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VOCABULARIES.
ABBREVIATIONS.
L.—Lower Egypt.
U.—Upper Egypt.
Plu. Plural.
Imp. Imperative.
N.B.— The ī denotes the presence of yey (see page 10) in the Arabic, as does also final i. Thus 'arableh (carriage) when plural becomes 'arabīyat as the yey in such words has more of the sound value of y. The feminine ah becomes at before a vowel, e.g., es sikkat el hadīd (the railway).
1. The World and its Elements.
| English. | Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation |
| God | Allāh |
| Creator | khāliq |
| world | dunya |
| sky | sama, gāu |
| sun | shems, sems (l.), shemsh (u.) |
| moon | qamar |
| star | nigmah |
| air | hāua |
| earth | ard |
| water | moyyah |
| fire | nār |
| sea | bāḥr |
| animal | ḥāywān, plu. ḥāywānāt |
| cattle | plu. bahayim |
| nature | tab'iah |
| light | nūr |
| dark | atmah, zalara |
| weather | hāua |
| wind | rīḥ, plu. aryāḥ |
| storm | nāu |
| cloud | ghāim |
| rain | matar |
| snow, ice | telg |
| hail | bard, galīd |
| thunder | ra'ad |
| lightning | barq |
