Adjectives in Modern Standard Arabic

Adjectives in Modern Standard Arabic

goodjayyidunجَيِّدٌ
badsayyiʔunسَيِّءٌ
hardʂulbunصُلْبٌ
softlayyinunلَيِّنٌ
softʈariyyunطَرِيٌّ
difficult, hardʂa3bunصَعْبٌ
easysahlunسَهْلٌ
importantmuhimmunمُهِمٌّ
necessaryɖarūriyyunضَرورِيٌّ
strongqawiyyun (ʔaqwiyāʔu)قَوِيٌّ (أَقْوِياءُ)
weakɖa3īfun (ɖu3afāʔu)ضَعيفٌ (ضُعَفاءُ)
deep3amīqunعَميقٌ
shallowɖaɧlunضَحْلٌ
long; (person) tallʈawīlun (ʈiwālun)طَويلٌ (طِوالٌ)
He’s very tall.ʔinnahu ʈawīlun jiddan.إِنَّهُ طَويلٌ جِدًّا.
shortqaʂīrun (qiʂārun)قَصيرٌ (قِصارٌ)
She’s quite short.ʔinnahā qaʂīratun jiddan.إِنَّها قَصيرَةٌ جِدًّا.
old, ancientqadīmun (qudmāʔu)قَديمٌ (قُدماءُ)
old, ancient3atīqa (3itāqun)عَتيقَ (عِتاقٌ)
newjadīdun (jududun)جَديدٌ (جُدُدٌ)
clear, obviouswāɖiɧunواضِحٌ
His answer was very clear.kānat ʔijābatuhu wāɖiɧatan jiddan.كانَتْ إِجابَتُهُ واضِحَةً جِدًّا.
unclearmubhamunمُبْهَمٌ
unclearɣayru wāɖiɧinغَيْرُ واضِحٍ
unclearɣāmiɖunغامِضٌ
cleannaʐīfun (nuʐafāʔu)نَظيفٌ (نُظَفاءُ)
dirtymuttasixunمُتَّسِخٌ
heavyŧaqīlunثَقيلٌ
lightxafīfun (xifāfun)خَفيفٌ (خِفافٌ)
readymusta3iddunمُسْتَعِدٌّ
readyjāhizunجاهِزٌ
Are you ready yet?hal ʔanta musta3iddun ba3du?هَلْ أَنْتَ مُسْتَعِدٌّ بَعْدُ؟
I’m ready!ʔana musta3iddun!أَنا مُسْتَعِدٌّ!
I’m ready!ʔana jāhizun!أَنا جاهِزٌ!
(person) rightmuɧiqqunمُحِقٌّ
(person) right3alā ɧaqqinعَلى حَقٍّ
Yes, you’re right!ʔajal, ʔanta muɧiqqun!أَجَلْ، أَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ!
(person) wrongmuxʈiʔunمُخْطِئٌ
I think you’re wrong (about that).ʔa3taqidu ʔannaka muxʈiʔun.أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّكَ مُخْطِئٌ.
slowbaʈīʔunبَطيءٌ
fast, quicksarī3unسَريعٌ
hotsāxinunساخِنٌ
warmdāfiʔunدافِئٌ
cool, coldbāridunبارِدٌ
famousmašhūrun (mašāhīru)مَشْهورٌ (مَشاهيرُ)
famousšahīrunشَهيرٌ
independentmustaqillunمُسْتَقِلٌّ
busymašɣūlunمَشْغولٌ
empty; available, freefāriɣunفارِغٌ
empty; available, freemutāɧunمُتاحٌ
empty; available, freemutafarriɣunمُتَفَرِّغٌ
Are you free tomorrow?hal ʔanta mutafarriɣun ɣadan?هَلْ أَنْتَ مُتَفَرِّغٌ غَدًا؟
fullmumtaliāʔunمُمْتَلِىءٌ
usefulmufīdunمُفيدٌ
useless3adīmu -lfāʔidatiعَديمُ الفائِدَةِ
uselessɣayru mufīdinغَيْرُ مُفيدٍ
careful, cautiousɧađirunحَذِرٌ
careful, cautiousɧarīʂunحَريصٌ
carelessmuhmilunمُهْمِلٌ
carelesslā mubālinلا مُبالٍ
absent-mindedšāridu -đđihniشارِدُ الذِّهْنِ
absent-mindedšāridu -lfikriشارِدُ الفِكْرِ
openmaftūɧunمَفْتوحٌ
closedmuɣlaqunمُغْلَقٌ
wetmuballalunمُبَلَّلٌ
dryjāaffunجاَفٌّ
quiethādiʔunهادِئٌ
noisymuz3ijunمُزْعِجٌ
roughxašinunخَشِنٌ
smoothnā3imunناعِمٌ
narrow; tightɖayyiqunضَيِّقٌ
wide; loosewāsi3unواسِعٌ
darkdākinunداكِنٌ
bright, lightsāʈi3unساطِعٌ
bright, lightmuɖīʔunمُضيءٌ
sharpɧāddunحادٌّ
bluntmaŧlūmunمَثْلومٌ
additionalʔiɖāfiyyunإِضافِيٌّ
the same __nafsu -l__نَفْسُ الـ__
similarmušābihunمُشابِهٌ
differentmuxtalifunمُخْتَلِفٌ
possiblemumkinunمُمْكِنٌ
impossiblemustaɧīlunمُسْتَحيلٌ
impossibleɣayru mumkininغَيْرُ مُمْكِنٍ
probable, likelymuɧtamalunمُحْتَمَلٌ

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