Al-Kitaab Part 3 - Chapter 2 word list

Vocabulary list for Al-Kitaab Part 3, chapter 2, page 54.

Toward an Egyptian theatre by the Egyptian writer Yusuf Idris.

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ندوة = seminar nadwa
اختفى = to be hidden (form VIII)

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تشبيه = simile tashbeeh
بالغ = to exaggerate (form III)
صادق = truthful, sincere Saadiq
ما دام = as long as, since maa daama
خاصية ج خصائص = characteristic khaaSiya (pl. khaSaa'iS)
حيوية = liveliness Hayawiyya
لزوم = necessity luzoum
صح = to be true SaHHa, yaSiHH, al-SiHHa
ظرف ج ظروف = circumstance, condition DHarf
This sentence is complicated. It is something like, "The simile, in it is an exaggeration, but it's true, for as a long as there is a people, then the characteristics of vitality and necessities of its presence, to eat, to drink, to dance, to laugh, and also, theatre, if the word is correct, under any circumstance and at all times as long as there is life."

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كل ما في الأمر أن = It is merely that.. kul maa fee al-amr anna
قبوة = vault qabwa
خشبة = stage khashaba
سوى = except siwaa
تطور = to develop (form V)
الاغريق = the ancient Greeks al-ighreeq (present day Greece is اليونان)

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بيولوجية = biology biyolojiya
دفع = to push dafa3a, yadfa3
اكتفى = to be content (form VIII)
غريزة = instinct ghareeza
نوع = type; species
من أجل = for the sake of min ajli
فرد = individual fard
ذاتي = self dhaati
وانما = but rather wa inamaa
أثّر = to influence, affect (form II)
تلبية لها = in compliance with it talbiyatan laha

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أفراح = festivals afraaH
مآتم = ceremonies ma'aatim
مناسبة = occasion munaasaba
ابتكر = to think up in one's head (form VIII)
الجنس البشري = the human race al-jins al-bashari
حجة = pretext Hujja
سهرة ج سهرات = evening soiree sahra (pl. saharaat)
تلقائي = spontaneous, automatic tilqaa'i
استجاب = to answer, respond to (form X)

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لا بد = is necessary laa budda
بمرور الزمان = with the passage of time bi-murour al-zamaan
تطور = to develop (form V)
أصبح = to become (form IV)
تقليد ج تقاليد = tradition taqleed (pl. taqaaleed)
تراث = heritage turaath
اله ج آلهة = god ilah (pl. aaliha)
ظل = to persist, continue DHalla, yaDHall
العالم أجمع = the whole world al-3aalam ajma3
أدى وظيفة = to fulfill a function
الوظيفة الاجتماعية = social function
خلق = to create khalaqa, yakhluq

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مؤرخ = historian mu'arikh
فيلولوجي = philosopher filoloji
على وجه الدقة = exactly, precisely 3alaa wajh al-diqqa
جزم ب = to be certain that jazama, yajzim, al-jazm bi
زيوس = Zeus
أسطوري = mythical, legendary usTouri
فرعون = pharaoh fir3aoun
اله ج آلهة = god ilah (pl. aaliha)
معبود = worshipped, idol ma3boud

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فاجعة = tragedy; misfortune faaji3a (pl. fawaaj'i3)