Levantine Arabic

Adjectives in Palestinian Arabic

good	mnīɧ (mnāɧ)	مْنيح (مْناح)
bad	miš mnīɧ	مِش مْنيح
bad	sáyyiʔ	سيِّئ
hard	gāsi	قاسي
soft	ʈári	طري
difficult, hard	ʂí3ib	صِعِب
easy	síhil	سِهِل
important	muhímm	مُهِمّ
necessary	ɖarūri	ضروري
strong	gáwi (ágwiya)	قَوي (أقْوِيا)
weak	ɖ3īf (ɖ3āf)	ضْعيف (ضْعاف)
deep	ɣamīg	غميق
deep	3amīg	عميق
shallow	sáʈɧi	سطْحي
long; (person) tall	ʈawīl (ʈwāl)	طَويل (طْوال)
He's very tall.	húwwa ʈawīl ktīr.	هُوَّ طَويل كْتير.
short	gaʂīr (gʂār)	قصير (قْصار)
She's quite short.	híyya gaʂīra ktīr.	هِيَّ قصيرة كْتير.
old, ancient	gadīm (gdām)	قديم (قْدام)
new	jdīd (jdād)	جْديد (جْداد)
clear, obvious	wāɖiɧ	واضِح
His answer was very clear.	jawābu kān ktīr wāɖiɧ.	جَوابو كان كْتير واضِح.
unclear	miš wāɖiɧ	مِش واضِح
clean	nɖīf (nɖāf)	نْضيف (نْضاف)
dirty	wísix	وِسِخ
heavy	tgīl (tgāl)	تْقيل (تْقال)
light	xafīf (xfāf)	خفيف (خْفاف)
ready	jāhiz	جاهِز
Are you ready yet?	ínta jāhiz wálla líssa?	إنْتَ جاهِز وَلّا لِسّا؟
I'm ready!	ána jāhiz!	أنا جاهِز!
right (person)	má3u ɧagg	معو حقّ
Yes, you're right!	ʂaɧɧ, má3ak ɧagg!	صحّ، معك حقّ!
wrong (person)	ɣalʈān	غلْطان
I think you're wrong (about that).	aʐúnn ínnak ɣalʈān.	أظُنّ إنّك غلْطان.
slow	baʈīʔ	بطيء
fast, quick	sarī3	سريع
hot	súxun	سُخُن
warm	dāfi	دافي
cool, cold	sāgi3	ساقِع
cool, cold	bárid	بارِد
famous	mašhūr	مشْهور (مشاهير)
independent	mustaqíll	مُسْتقِلّ
busy	mašɣūl	مشْغول
empty; (person) available, free	fāɖi	فاضي
Are you free tomorrow?	fāɖi búkra?	فاضي بُكْرة؟
full	malyān	ملْيان
useful	mufīd	مُفيد
useless	malūš fāyda	ملوش فايْدة
useless	mā ʔílu luzūm	ما إلو لُزوم
careful, cautious	ɧarīʂ	حريص
careless	múhmil	مُهْمِل
absent-minded	sarɧān	سرْحان
absent-minded	šārid	شارِد
open	maftūɧ	مفْتوح
closed	msákkar	مْسكّر
wet	mablūl	مبْلول
dry	nāšif	ناشِف
quiet	hādi	هادي
noisy	múz3ij	مُزْعِح
rough	xíšin	خِشِن
smooth	nā3im	ناعِم
narrow; tight	ɖíyyig	ضِيِّق
wide; loose	wāsi3	واسِع
dark	m3áttim	مْعْتِّم
bright, light	mnáwwir	مْنوِّر
sharp	ɧādd	حادّ
blunt	ɧāfi	حافي
additional	zyāda [invar.]	زيادة
additional	kamān [invar.]	كمان
additional	iɖāfi	إضافي
the same __	nafs il-__	نفْس الـ__
similar	zayy bá3aɖ	زيّ بعض
different	ɣēr	غيْر
different	mixtílif	مِخْتِلِف
possible; probable, likely	múmkin	مُمْكِن
possible; probable, likely	ma3gūl	معْقول
impossible	mustaɧīl	مُسْتحيل

Levantine Arabic

Adjectives in Palestinian Arabic

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