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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Al-Kitaab Part 3 - Chapter 1 word list

Vocabulary list for Al-Kitaab Part 3, Chapter 1, page 15 entitled:
فض الاشتباك مع الحالة الاسلامية or "Disengagement with the Islamist case" by the Islamist writer Fahmy Howeidy. I don't really know how to translate this title, but the text makes it clear that the author is talking about settling of hostilities with political Islam.

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فض = undoing, settling (a dispute) faDD
اشتباك = entanglement, clashing ishtibaak
فض الاشتباك = disengagement, undoing of hostilities (same meaning as فك الاشتباك)
ظل = to remain, persist DHalla, yaDHall
طيلة = during, throughout Teelata (same meaning as طوال)
استجوب = to interrogate (form X)
احتمال = probability iHtimaal
تصور = conception, scenario taSawwur
امكانية = possibility imkaaniya
كرر = to repeat (form II)
تجربة = experience tajriba
إلى آخره = الخ = etc. ilaa aakhirihi

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قدّم = to present, offer (form II)
موضوعي = objective mauDou3i
اجابة شافية = satisfactory, clear answer
ملح = urgent, pressing muliHH

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مندوب = deputy, representative mandoub
أجري = to hold talks, meeting (form IV)
حوار = dialogue Hiwaar
مثّل = to represent (form II)
كبر = to grow bigger (form I) kabura, yakbur
شرح = to explain (form I) sharaHa, yashraH, al-sharH

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محلل = analyst muHallil
أخطأ = to make a mistake (form IV)
ظاهرة ج ظواهر = phenomenon DHaahira (pl. DHawaahir)
احياء = revival iHyaa'
عقد ج عقود = contract; also: decade 3aqd (pl. 3uqoud)
ألحق ب = to attach s.th. to s.th (form IV)
من ثم ف = therefore, hence min thamma fa-
توقع = to expect (form V)
انحسر = to decline, subside (form VII)
وفاة = death wafaa
آية الله = Ayatollah
1989 = ألف وتسعمئة وتسعة وثمانين
مؤشرات = indications mu'ashiraat
لاحق = later, subsequent laaHiq
أثبت = to prove, establish (evidence) (form IV)
تقدير = estimation taqdeer
استوجب = to require, demand, necessitate (form X)
اعادة = (in compounds) re-(doing) something
تقييم = appraisal taqyeem
تعامل = to deal with s.th. (form XI)

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ذهب الى أنّ = to go so far as to say that dhahaba ilaa anna
ذهب الى القول بأنّ = to go so far as to say that dhahaba ilaa al-qaul bi-anna
جدد = to renew (form II)
ما لم... فان = unless... then.. maa lam... fa'inna
يتم = is completed yatimm
منهج ج مناهج = method (this has a similar meaning to أسلوب) manhaj (pl. manaahij)
ظل = to persist DHalla, yaDHall
عانى من = to suffer from (form III)
تأثير = influence, effect ta'theer
توتر = tension tawatur

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إنْ = لئن if.. la'in
من خلال = by means of min khilaal
متعدد الأطراف = multilateral muta3addad al-aTraaf
حسب = to calculate Hasaba, yaHsab
ارتكب خطأ = to make a mistake (form VIII)
دعا = to invite da3aa, yad3ou
مماثل = similar mumaathil

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أشار الى = to indicate (form IV)
كثيرا ما = often
يشار اليهم بكلمة = they are referred to with the word.. (passive) yushaar ilayhim bi..
أصوليين = fundamentalists uSouli-een
بريء أبرياء = innocent bari' (pl. abriyaa')
قاتل = to fight (form III)
هم كغيرهم من البشر = they are like other human beings hum ka-ghayruhum min al-bashar
سوي ج أسوياء = good, correct sawi (pl. aswiyaa')
منحرف = deviant munHarif
معتدل = moderate mu3tadil
متطرف = extremist mutaTarif
من من = ممن = min man from who miman
انتمى الى = to belong to, be a member of (form VIII)
نخبة ج نخب = elite nukhba (pl. nukhab)
إما = be it either... or.. immaa
تصديق = consent, approval taSdeeq
عجب من = to be amazed 3ajiba, ya3jab min
عجز عن = to be incapable of 3ajaza, ya3jiz 3an
وجهة النظر = point of view wajhat al-naDHr
ذكر = to mention dhakara, yadhkur
ابتعد عن = to keep away, refrain from (form VIII)
عمم = to generalize (form II)
معقد = complex, complicated mu3aqqad
شمل = to contain shamila, yashmal
مفهوم ج مفاهيم = concept mafhoum (pl. mafaaheem)
انطبق على = to be applicable, be compatible with (form VII)
حاصل = occuring, happening HaaSil

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حرص على = to be keen on HariSa, yaHraS
اثبات = evidence ithbaat
دلل على = to prove (form II)
مفارقة = paradox
اقتنع = to be convinced (form VIII)
من ناحية = on the one hand
صدق = to believe (form II)

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أدرك أنّ = to realize that (form IV)
تنازع = to dispute each other (form VI)
تبنى = to adopt (form V)
قمع = oppression qam3
صادر = to seize, confiscate; to publish (form III)
دعوى = legal claim da3waa
عانى من = to suffer from (form III)
عاهة = disease 3aaha
أخلاق = morals
خلقي = ethical khulqi
لا سبيل الى = there is no way to..
الحل الأمثل = the ideal solution al-Hall al-amathal
شر ج شرور = evil sharr (pl. shurour)
خطر ج أخطار = danger khaTar (pl. akhTaar)

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استثنى من = to exempt, exclude s.th. from (form X)
يُستثنى = are exempted, excluded (passive) yustathnaa
اطار = framework iTaar
التعددية السياسية = political pluralism
تطوع = to volunteer (form V)
منظرين = theorists munaDHireen
ابتكر = to devise, create (form VIII)
مصطلح = technical term muSTalaH
أطلق على = to name s.th. (form IV)
استثناءات = exceptions is-tith-naa'aat
ادعى أنّ = to claim that idda3aa, yadda3ee, al-iddi3aa' (form VIII)
فئة = group, class fi'a
هدد = to threaten (form II)
تمثل = to become similar to s.th. (form V)
أشرار = evil (plural for people)
سمّى ب = to name (form II)

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مغاير = different mughaayir
انطلق من = to start from, to be based on (form VII)
اقتناع = conviction, convincedness
صنف ج أصناف = type, species Sanf (pl. aSnaaf)
فريد = unique, singular fareed
عدم = to lack 3adima, ya3dam
عاقل ج عقلاء = reasonable, sensible 3aaqil (pl. 3uqalaa')
سوي ج أسوياء = good, proper sawi (pl. aswiyaa')

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لعل = perhaps la3alla
بالغ = to exaggerate (form III)
نفوذ = influence
الواقع = reality al-waaqi3
نص على = to specifiy, stipulate naSSa, yanuSS
دستور ج دساتير = constitution dustour (pl. dasaateer)
قطر ج أقطار = region quTr (pl. aqTaar)
الشريعة = The Shari'a
أنصار = supporters anSaar

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حدث ج أحداث = incidence, happening Hadath (pl. aHdaath)
نهج ج نهوج = path, method nahj (pl. nuhouj)
بالذات = in particular
أحوج = more necessary, greater need aHwaj
مراجعة = review muraaja3a
إعادة النطر = re-look, review
هدد = to threaten (form II)
كمن = to be hidden kamana, yakmun
حذف = to clip off Hadhafa, yaHdhif, al-Hadhf

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شذوذ = abnormality shudhoudh
أنكر = to deny (form IV)
نمى = to grow namaa, yanmou
شرعية = legitimacy shara3iya
طالما أنّ = as long as Taalamaa anna
مبدأ ج مبادئ = principle mabda' (pl. mabaadi')
مارس = to practice (an exercise, practice democracy) (form III)
خضع = to bow, surrender khaDa3a, yakhDa3, al-khuDou3
رأي الأغلبية = opinion of the majority ra'ee al-aghlabiya
قبل = to accept qabila, yaqbal, al-quboul
التزم ب = to be committed to (form VIII)
أقر = to acknowledge, to admit (form IV)

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قاعدة ج قواعد = basis, rule qaa3ida (pl. qawaa3id)
اكتشف = to discover (form VIII)
أعقد = more complex a3qad
أعمق = deeper a3maq
نسب الى = to relate s.th to, to attribute s.th. to nasaba, yansub

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مقدمة = premise muqaddima