Proposed additions to close the everyday-descriptor gap in the Palestinian deck.
28 adjectives12 verbs urban Palestinian Levantine
tools/draft-core-vocab.UNREVIEWED.tsv.| Dimension & condition · 9 | |||||
| جْدِيد | jdiidj-DIID | adj. New | هَاد تِلِفُون جْدِيدhaad tilifoon jdiid — This is a new phone | out,souq | |
| قْدِيم | 'diim'DIIM | adj. Old (things) | بِيت قْدِيمbeit 'diim — An old house | out,souq | Levantine ق → glottal stop, written ' |
| طَوِيل | taweelta-WEEL | adj. Long; tall | شَارِع طَوِيلshaari' taweel — A long street | out,body | |
| قْصِير | 'seer'SEER | adj. Short | طَرِيق قْصِيرtaree' 'seer — A short way | out,body | |
| نْضِيف | ndiifn-DIIF | adj. Clean | الْبِيت نْضِيفil-beit ndiif — The house is clean | souq,out | |
| وِسِخ | wisikhWI-sikh | adj. Dirty | السَّيَّارَة وِسْخَةis-sayyaara wiskha — The car is dirty | souq,out | |
| مَلْيَان | malyaanmal-YAAN | adj. Full | الْكَاسَة مَلْيَانَةil-kaase malyaane — The glass is full | food,souq | pairs with existing faadi (empty) |
| مَفْتُوح | maftoohmaf-TOOH | adj. Open | الدُّكَّان مَفْتُوحid-dukkaan maftooh — The shop is open | out,souq | you have the verb fatah, not the adjective |
| مْسَكَّر | msakkarm-SAK-kar | adj. Closed, shut | الْمَحَل مْسَكَّرil-mahal msakkar — The place is closed | out,souq | |
| Temperature, speed, difficulty · 5 | |||||
| سُخِن | sukhenSU-khen | adj. Hot (to the touch) | الْقَهْوَة سُخْنَةil-'ahwe sukhne — The coffee is hot | food | hot WEATHER is the noun shoob |
| سَرِيع | saree'sa-REE' | adj. Fast | سَيَّارَة سَرِيعَةsayyaara saree'a — A fast car | out | |
| بَطِيء | bati'ba-TII' | adj. Slow | الْإِنْتِرْنِت بَطِيءil-internet bati' — The internet is slow | out | of a person, often 'ala mahlo |
| سَهِل | sahelSA-hel | adj. Easy | هَاد سَهِلhaad sahel — This is easy | school,work | |
| صَعِب | sa'bSA'B | adj. Hard, difficult | الِامْتِحَان صَعِبil-imtihaan sa'b — The exam is hard | school,work | |
| Judgement · 8 | |||||
| مُهِمّ | muhimmmu-HIMM | adj. Important | هَاد إِشِي مُهِمّhaad ishi muhimm — This is an important thing | work,school | |
| جَاهِز | jaahezJAA-hez | adj. Ready | أَنَا جَاهِزana jaahez — I'm ready | work,out | |
| زَاكِي | zaakiZAA-ki | adj. Delicious, tasty | الْأَكِل زَاكِيil-akel zaaki — The food is delicious | food | |
| مَظْبُوط | mazbootmaz-BOOT | adj. Right, correct | الجَّوَاب مَظْبُوطil-jawaab mazboot — The answer is correct | school | |
| غَلَط | ghalatGHA-lat | adj. Wrong | هَاد غَلَطhaad ghalat — This is wrong | school | |
| خَطِير | khatiirkha-TIIR | adj. Dangerous | هَاد خَطِيرhaad khatiir — This is dangerous | out | |
| مَشْهُور | mashhoormash-HOOR | adj. Famous | مَطْعَم مَشْهُورmat'am mashhoor — A famous restaurant | out,people | |
| بَشِع | bashe'BA-she' | adj. Ugly | اللُّون بَشِعil-loon bashe' — The colour is ugly | people,colours | softer: mish hilu |
| People & force · 6 | |||||
| قَوِي | 'awi'A-wi | adj. Strong | هُوّ قَوِيhuwwe 'awi — He is strong | body,people | |
| ضَعِيف | da'iifda-'IIF | adj. Weak | الْإِشَارَة ضَعِيفَةil-ishaara da'iife — The signal is weak | body,people | |
| غَنِي | ghaniGHA-ni | adj. Rich | زَلَمِة غَنِيzalame ghani — A rich man | people | |
| فَقِير | fa'iirfa-'IIR | adj. Poor | عِيلَة فَقِيرَة'eile fa'iire — A poor family | people | |
| طَيِّب | tayyebTAY-yeb | adj. Kind, good-hearted | إِنْسَان طَيِّبinsaan tayyeb — A kind person | people,feelings | |
| مِتْعَصِّب | mit'assebmit-'AS-seb | adj. Angry | لِيش مِتْعَصِّب؟leish mit'asseb? — Why are you angry? | feelings | za'laan = upset, milder |
| High-frequency verbs · 12 | |||||
| بِدّي | biddiBID-di | v. To want | بِدّي مَيbiddi mai — I want water | me_you,out | not a regular verb: bidd + pronoun |
| لَازِم | laazemLAA-zem | v. To have to, need to | لَازِم أَرُوحlaazem arooh — I have to go | me_you,work | invariant particle + verb |
| عِمِل | 'imil'I-mil | v. To do, make | شُو عِمِلِت؟shu 'imilt? — What did you do? | work,out | |
| فَكَّر | fakkarFAK-kar | v. To think | بْفَكِّر فِيهَاbfakker fiiha — I'm thinking about it | people,feelings | |
| سَاعَد | saa'adSAA-'ad | v. To help | سَاعِدْنِيsaa'edni — Help me | people,work | |
| خَبَّر | khabbarKHAB-bar | v. To tell | خَبِّرْنِيkhabberni — Tell me | people,out | |
| لَاقَى | laa'aLAA-'a | v. To find | لَاقِيت الْمِفْتَاحlaa'eit il-miftaah — I found the key | out | |
| وَقَّف | wa''afWA'-'af | v. To stop | وَقِّف هُونwa''ef hoon — Stop here | out | |
| خَابَر | khaabarKHAA-bar | v. To call (phone) | خَابِرْنِي بُكْرَاkhaaberni bukra — Call me tomorrow | out,me_you | |
| طَبَخ | tabakhTA-bakh | v. To cook | إِمّي طَبَخِت مَنْسَفimmi tabakhet mansaf — My mum cooked mansaf | food,work | |
| غَسَل | ghasalGHA-sal | v. To wash | غَسَلِت الصُّحُونghasalet is-suhoon — I washed the dishes | food,work | |
| تْعَلَّم | t'allamt-'AL-lam | v. To learn | بِدّي أَتْعَلَّم عَرَبِيbiddi at'allam 'arabi — I want to learn Arabic | school | |