Appearance and personality

 

 

طَويل

 

/Taweel/

 

Means

 

Tall

 

The feminine form is

 

طَويلَــة

 

/Taweelah/

 

 

 

 

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قُصَيَّر

 

/ʼuSayyar/

 

Means

 

Short

 

The feminine form is

 

قُصَيَّرَة

 

/ʼuSayyarah/

 

 

 

 

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رُفَيَّع

 

/rufayyaʻ/

 

Means

 

Thin

 

The feminine form is

 

رُفَيَّعَــة

 

/rufayyaʻah/

 

 

 

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تِخين

 

/tikheen/

 

Means

 

Overweight

 

The feminine form is

 

تِخينَــة

 

/tikheenah/

 

 

 

 

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أَشْقَر

 

/ʼashʼar/

 

Means

 

Blond haired  (Masculine)

 

 

 

 

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أَسْمَر

 

/ʼasmar/

 

Means

 

Dark skinned (Masculine)

 

 

 

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شَقْرا

 

/shaʼraa/

 

Blonde haired (Feminine)

 

 

 

 

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سَمْرا

 

/samraa/

 

Dark skinned (Feminine) 

 

 

 

 

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لَطيف

 

/laTeef/

 

Means

 

Nice/ Kind

 

The feminine form is

 

لَطيفَــة

 

/laTeefah/

 

 

 

 

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زَكي

 

/zakee/

 

Means

 

Intelligent

 

The feminine form is

 

 زَكِيَّــة

 

/zakiyyah/

 

 

 

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كَسلان

 

/kaslaan/

 

Means

 

Lazy

 

The feminine form is

 

كَسلانَــة

 

/kaslaanah/

 

 

 

 

 

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نَشيط

 

/nasheeT/

 

Means

 

Active

 

The feminine form is

 

نَشيطَــة

 

/nasheeTah/

 

 

 

 

 

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“Yes or No” questions do not have a question word in dialectal Arabic.

 

Intonation will indicate if it is an inquiry

 

As in

 

هُوَّ زَكي؟

 

 

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لكِن

 

/lakin/

 

Means

 

But

 

 

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