A
- abattoir
- slaughterhouse. wwaHd albgra dy s+Hqw mwwalyha yhb+whwh
llba+wwar ldbyHa. A cow which its owners had to take to the slaughter
house for slaughter. [SLE 1a]
- acordar
- See cordar
- adelfa
- oleander. wqbd fyydw wwaHd aDlfa. And he took in his hand a branch of
oleander. [SLE 10a] (In classical Arabic, dflt.)
- affaire
- matter. kaml dak· lafar bynathwm. He concluded this matter
between them. [SLE 92b]
- affaires
- business. $afwhum yemlw afarys kbar meahwm. He saw that they were
doing much business with them. [SLE 126a] Plural of previous item. The s
is sounded.
- albeque
- bishop. albyk· lkbyr dyyalna. Our archbishop. [SLE 154a]
- amblador
- walker (contraption to assist walking.) kanat emlt lbnha ambyladw"r. She
made a walker for her son. w$af dak: aTbae dlambyladw"r. And he observed the
nature of the walker. [SLE 41a]
- aranjar
- to arrange. ba$ yqdr ycHq yaranjar adewwa. So that Isaac can arrange the
call. [SLE 151a]
- aria
- air. wm$ayw yaxdw laryya. And they went to take some air. [SLE 124a]
- article
- article. awwal ar+kl. Hyn kan yjy endhm Dyf y$wfwh...wyqwlwlw wayn eadt
bladna... First article. When a guest would come to them, they would look at
him...and say to him that the custom of our city [is that guests should sleep
on a procrustean bed!] [SLG 134]
Go back to Glossary Index
Go back to Introduction
Go back to Home Page
Alan D. Corré
corre@csd.uwm.edu