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جَدِيدٌ

jadīdun

new

A1adjectiveroot: ج-د-د

اِشْتَرَيْتُ هَاتِفًا جَدِيدًا.

ishtaraytu hātifan jadīdan.

I bought a new phone.

قَدِيمٌ

qadīmun

old / ancient

A1adjectiveroot: ق-د-م

هَذَا مَسْجِدٌ قَدِيمٌ.

hādhā masjidun qadīmun.

This is an old mosque.

جَيِّدٌ

jayyidun

good

A1adjectiveroot: ج-و-د

هَذَا كِتَابٌ جَيِّدٌ.

hādhā kitābun jayyidun.

This is a good book.

جَمِيلٌ

jamīlun

beautiful / handsome

A1adjectiveroot: ج-م-ل

الطَّقْسُ جَمِيلٌ الْيَوْمَ.

aṭ-ṭaqsu jamīlun al-yawma.

The weather is beautiful today.

صَعْبٌ

ṣaʿbun

difficult / hard

A1adjectiveroot: ص-ع-ب

الِامْتِحَانُ صَعْبٌ.

al-imtiḥānu ṣaʿbun.

The exam is difficult.

سَهْلٌ

sahlun

easy

A1adjectiveroot: س-ه-ل

الدَّرْسُ سَهْلٌ جِدًّا.

ad-darsu sahlun jiddan.

The lesson is very easy.

طَوِيلٌ

ṭawīlun

long / tall

A1adjectiveroot: ط-و-ل

الرَّجُلُ طَوِيلٌ.

ar-rajulu ṭawīlun.

The man is tall.

قَصِيرٌ

qaṣīrun

short

A1adjectiveroot: ق-ص-ر

الطَّرِيقُ قَصِيرٌ.

aṭ-ṭarīqu qaṣīrun.

The road is short.

كَثِيرٌ

kathīrun

many / much / a lot

A1adjectiveroot: ك-ث-ر

عِنْدَهُ كُتُبٌ كَثِيرَةٌ.

ʿindahu kutubun kathīratun.

He has many books.

قَلِيلٌ

qalīlun

few / little

A1adjectiveroot: ق-ل-ل

عِنْدِي وَقْتٌ قَلِيلٌ.

ʿindī waqtun qalīlun.

I have little time.

سَعِيدٌ

saʿīdun

happy

A1adjectiveroot: س-ع-د

أَنَا سَعِيدٌ بِلِقَائِكَ.

anā saʿīdun bi-liqāʾika.

I am happy to meet you.

وَ

wa

and

A1particle

أَنَا وَأَنْتَ أَصْدِقَاءُ.

anā wa anta aṣdiqāʾu.

You and I are friends.