 | |
| شَهِير | shahīr | famous | A2 | |
| جالِس | jālis | sitting down | A2 | |
| صَيْفِيّ | ṣayfiyy | summer (adj.) | A2 | |
| حَقِيقِيّ | ḥaqīqiyy | true or real | A2 | |
| عادِيّ | ʿādiyy | normal or ordinary | A2 | |
| خائِف | khāʾif | afraid or fearful | A2 | |
| عاشِر | ʿāshir | tenth | A2 | |
| عائِلِيّ | ʿāʾiliyy | family (adj) | A2 | |
| خَفِيف | khafīf | light in weight | A2 | |
| غَرِيب | gharīb | strange / foreign | A2 | |
| حَسَن | ḥasan | good, handsome, beautiful | A2 | |
| عَمِيق | ʿamīq | deep | A2 | |
| غائِب | ghāʾib | absent | A2 | |
| فَقِير | faqīr | poor | A2 | |
| ذَكِيّ | dhakiyy | intelligent or smart | A2 | |
| ذَهَبِيّ | dhahabiyy | golden | A2 | |
| قادِم | qādim | coming or next | A2 | |
| رَخِيص | rakhīṣ | cheap | A2 | |
| كَرِيم | karīm | generous and kind | A2 | |
| كَسُول | kasūl | lazy person | A2 | |
| لازِم | lāzim | necessary and required | A2 | |
| لَطِيف | laṭīf | kind and friendly | A2 | |
| مَجْنُون | majnūn | mad or crazy | A2 | |
| مَدْرَسِيّ | madrasiyy | school (adj.) | A2 | |
| مالِح | māliḥ | salty | A2 | |
| مُبَكِّر | mubakkir | early | A2 | |
| مُتَأَخِّر | mutaʾakhkhir | late or delayed | A2 | |
| مُوافِق | mūāfiq | agreeing / in agreement | A2 | |
| مُرَتَّب | murattab | tidy or arranged | A2 | |
| مُرْتَفِع | murtafiʿ | high or elevated | A2 | |
| شَوِيّ | shawiyy | grilled or roasted | A2 | |
| مُسْتَعِدّ | mustaʿidd | ready or prepared | A2 | |
| واسِع | wāsiʿ | wide or large | A2 | |
| مُضْحِك | muḍḥik | funny or comical | A2 | |
| واضِح | wāḍiḥ | easy to understand | A2 | |
| ضَرُورِيّ | ḍarūriyy | necessary or essential | A2 | |
| ضَعِيف | ḍaʿīf | weak, frail | A2 | |
| وَحِيد | waḥīd | alone | A2 | |
| طازِج | ṭāzij | fresh | A2 | |
| ضائِع | ḍāʾiʿ | lost or missing | A2 | |
| مُفِيد | mufīd | useful and beneficial | A2 | |
| طَبِيعِيّ | ṭabīʿiyy | natural / normal | A2 | |
| يُونانِيّ | yūnāniyy | person from Greece | A2 | |
| ضَيِّق | ḍayyiq | narrow or tight | A2 | |
| مَكْتُوب | maktūb | written | A2 | |
| مُناسِب | munāsib | suitable or appropriate | A2 | |
| مُوسِيقِيّ | mūsīqiyy | musical | A2 | |
| عَرِيض | ʿarīḍ | wide, broad | A2 | |
| ناجِح | nājiḥ | successful | A2 | |
| عَزِيز | ʿazīz | dear or darling | A2 | |
| عَظِيم | ʿaẓīm | great or magnificent | A2 | |
| نُرْوِيجِيّ | nurwījiyy | Norwegian person | A2 | |
| غاضِب | ghāḍib | feeling very angry | A2 | |
| غال | ghāl | expensive | A2 | |
| هُولانْدِيّ | hūlāndiyy | Dutch person | A2 | |
| غامِق | ghāmiq | dark in shade | A2 | |
| فارِغ | fārigh | empty | A2 | |
| أَمامِيّ | amāmiyy | front (adj.) | A2 | |
| وَسِيم | wasīm | handsome or elegant | A2 | |
| ضَبَابِيّ | ḍabābiyy | foggy | A2 | |
| ثَلْجِيّ | thaljiyy | snowy | A2 | |
| قاعِد | qāʿid | sitting or seated | A2 | |
| قادِر | qādir | capable or able | A2 | |
| قَبِيح | qabīḥ | ugly or bad | A2 | |
| مَقْلِيّ | maqliyy | fried food item | A2 | |
| مَسْلُوق | maslūq | boiled food item | A2 | |
| مُجْتَهِد | mujtahid | hardworking person | A2 | |
| قَوِيّ | qawiyy | strong or powerful | A2 | |
| كامِل | kāmil | complete or entire | A2 | |
| كَهْرَبائِيّ | kahrabāʾiyy | electric | A2 | |
| ماشِي | māshī | walking or going | A2 | |
| مُتَأَكِّد | mutaʾakkid | certain or sure | A2 | |
| مُثَلَّج | muthallaj | iced or frozen | A2 | |
| مَجّان | majjān | free of charge | A2 | |
| مُخْتَلِف | mukhtalif | different | A2 | |
| مُرْتاح | murtāḥ | comfortable or relaxed | A2 | |
| مُرِيح | murīḥ | comfortable or cozy | A2 | |
| مَسْرُور | masrūr | pleased, happy | A2 | |
| مَشْهُور | mashhūr | famous | A2 | |
| مَشْوِيّ | mashwiyy | grilled or roasted | A2 | |
| نَشِيط | nashīṭ | energetic or active | A2 | |
| مُغْلَق | mughlaq | closed or locked | A2 | |
| مَعْرُوف | maʿrūf | known or recognized | A2 | |
| مَكْسُور | maksūr | broken or fractured | A2 | |
| مُلَوَّن | mulawwan | colorful or colored | A2 | |
| مُمْتِع | mumtiʿ | enjoyable or pleasant | A2 | |
| يَمَنِيّ | yamaniyy | yemeni person | A2 | |
| لِيبِيّ | lībiyy | libyan person | A2 | |
| مُمِلّ | mumill | boring or tiresome | A2 | |
| مَمْنُوع | mamnūʿ | forbidden or prohibited | A2 | |
| قَطَرِيّ | qaṭariyy | Qatari person or thing | A2 | |
| عُمانِيّ | ʿumāniyy | Omani person or thing | A2 | |
| تُونِسِيّ | tūnisiyy | Tunisian person or thing | A2 | |
| حادِي | ḥādī | first (often used in the construct state) | A2 | |
| أَسِيَوِيّ | asiyawiyy | Asian person or thing | A2 | |
| إِماراتِيّ | imārātiyy | Emirati (adjective) | A2 | |
| مَوْجُود | mawjūd | available or existing | A2 | |
| بَحْرَيْنِيّ | baḥrayniyy | Bahraini (adj./noun) | A2 | |
| نائِم | nāʾim | asleep or sleeping | A2 | |
| هاتِفِيّ | hātifiyy | telephonic or by phone | A2 | |
| كُورِيّ | kūriyy | Korean | A2 | |
| هادِئ | hādiʾ | calm or quiet | A2 | |
| هامّ | hāmm | important or significant | A2 | |
| يَوْمِيّ | yawmiyy | occurring every day | A2 | |
| كُوَيْتِيّ | kuwaytiyy | Kuwaiti person | A2 | |
| سُودانِيّ | sūdāniyy | Sudanese person | A2 | |
| غالِي | ghālī | expensive or dear | A2 | |
| أَسْمَر | asmar | dark-skinned | A2 | |
| شَمالِيّ | shamāliyy | relating to north | A2 | |
| مُبارَك | mubārak | blessed or fortunate | A2 | |
| غَنِيّ | ghaniyy | rich or wealthy | A2 | |
| بُرْتُغالِيّ | burtughāliyy | portuguese person | A2 | |
| فِضِّيّ | fiḍḍiyy | made of silver | A2 | |
| أَحَرّ | aḥarr | hotter | A2 | |
| أَلْطَف | alṭaf | kinder or nicer | A2 | |
| أَلَذّ | aladhdh | more delicious than | A2 | |
| أَرْخَص | arkhaṣ | cheaper than | A2 | |
| أَنْظَف | anẓaf | cleaner than | A2 | |
| مُزْدَحِم | muzdaḥim | crowded or bustling | A2 | |
| مَجَّانِيّ | majjāniyy | free of charge | A2 | |
| وَرْدِيّ | wardiyy | pink or rosy | A2 | |
| خَلْفِيّ | khalfiyy | rear or back | B1 | |
| سَكْران | sakrān | person who is drunk | B1 | |
| حَيَوانِيّ | ḥayawāniyy | animal or zoological | B1 | |
| كُحْلِيّ | kuḥliyy | deep navy blue | B1 | |
| ثُلاثِيّ | thulāthiyy | triple, threefold, or three-dimensional | B2 | |
| دَمَوِيّ | damawiyy | related to blood | B2 | |
| سَماوِيّ | samāwiyy | celestial or blue | B2 | |
| نِسْبِيّ | nisbiyy | relative or proportional | B2 | |
| أَشْيَب | ashyab | white-haired man / gray-haired man | C1 | |
| أَعْجَب | aʿjab | more/most astonishing; how astonishing! | C1 | |
| مُتَجانِس | mutajānis | homogeneous or uniform | C1 | |
| مَعْدُود | maʿdūd | limited in number | C1 | |
| رُباعِيّ | rubāʿiyy | composed of four | C1 | |
| فَيْروزِيّ | fayrwziyy | turquoise in color | C1 | |
| قِرْمِزِيّ | qirmiziyy | scarlet red color | C1 |
Words from the Lock&Learn Arabic deck, built on the Arabic CEFR-classified word list of Khallaf and Sharoff (2021). Definitions adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vowel marks are shown in full and the romanization is generated; example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
They come after the noun and copy it: feminine nouns take adjectives in -a (madīna jamīla, a beautiful city), and if the noun has al- the adjective takes it too. Plural nouns for things take the feminine singular adjective. The 284 adjectives below come from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists, most of them from A1 and A2.
89 from A1, 180 from A2, 4 from B1, 4 from B2, 7 from C1. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word, romanization and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
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