| la {n} (syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale) | :: لا {m} /lā/ |
| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| label {n} (small ticket or sign giving information) | :: ملصق {m} /mulṣaq/ |
| labia {n} (folds of tissue at opening of vulva) | :: شفر {m} /šafr/ |
| labial {adj} (pertaining to the lips) | :: شفوي /šafawiyy/, شفهي /šafahiyy/ |
| labial {adj} (linguistics: articulated by the lips) | :: شفوي /šafawiyy/, شفهي /šafahiyy/ |
| labiodental {adj} (articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth) | :: شفوي أسناني /šafawiyy ʾasnāniyy/ (labial dental) |
| labneh {n} (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) | :: لبنة {f} /labna/ |
| labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) | :: معمل {m} /maʿmal/ |
| laborer {n} (One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly) | :: عامل {m} /ʿāmil/, عاملة {f} /ʿāmila/ |
| laborious {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious | :: |
| labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union | :: |
| labour {n} (work) | :: عمل {m} /ʿamal/ |
| labour {v} (to work) | :: عمل /ʿamala/ |
| lac {n} (a resinous substance) | :: لك {m} /lukk/, لك {m} /lakk/ |
| lac {n} (lakh) SEE: lakh | :: |
| lace {n} (fabric) | :: دانتيل {m} /dāntīl/ |
| lace {v} (fasten with laces) | :: دانتيل /dāntīl/, ربطة حذاء /rabṭatu ḥiḏāʾin/ |
| lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| lachrymable {adj} (lamentable) SEE: lamentable | :: |
| lachrymose {adj} (tearful; causing tears) | :: بكاء {m} |
| lack {n} (deficiency, need) | :: نقص {m} /naqṣ/, عدم وجود {m} /ʿadam wujūd/ |
| lackey {n} (liveried male servant) | :: خادم {m} /ḵādim/ |
| lacking {n} (absence of something) SEE: lack | :: |
| La Coruña {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña | :: |
| lacquer {n} (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) | :: ورنيش {m} /warnīš/ |
| lacrosse {n} (the sport) | :: اللاكروس /al-lākrūs/ |
| lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) | :: لاكتوز /lāktūz/ |
| Lada {prop} (a Russian car) | :: لادا {f} /lādā/ |
| ladder {n} (climbing tool) | :: سلم {m} /sullam/ |
| ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women) | :: سيداتي وسادتي /sayyidātī wa-sādatī/ |
| ladle {n} (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle) | :: مغرفة {f} /miḡrafa/ |
| Ladoga {prop} (a lake in Russia) | :: بحيرة لادوغا {f} /buḥīrat laduḡā/ |
| lady {n} (mistress of a household) | :: ربة {f} /rabba/, ربة البيت /rabbat al-bayt/, ربة المنزل {f} /rabbat al-manzil/ |
| lady {n} (woman of breeding and authority) | :: خاتون {f} /ḵātūn/, سيدة {f} /sayyida/, هانم {f} /hānum/ |
| lady {n} (wife of a lord) | :: ليدي {f} /lēdī/ |
| lady {n} (polite term referring a woman) | :: سيدة {f} /sayyida/, سيدتي /sayyidatī/, أستاذة {f} /ʾustāḏa/, هانم {f} /hānum/ |
| ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) | :: دعسوقة {f} /duʿsūqa/ |
| ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird | :: |
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra | :: |
| lady's man {n} (womanizer) SEE: womanizer | :: |
| Lagrange point {n} (a point in an orbital configuration) | :: نقطة لاغرانج {f} /nuqṭat laḡranj/ |
| Lahore {prop} (Lahore) | :: لاهور {m} /lahūr/ |
| Lahti {prop} (city of Finland) | :: لاهتي |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: بحيرة {f} /buḥayra/ |
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent) | :: صبغ اللك {m} /ṣibḡu l-lak/ |
| Lake District {prop} (Lake District) | :: ليك ديستريكت |
| Lake Ladoga {prop} (Ladoga) SEE: Ladoga | :: |
| lakh {num} (one hundred thousand) | :: لاك /lāk/ |
| laksa {n} (a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia) | :: لاكسا {f} /lāksā/ |
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) | :: لاليبيلا |
| lama {n} (master of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: لاما {m} /lāmā/ |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: حمل {m} /ḥamal/, خروف {m} /ḵarūf/ |
| lambada {n} (Brazilian dance) | :: لمبادا {f} /lambādā/ |
| lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter) | :: لامدا {f} /lāmdā/ |
| Lamb of God {prop} (Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice) | :: حمل الله /ḥamalu llāhi/ |
| lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) | :: أعرج /ʾaʿraj/, أكسح /ʾaksaḥ/, أشل /ʾašall/ |
| lame {adj} (moving with difficulty) | :: أعرج {m} /ʾaʿraj/ |
| lame duck {n} (an official who is marking time until leaving their office) | :: البطة العرجاء {f} |
| lamella {n} (gill of a mushroom) SEE: gill | :: |
| lamentable {adj} (deplorable) | :: مؤسف /muʾsif/ |
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: مراثي إرميا /marāṯī ʾirmiyā/ |
| lammergeier {n} (bird) | :: نسر ملتحي {m} /nasr millatḥayy/ |
| lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| lamp {n} (device producing light) | :: مصباح {m} /miṣbāḥ/, لمبة {f} /lamba/ |
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light) | :: مصباح {m} /miṣbāḥ/, قنديل {m} /qindīl/, سراج {m} /sirāj/ |
| Lampedusa {prop} (Italian island) | :: لنبذوشة /lanbaḏūša/ |
| lamppost {n} (pole that holds up a light) | :: عمود مصباح {m} /ʿamūd miṣbāḥ/ |
| lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) | :: أباجور {m} /ʾabāžūr/, عاكس النور {m} /ʿākis an-nūr/, عاكس الضوء {m} /ʿākis aḍ-ḍūʾ/ |
| lancet {n} (surgical instrument) | :: مفصد {m} /mifṣad/, فاصد {m} /fāṣid/ |
| Lan-chou {prop} (Lanzhou) SEE: Lanzhou | :: |
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | :: بر {f} /barr/ |
| land {n} (country or region) | :: بلاد {p} /bilād/ |
| land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) | :: هبط /habaṭa/ |
| land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver | :: |
| landing {n} (coming to earth, as of an airplane) | :: هبوط {m} /hubūṭ/ |
| landmark {n} (notable location) | :: معلم {m} /maʿlam/ |
| land mine {n} (mine that is placed on land) | :: لغم {m} /laḡm/ |
| Land of Israel {prop} (Region in the Middle East) | :: أرض إسرائيل {f} /ʾarḍ ʾisrāʾīl/ |
| Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan) | :: أرض الشمس المشرقة {f} /ʾarḍu š-šamsi l-mušriqati/ |
| landscape {n} (portion of land or territory) | :: منظر طبيعي /manẓar ṭabīʿiyy/ |
| Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet | :: |
| landslide {n} (natural disaster) | :: انهيار أرضي {m} /inhiyār ʾarḍiyy/ |
| lane {n} (passageway) | :: زقاق {m} /zuqāq/ |
| lane {n} (division of roadway) | :: مسار {m} /masār/ |
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) | :: لغة {f} /luḡa/, لسان {m} {f} /lisān/ |
| language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) | :: لغة {f} /luḡa/ |
| language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language) | :: لغة {f} /luḡa/ |
| language exchange {n} (language exchange) | :: تبادل لغوي {m} /tabādul luḡawiyy/ |
| language family {n} (set of languages) | :: عائلة اللغات |
| language swap {n} (language exchange) SEE: language exchange | :: |
| Languedoc {prop} (French province) | :: لانغيدوك |
| lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) | :: لاندسكنيشت {m} /lāndsknīšt/ |
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) | :: فانوس {m} /fānūs/ |
| lanthanum {n} (metallic element) | :: لنثانوم {m} /lanṯānum/ |
| Lanzhou {prop} (a city of China) | :: لانغتشو {m} /lanḡtšū/, لانغجو {m} /lanḡjū/ |
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: لاوس {f} /lāws/, لاوس {f} /lāwos/ |
| Laotian {prop} (language) | :: لاوسية {f} /lāwusiyya/ |
| Lao-Tzu {prop} (Laozi) SEE: Laozi | :: |
| Laozi {prop} (influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism) | :: لاو تسي /lāw tsī/, لاو تزه /lāw tzih/ |
| Laozi {prop} (Tao Te Ching) SEE: Tao Te Ching | :: |
| lap {v} (to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue) | :: ولغ /walaḡa/ |
| laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity) | :: تنظير البطن {m} /tanzir al-batn/ |
| La Paz {prop} (capital city of Bolivia) | :: لاباز {m} /la-bāz/ |
| lapidation {n} (act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death) | :: رجم {m} /rajm/ |
| lapis lazuli {n} (precious blue stone) | :: لازورد /lāzaward/ |
| Lapland {prop} (region in Scandinavia) | :: لابي /labbiyy/ |
| Lappland {prop} (Lapland) SEE: Lapland | :: |
| laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer) | :: كمبيوتر محمول /kambyūtir maḥmūl/, حاسوب محمول /ḥāsūb maḥmūl/, لابتوب {m} /laptup/ |
| laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop | :: |
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port | :: |
| lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon | :: |
| lard {n} (fat from the abdomen of a pig) | :: شحم {m} /šaḥm/ |
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) | :: كبير /kabīr/, واسع /wāsiʿ/ |
| largen {v} (enlarge) SEE: enlarge | :: |
| lark {n} (bird) | :: قبرة {f} /qubbara/ |
| larkspur {n} (Delphinium) | :: عائق {m} /ʿāʾiq/ |
| larva {n} (a stage of growth) | :: يرقة {f} /yaraqa/ |
| laryngitis {n} (inflammation of the larynx) | :: انتهاب الحنجرة {m} /intahāb al-ḥanjara/ |
| larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) | :: حنجرة {f} /ḥanjara/ |
| lasagna {n} (baked dish) | :: لازانيا {f} /lazanyā/ |
| lasagne {n} (lasagna) SEE: lasagna | :: |
| lascivious {adj} (wanton) | :: شهواني /šahwāniyy/, شبق /šabiq/, غلم /ḡalim/ |
| laser {n} (device producing beam of light) | :: ليزر {m} /layzir/ |
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash | :: |
| lash {n} (stroke with a whip) | :: جلدة {f} /jalda/ |
| lash {v} (to strike with a lash) | :: جلد /jalada/ |
| La Spezia {prop} (city in Liguria, Italy) | :: لا سبيتسيا {f} /lā sbītsiyā/ |
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| last {adj} (final) | :: آخر /ʾāḵir/ |
| last {adj} (most recent) | :: ماض /māḍin/ |
| last {adv} (after everything else) | :: آخر |
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time) | :: استمر /istamarra/, دام /dāma/ |
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| last night {n} (previous evening or night) | :: البارحة /al-bāriḥata/ |
| last night {adv} (during the night before today) | :: البارحة /al-bāriḥata/ |
| Last Sermon {prop} (Farewell Sermon) SEE: Farewell Sermon | :: |
| last words {n} (final remarks uttered by a person before death) | :: الكلمات آخرة {f} /al-kalimāt ʾāḵira/ |
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) | :: العام الماضي {m} /al-ʿāma l-māḍiya/, السنة الماضية /as-sanata l-māḍiyata/ |
| Las Vegas {prop} (city) | :: لاس فيغاس {m} /las fīḡas/ |
| Latakia {prop} (a city in Syria) | :: اللاذقية {f} /al-lāḏiqiyya/ |
| Latakian {adj} | :: لاذقاني /lāḏiqāniyy/ |
| late {adj} (near the end of a period of time) | :: , متأخر /mutaʾaḵḵir/ |
| late {adj} (not arriving until after an expected time) | :: متأخر {m} /mutaʾaḵḵir/ |
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead) | :: مرحوم /marḥūm/ |
| late {adv} (proximate in time) | :: متأخرا /mutaʾaḵḵiran/ |
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently | :: |
| later {adv} (more late) | :: فيما بعد /fīmā baʿd/ |
| later {adv} (afterward in time) | :: لاحقا /lāḥiqan/ |
| later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future) | :: فيما بعد /fī-mā baʿd/, فيما بعد /fī-mā baʿdu/ |
| lathe {n} (machine tool used to shape a piece of material) | :: مخرطة {f} /miḵraṭa/ |
| Latin {adj} (of the language) | :: لاتيني /lātīniyy/, الرومية /ar-rūmiyya/ |
| Latin {adj} (of the script) | :: لاتيني /lātīniyy/, الرومية /ar-rūmiyya/ |
| Latin {adj} (of ancient Rome) | :: لاتيني /lātīniyy/, الرومية /ar-rūmiyya/ |
| Latin {adj} (of Latium) | :: لاتيني /lātīniyy/, الرومية /ar-rūmiyya/ |
| Latin {adj} (of descendants from ancient Romans) | :: لاتيني /lātīniyy/, الرومي /ar-rūmiyy/ |
| Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans) | :: اللاتينية {f} /al-lātīniyya/, لاتيني {m} /lātīniyy/, الرومية /ar-rūmiyya/ |
| Latin {n} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire) | :: رومي /rūmiyy/ |
| Latin {n} (person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin) | :: رومية /rrūmiyya/ |
| Latin {n} | :: رومي /rūmiyy/ |
| Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet) | :: كتابة لاتينية {f} /kitāba lātīniyya/, لاتينية {f} /lātīniyya/, رومانية {f} /rūmāniyya/ |
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) | :: أمريكا اللاتينية {f} /ʾamrīkā l-lātīniyya/ |
| Latin Church {prop} (one of the particular churches) | :: الكنيسة اللاتينية {f} |
| Latinize {v} (to transliterate to Latin script) SEE: romanize | :: |
| latissimus dorsi {n} (muscle) | :: ظهرية عريضة {f} /ẓahriyya ʿarīḍa/ |
| latitude {n} (angular distance north or south from the equator) | :: خط عرض /xaṭṭ ͑arḍ/ |
| Latium {prop} (region of central Italy) | :: لاتيوم {m} /latyum/ |
| latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| latte {n} (caffè latte) | :: لاتيه /lātīh/ |
| latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern | :: |
| Latvia {prop} (country) | :: لاتفيا {f} /lātfiyā/ |
| Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia) | :: لاتفية {f} /lātfiyya/ |
| laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species) | :: ضحكة {f} /ḍaḥka/ |
| laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds) | :: ضحك /ḍaḥika/ |
| laugher {n} (one who laughs) | :: ضاحك /ḍāḥik/ |
| laughing dove {n} (Spilopelia senegalensis) | :: قمري {m} /qumriyy/, شفنين {m} /šifnīn/ |
| laughing kookaburra {n} (Dacelo novaeguineae) | :: كوكابورا |
| laughing stock {n} (object of ridicule) | :: أضحوكة {f} /ʾuḍḥūka/, مضحكة {f} /maḍḥaka/, مسخرة {f} /masḵara/ |
| laugh one's head off {v} (laugh uproariously) | :: لضحك بشكل صاخب |
| laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing) | :: ضحك {m} /ḍaḥik/, ضحك {m} /ḍiḥk/ |
| launch {v} (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force) | :: أطلق /ʾaṭlaqa/, قذف /qaḏafa/ |
| launder {n} (washerwoman) SEE: washerwoman | :: |
| laundry {n} (laundering; washing) | :: غسيل {m} /ḡasīl/ |
| laundry {n} (place or room where laundering is done) | :: مصبغة {f} /maṣbaḡa/, مغسلة {f} /maḡsala/ |
| laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered) | :: مغسلة {m} /maḡsala/ |
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) | :: غار {m} /ḡār/ |
| laurel wreath {n} (wreath worn as a symbol of victory) | :: إكليل الغار {m} /ʾiklīl al-ḡār/ |
| lava {n} (molten rock) | :: حمم بركانية {p} /ḥumam burkāniyya/, لابة {f} /lāba/ |
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma | :: |
| lavash {n} (a soft, thin flatbread) | :: لافاش {m} /lavaš/, لافاش {m} /lafāš/ |
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink | :: |
| lavender {n} (plant) | :: خزامى {f} /ḵuzāmā/, ضرم {m} /ḍirm/ |
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) | :: قانون {m} /qānūn/ |
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) | :: قانون {m} /qānūn/ |
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) | :: قانون {m} /qānūn/ |
| law {n} | :: قانون {m} /qānūn/, شريعة {m} /šarīʿa/, شرع {m} /šarʿ/ |
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer | :: |
| lawn mower {n} (machine for cutting grass) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawn-mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| lawnmower {n} (a device to cut grass) | :: جزازة العشب {f} /juzāzatu l-ʿušbi/ |
| law of conservation of energy {n} (total energy remains constant) | :: قانون بقاء الطاقة {m} |
| law of the jungle {n} (The survival of the fittest) | :: شريعة الغاب {f}, قانون الغابة {m} |
| lawrencium {n} (chemical element) | :: لورنسيوم {m} /loransiyum/ |
| lawsuit {n} (case where a court is needed to resolve differences) | :: دعوى {f} /daʿawā/ |
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) | :: محام {m} /muḥāmin/, محامية {f} /muḥāmiya/ |
| laxative {adj} (causing movement of the bowels) | :: ملين |
| lay {v} (to place something down in a position of rest) | :: وضع /waḍaʿa/ |
| lay {v} (to deposit an egg) | :: وضع /waḍaʿa/ |
| layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface) | :: طبقة {f} /ṭabaqa/ |
| lay figure {n} (jointed model) SEE: dummy | :: |
| laying hen {n} (hen raised for egg production) | :: دجاجة البياضة {f} /dajājat al-biyyāḍa/ |
| layup {n} ((basketball) A close-range shot ) | :: رمية انسيابية {f} /ramyatun insiyābiyyatun/ |
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) | :: كسل {m} /kasal/ |
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region) | :: لاتسيو {m} /latsiyō/ |
| lazurite {n} (lapis lazuli) SEE: lapis lazuli | :: |
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) | :: كسلان /kaslān/ |
| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy) | :: كسول {c} /kasūl/ |
| lead {n} (chemical element) | :: رصاص {m} /raṣāṣ/ |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection) | :: قاد /qāda/ |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course) | :: أرشد /ʾaršada/, هدى /hadā/ |
| lead {v} (conduct or direct with authority) | :: قاد /qāda/ |
| lead astray {v} (to cause to believe untruth) | :: أضل /ʾaḍalla/ |
| lead astray {v} (to misguide or misdirect) | :: أضل /ʾaḍalla/ |
| leader {n} (one having authority) | :: قائد {m} /qāʾid/, زعيم {m} /zaʿīm/, رئيس {m} /raʾīs/ |
| lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive | :: |
| leaf {n} (part of a plant) | :: ورقة {f} /waraqa/ |
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book) | :: ورقة {f} /waraqa/, أوراق {p} /ʾawrāq/ , صحيفة /ṣaḥīfa/ |
| leaf {n} (tea leaves) SEE: tea leaf | :: |
| league {n} (a group or association of cooperating members) | :: عصبة {f} /ʿuṣba/, اتحاد {m} /ittiḥād/ |
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization) | :: عصبة الأمم {f} /ʿuṣbat al-ʾumam/ |
| Leah {prop} (elder daughter of Laban) | :: ليئة {f} /layʾa/ |
| leak {n} (entrance or escape of a fluid) | :: تسرب {m} /tasarrub/ |
| leak {n} (divulgation, or disclosure, of information) | :: تسريب {m} /tasrīb/ |
| leak {v} (to allow fluid to escape or enter) | :: تسرب /tasarraba/ |
| leak {v} (to reveal secret information) | :: سرب /sarraba/ |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) | :: برج بيزا المائل {m} /burj bīzā l-māʾil/ |
| leap {v} | :: وثب /waṯaba/ |
| leaps and bounds {adv} (idiom: considerably) | :: على قدم وساق /ʿalā qadam wasāq/ |
| leap year {n} (366-day year in the Gregorian calendar) | :: سنة كبيسة /sana(t) kabīsa/ |
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) | :: تعلم /taʿallama/ |
| learn {v} (to attend educational activity) | :: تعلم /taʿallama/ |
| learn {v} (to make use of a bad experience) | :: تعلم /taʿallama/ |
| learning {n} (action of the verb) | :: تعلم {m} /taʿallum/ |
| leash {n} (long cord for dogs) | :: رباط {m} /ribāṭ/ |
| least {determiner} (the smallest amount of) | :: أقل /ʾaqalla/ |
| leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin) | :: جلد {m} /jild/ |
| leather {adj} (made of leather) | :: جلدي /jildiyy/ |
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) | :: ترك /taraka/ |
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) | :: ترك /taraka/, غادر /ḡādara/ |
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive)) | :: ترك /taraka/, غادر /ḡādara/ |
| leave {n} (absence from work) | :: إجازة {f} /ʾijāza/, عطلة {f} /ʿuṭla/ |
| leave me alone {phrase} (stop talking to me) | :: اتركني لوحدي /utruknī li-waḥdī/ , اتركيني لوحدي /utrukīnī li-waḥdī/ |
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave | :: |
| leban {n} (coagulated sour milk diluted with water) | :: لبن {m} /laban/ |
| Lebanese {n} (A person from Lebanon) | :: لبناني {m} /lubnāniyy/, لبنانية {f} /lubnāniyya/ |
| Lebanese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language) | :: لبناني /lubnāniyy/ |
| Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon) | :: الجمهورية اللبنانية {f} /al-jumhūriyya(t) al-lubnāniyya/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (mountain range) | :: لبنان /lubnān/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) | :: لبنان {m} /lubnān/ |
| lechery {n} (Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity) | :: فحشاء {m} /faḥšāʾ/, فسق {m} /fisq/, شهوة {f} /šahwa/, رغبة {f} /raḡba/ |
| lecture {n} (a spoken lesson) | :: محاضرة {f} /muḥāḍara/ |
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures) | :: محاضر {m} /muḥāḍir/ |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: علقة {f} /ʿalaqa/ |
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician | :: |
| Leeds {prop} (city in England) | :: ليدز {m} /līdz/ |
| leek {n} (vegetable) | :: كراث /kurrāṯ/ |
| Leeuwarden {prop} (capital and largest city of Friesland) | :: ليوواردن /līwwārdn/ |
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) | :: يسار /yasār/, شمال /šimāl/ |
| left {adv} (on the left side) | :: يسارا /yasāran/, شمالا /šimālan/ |
| left {adv} (towards the left side) | :: إلى اليسار /ʾilā l-yasār/, إلى الشمال /ʾilā š-šimāl/ |
| left {n} (the left side) | :: يسار |
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) | :: يسار {m} /yasār/ |
| left-handed {n} (preferring the left hand over the right) | :: أيسر /ʾaysar/, أعسر /ʾaʿsar/ |
| leftist {n} (a person who holds views associated with the political left) | :: يساري {m} /yasāriyy/ يسارية {f} /yasāriyya/ |
| leftist {adj} (Pertaining to the political left) | :: يساري {m} /yasāriyy/ يسارية {f} /yasāriyya/ |
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) | :: رجل {f} /rijl/, ساق {f} /sāq/ |
| legacy {n} (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will) | :: إرث {m} /ʾirṯ/, تركة {f} /tarika/ |
| legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers) | :: قانوني /qānūniyy/ |
| legal {adj} (having its basis in the law) | :: قانوني /qānūniyy/ |
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) | :: قانوني /qānūniyy/ |
| legalize {v} (make legal) | :: قنن /qannana/ |
| legal studies {n} (study of theories and philosophies related to law) SEE: jurisprudence | :: |
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) | :: أسطورة {f} /ʾusṭūra/ |
| legend {n} (any person of extraordinary accomplishment) | :: بطل {m}, بطلة {f} |
| legend {n} (key to the symbols and color codes on a map) | :: مفتاح خريطة |
| legendary {adj} (of or pertaining to a legend) | :: أسطوري /ʾusṭūriyy/ |
| legible {adj} (clear enough to be read) | :: مقروء /maqrūʾ/ |
| legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army) | :: فيلق {m} /faylaq/ |
| legislated {adj} (created through legislation) | :: مشروع /mašrūʿ/ |
| legislation {n} (the act of legislating) | :: تشريع {m} /tašrīʿ/ |
| legislation {n} (law already enacted by legislature) | :: شريعة {f} /šarīʿa/, قانون {m} /qānūn/ |
| legman {n} (person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place, see also: errand boy; runner) | :: فيج /fayj/ |
| Lego {n} (toy brick) | :: ليغو {m} /līḡū/, ليغو {m} /legū/ |
| leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana | :: |
| Leiden {prop} (city in South Holland) | :: لايدن {m} /lāydan/, ليدن {m} /laydan/ |
| Leila {prop} (given name) | :: ليلى {f} /laylā/ |
| leishmaniasis {n} (pathology) | :: داء الليشمانيات |
| leisure {n} (freedom provided) | :: خلو من العمل /ḵulū min al-ʿamal/ |
| leisure {n} (time free) | :: راحة {f} /rāḥa/, خلو من العمل /ḵulū min al-ʿamal/, فراغ {m} /farāḡ/, وقت الفراغ {m} /waqt al-farāḡ/ |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: lexeme) SEE: lexeme | :: |
| lemma {n} (linguistics: canonical form of a term) | :: سدة {f} /sudda/ |
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit) | :: ليمون {m} /laymūn/ |
| lemonade {n} (still beverage) | :: عصير الليمون /ʿaṣīr al-laymūn/, شراب الليمون /šarāb al-laymūn/ |
| lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis) | :: باذروج {?} /bāḏarūj/, ترنجان {?} /turunjān/ |
| lemongrass {n} (species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon) | :: إذخر {m} /ʾiḏḵir/ |
| lemur {n} (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea) | :: ليمور {m} /limūr/ |
| León {prop} (region in north-west Spain) | :: ليون {f} /liyon/, ليونة {f} /liyona/ |
| Lena {prop} (Lena River) | :: لينا {f} /līnā/ |
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily) | :: أعار /ʾaʿāra/ |
| lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) | :: طول {m} /ṭūl/ |
| lengthen {v} (to make longer) | :: طول /ṭawwala/, أطال /ʾaṭāla/ |
| lengthen {v} (to become longer) | :: طال /ṭāla/ |
| Lenin {prop} (a Russian revolutionary and politician) | :: لينين {m} /lenin/ |
| Leningrad {prop} (name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991) | :: لينينغراد {m} /lininḡrād/ |
| Leninian {adj} (of or pertaining to Lenin) SEE: Leninist | :: |
| Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin) | :: لينينية {f} /līnīniyya/ |
| Leninist {n} (an adherent of Lenin or Leninism) | :: لينيني {m} /līniniyy/ |
| Lennon {prop} (surname) | :: لينون /lenon/, لينون /līnūn/ |
| lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) | :: عدسة {f} /ʿadasa/ |
| lens {n} (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye) | :: عدسة العين {f} /ʿadasat al-ʿayn/ |
| Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter) | :: الصوم الكبير {m} /aṣ-ṣawm al-kabīr/ |
| lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle | :: |
| lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris) | :: عدس {m} /ʿadas/ |
| lentil {n} (seed used as food) | :: عدس {m} /ʿadas/ |
| Leo {prop} (constellation) | :: برج الأسد /burj al-ʾasad/, الأسد {m} /al-ʾasad/ |
| Leo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: برج الأسد /burj al-ʾasad/, الأسد {m} /al-ʾasad/ |
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) | :: نمر /nimr/, فهد {m} /fahd/ |
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) | :: جذام {m} /juḏām/ |
| leptospirosis {n} (disease) | :: داء البريميات {m} |
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality) | :: سحاقي /siḥāqiyy/ |
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) | :: سحاقية {f} /siḥāqiyya/, ليزبيان {f} /lezbiyān/ |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: ليسوتو {m} /lisūtū/ |
| less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree) | :: أقل /ʾaqall/ |
| less {determiner} (not as much) | :: أقل /ʾaqall/ |
| less {determiner} (smaller number of) | :: أقل /ʾaqall/ |
| less {prep} (not including) | :: ناقص /nāqiṣ/ |
| -less {suffix} (lacking) | :: غير ... /ḡayr .../ |
| lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus) | :: النورس أسود الظهر الصغير /an-nawras ʾaswad aẓ-ẓahr aṣ-ṣaḡīr/ |
| lesser of two evils {n} | :: أهون الشرين /ʾahwanu š-šarrayni/ |
| less is more {proverb} (less is more) | :: الأقل هو الأكثر {m} /al-ʾaqall huwa l-ʾakṯar/, القلى هي الكثرى {f} /al-qullā hiya l-kuṯrā/ |
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) | :: درس /dars/ |
| lesson {n} (something learned) | :: درس {m} /dars/ |
| less than {adj} (the character <) | :: أصغر من {m} /ʾaṣḡar min/, صغرى من {f} /ṣuḡrā min/ |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor | :: |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (mediocre) SEE: mediocre | :: |
| lest {conj} (for fear that) | :: خيفة أن /ḵīfata ʾanna/, مخافة أن /maḵāfata ʾan/ |
| let {v} (to allow) | :: سمح /samaḥa/ |
| let alone {conj} (to say nothing of) | :: ناهيك /nāhīk/ |
| let down {v} (to allow to descend) | :: أنزل /ʾanzala/ |
| Leto {prop} (mother of Apollo) | :: ليتو |
| let's {v} (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) | :: ل /li-/ , هيا /hayyā/ |
| let's go {phrase} (hurry up) | :: هيا /hayyā/ |
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) | :: حرف {m} /ḥarf/ |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: رسالة {f} /risāla/, مكتوب {m} /maktūb/ |
| let there be light {phrase} (let there be light) | :: ليكن نور /liyakun nūrun/ |
| Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: خس {m} /ḵass/ |
| lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish) | :: خس {m} /ḵass/ |
| lettuce {n} | :: خس /ḵass/ |
| leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue) | :: سرطان الدم {m} /saraṭān ad-dam/ |
| lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria) | :: ليف {m} /līf/, ليف {m} /lef/ |
| Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea) | :: مشرق {m} /mašriq/, المشرق العربي {m} /al-mašriq al-ʿarabiyy/, الشرق {m} /aš-šarq/, الشام {m} /aš-šām/, بلاد الشام {f} /bilād aš-šāmi/ |
| Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean) | :: شامي /šāmiyy/ |
| Levantine Arabic {prop} (Levantine Arabic) | :: لهجات شامية {f-p} /lahjāt šāmiyya/, شامي {m} /šāmiyy/ |
| level {n} (distance relative to a given reference elevation) | :: مستوى /mustawā/ |
| level {n} (degree or amount) | :: مستوى {m} /mustawan/ |
| level {n} (gaming: discrete segment of a game) | :: مرحلة {f} /marḥala/ |
| lever {n} (rigid piece) | :: رافعة {f} |
| lever {adv} (rather) SEE: rather | :: |
| Levi {prop} (third son of Jacob) | :: لاوي {m} /lawi/ |
| Levi {prop} (male given name) | :: لاوي {m} /lawi/ |
| leviathan {n} (Biblical sea monster) | :: لوياثان /lawiyāṯān/ |
| levigate {v} (to belittle) SEE: belittle | :: |
| levigate {v} (to lighten) SEE: lighten | :: |
| levitation {n} | :: تحليق, إسترفاع |
| lewd {adj} (lascivious) | :: شهواني /šahwāniyy/, شبق /šabiq/, غلم /ḡalim/ |
| lexeme {n} (unit of vocabulary, the different forms of the same lemma) | :: لكسيم {m} /liksīm/, مفردة {f} /mufrada/ |
| Leyden jar {n} (glass jar used to accumulate static electricity) | :: قارورة ليدن {f} /qārūra(t) laydan/ |
| LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual) | :: مجتمع الميم /mujtamaʿ al-mīm/ |
| Lhasa {prop} (Capital of Xizang (Tibet)) | :: لاسا {f} /lāsā/ |
| liaison {n} (linguistics: a sandhi) | :: وصل {m} /waṣl/ |
| Liaoning {prop} (province of China) | :: لياونينغ {m} /lyawninḡ/ |
| liar {n} (one who tells lies) | :: كاذب {m} /kāḏib/, كذاب {m} /kaḏḏāb/, كذوب {m} /kaḏūb/ |
| libel {n} | :: فرية {f} /firya/ |
| liberalism {n} (quality of being liberal) | :: ليبرالية {f} /librāliyya/ |
| liberalism {n} (political movement) | :: ليبرالية {f} /librāliyya/ |
| liberate {v} (to free) | :: حرر /ḥarrara/ |
| liberation {n} (act of liberating or the state of being liberated) | :: تحرير {m} /taḥrīr/ |
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: ليبيريا {f} /libīriyā/, ليبيريا {f} /laybīryā/ |
| liberty {n} (condition of being free) | :: حرية {f} /ḥuriyya/ |
| libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires) | :: شهواني /šahwāniyy/, شبق /šabiq/, غلم /ḡalim/ |
| libido {n} (sexual urges or drives) | :: غريزة جنسية {f} /ḡarīza jinsiyya/ |
| Libra {prop} (constellation) | :: برج الميزان {m} /burj al-mīzān/, الميزان {m} /al-mīzān/ |
| Libra {prop} (astrological sign) | :: برج الميزان {m} /burj al-mīzān/, الميزان {m} /al-mīzān/ |
| librarian {n} (the manager of a library) | :: أمين مكتبة {m} /ʾamīn maktaba/, أمينة مكتبة {f} /ʾamīna(t) maktaba/ |
| librarian {n} | :: أمين مكتبة, أخصائي معلومات |
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) | :: مكتبة {f} /maktaba/ |
| library {n} | :: مكتبة {f} /maktaba/ |
| Libreville {prop} (capital of Gabon) | :: ليبرفيل {m} /librifīl/ |
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) | :: ليبيا {f} /lībiyā/, لوبيا /lūbiyā/ |
| Libyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language) | :: ليبي /lībiyy/ |
| Libyan {n} (person) | :: ليبي {m} /lībiyy/, ليبية {f} /lībiyya/ |
| licence {n} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| licence {v} (license) SEE: license | :: |
| license {n} (legal document giving official permission to do something) | :: رخصة {f} /ruḵṣa/ |
| license {n} (legal terms of product usage) | :: رخصة {f} /ruḵṣa/ |
| license plate {n} (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle) | :: لوحة السيارة {f} /lawḥatu s-siyārati/ |
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer | :: |
| lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi) | :: أشنة {f} /ʾušna/, حزاز {m} /ḥazāz/ |
| Li-chiang {prop} (Lijiang) SEE: Lijiang | :: |
| lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue) | :: لحس /laḥasa/, لعق /laʿiqa/ |
| licorice {n} (plant) | :: عرقسوس |
| lid {n} (top or cover) | :: غطاء /ḡiṭāʾ/ |
| lie {v} (be in horizontal position) | :: ضجع /ḍajaʿa/ |
| lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth) | :: كذب /kaḏaba/ |
| lie {n} (intentionally false statement) | :: كذبة {f} /kaḏba/ |
| Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein) | :: ليختنشتاين {f} /liḵtanštayn/ |
| lie down {v} (assume a reclining position) | :: استلقى /istalqā/ |
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank) | :: ملازم {m} /mulāzim/ |
| lieutenant {n} | :: ملازم اول {m} /mulāzim awwal/, نقيب {m} /naqīb/ |
| life {n} (the state of being alive) | :: حياة {f} /ḥayāh/ |
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) | :: حياة /ḥayāh/ |
| life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic | :: |
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| life assurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: life insurance | :: |
| lifeboat {n} (a boat to save shipwrecked people) | :: قارب نجاة {m} /qārib najāha/ |
| life buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| life expectancy {n} (the amount of time one is expected to live) | :: مأمول الحياة {m} /maʾmūl al-ḥayāh/ |
| lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| life insurance {n} (form of insurance) | :: تأمين على الحياة {m} /taʾmīn ʿalā l-ḥayāh/ |
| life jacket {n} (An article of protective clothing) | :: سترة نجاة {f} /sutrat najāh/, صدار نجاة {m} /ṣidār najāh/ |
| life preserver {n} (buoyant ring or vest) | :: سترة نجاة {f} /sutratu najātin/, سترة النجاة {f} /sutratu n-najāti/ , طوف نجاة {f} /ṭawfu najātin/, طوف النجاة {f} /ṭawfu n-najāti/ |
| life ring {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| life sentence {n} (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) | :: سجن مدى الحياة {m} /sajn madā l-ḥayāh/, سجن مؤبد {m} /sajn muʾabbad/ |
| life style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| life-style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| lifestyle {n} (style of living) | :: حياة {f} /ḥayāh/, طريقة في حياة {f} /ṭarīqa fī ḥayāh/, نمط حياة {m} /namaṭ ḥayāh/ |
| lift {v} (to raise or rise) | :: رفع /rafaʿa/ |
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) | :: مصعد {m} /miṣʿad/, أصنصير {m} /ʾaṣanṣēr/ |
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| lifter {n} (spatula) SEE: spatula | :: |
| ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position) | :: رباط {m} /ribāṭ/ |
| ligand {n} (something that binds to another chemical entity) | :: ربيطة {f} /rabita/ |
| Liège {prop} (province in Belgium) | :: لييج {m} /liyej/, لييج {m} /līj/ |
| liger {n} (animal born to a male lion and a tigress) | :: أسد ببري {m} /ʾasad babriyy/ |
| light {v} (to start (a fire)) | :: أشعل /ʾašʿala/, أوقد /ʾawqada/ |
| light {v} (to illuminate) | :: أضاء /ʾaḍāʾa/ |
| light {adj} (having light) | :: منير /munīrun/ |
| light {adj} (of low weight) | :: خفيف /ḵafīf/ |
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves) | :: نور {m} /nūr/, ضوء {m} /ḍawʾ/ |
| light {n} (source of illumination) | :: نور {m} /nūr/ |
| Light {prop} (44th sura of the Qur'an) | :: سورة النور |
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) | :: لمبة {f} /lamba/, مصباح {m} /miṣbāḥ/ |
| lighten {v} (to burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning) | :: برق /baraqa/, أبرق /ʾabraqa/ |
| lighter {n} (fire making device) | :: قداحة {f} /qaddāḥa/, ولاعة {f} /wallāʿa/ |
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) | :: منارة {f} /manāra/, منار {m} /manār/, فنار {m} /fanār/ |
| lightness {n} (the state of having little weight) | :: خفة {f} /ḵiffa/ |
| lightning {n} (flash of light) | :: برق {m} /barq/ |
| lightning {n} (discharge) | :: برق {m} /barq/ |
| lightning {v} (to produce lightning) | :: برق /baraqa/, أبرق /ʾabraqa/ |
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly | :: |
| lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword) | :: سيف الضوء {m} /sayf aḍ-ḍawʾi/ |
| lights, camera, action {phrase} (traditional cue at a beginning of a take) | :: الأضواء، الكاميرا، ابدأ {m} /al-ʾaḍwāʾ, al-kāmīrā, ibdaʾ/, الأضواء، الكاميرا، ابدئي {f} /al-ʾaḍwāʾ, al-kāmīrā, ibdaʾī/ |
| light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum | :: |
| lightspeed {n} (the speed of light) | :: سرعة الضوء {f} /surʿat aḍ-ḍawʾ/ |
| lightwell {n} (an open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room) SEE: airshaft | :: |
| light year {n} (astronomical distance) | :: سنة ضوئية {f} /sana ḍawʾiyya/ |
| lignite {n} (coal) | :: فحم بني {m} /faḥm bunniyy/ |
| ligress {n} (female liger) | :: لبؤة ببرية {f} /labuʾa(t) babriyya/, لبوة ببرية /labwa(t) babriyya/ |
| Liguria {prop} (region) | :: ليغوريا {f} /līḡūryā/ |
| Lijiang {prop} (a prefecture-level city in west China) | :: ليجيانغ {m} /lijyanḡ/ |
| like {v} (enjoy) | :: حب /ḥabba/, أحب /ʾaḥabba/, استمطع /istamṭaʿa/, أعجب /ʾaʿjaba/ |
| like {adj} (similar) | :: مثل /miṯl/ |
| like {n} (something similar to a given person or object) | :: مثل {m} /miṯl/, شبه {m} /šibh/ |
| like {prep} (similar to) | :: مثل /miṯl/, ك /ka-/ |
| like {prep} (such as) | :: مثل /miṯl/, ك /ka-/ |
| like {particle} (colloquial: mild intensifier) | :: نوعا ما /nawʿan mā/, كما لو كان /kmā law kān/ |
| like father, like son {proverb} (a son will have traits similar to his father) | :: الولد سر أبيه /al-waladu surr ʾabiyyhu/ |
| likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| liken {v} (compare) | :: شبه /šabbaha/ |
| likeness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity | :: |
| like that {prep} (in that particular manner) | :: هكذا /hākaḏā/, كذا /kaḏā/, كذلك /kaḏālika/ |
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too | :: |
| likewise {adv} (in like manner) | :: كذلك /kaḏālik/, أيضا /ʾayḍan/, على حد سواء /ʿalā ḥaddin sawāʾ/, بالمثل /bi-l-miṯl/ |
| likewise {adv} (the same to you) | :: بالمثل /bi-l-miṯl/ |
| lilac {n} (shrub) | :: ليلك {m} /laylak/ |
| lilac {n} (flower) | :: ليلك {m} /laylak/ |
| lilac {adj} (colour) | :: ليلكي /laylakiyy/ |
| Lilian {prop} (female given name) | :: ليليان {f} /lilyān/ |
| Liliana {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian | :: |
| Lilith {prop} (mythological demon) | :: ليليث /līlīṯ/ |
| Lille {prop} (city in France) | :: ليل {f} /līl/ |
| Lillian {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian | :: |
| lilliputian {n} (small person or being) | :: قزم {m} /qazam/ |
| Lilongwe {prop} (capital of Malawi) | :: ليلونغوي {m} /lilunḡwī/, ليلونجوي {m} /lilungwī/ |
| lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium) | :: زنبق {m} /zanbaq/, سوسن /sawsan/ |
| lily of the Nile {n} (arum lily) SEE: arum lily | :: |
| Lima {prop} (the capital city of Peru) | :: ليما {f} /līmā/ |
| limb {n} (major appendage of human or animal) | :: طرف {m} /ṭaraf/, عضو {m} /ʿuḍw/ |
| limber {adj} (flexible) SEE: flexible | :: |
| lime {n} (linden tree) SEE: linden | :: |
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit) | :: ليم {m} /laym/, بنزهير {m} /banzahīr/ |
| Limerick {prop} (town) | :: ليمريك /līmirīk/ |
| limit {n} (boundary) | :: حد {m} /ḥadd/ |
| limit {n} (mathematics: value to which a sequence converges) | :: نهاية {f} /nihāya/ |
| limited {adj} (with certain limits placed upon it) | :: محدود /maḥdūd/ |
| limited liability company {n} (type of company) | :: شركة ذات مسؤولية محدودة {f} /šarika ḏāt masʾūliyya maḥdūda/ |
| limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine | :: |
| limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car) | :: ليموزين {m} /limuzīn/ |
| linden {n} (tree) | :: زيزفون {m} /zayzafūn/ |
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) | :: خط /ḵaṭṭ/ |
| line {n} (telephone or network connection) | :: خط {m} /ḵaṭṭ/ |
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue) | :: صف {m} /ṣaff/ |
| linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber) | :: كتان {m} /kattān/ |
| lingerie {n} (women's underwear or nightclothes) | :: ملابس النساء التحتية {p} /malābis an-nisāʾ at-taḥtiyya/ |
| lingua franca {n} (common language) | :: لغة تواصل مشترك {f} /luḡat tawāṣul muštarak/ |
| lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic | :: |
| lingual {adj} (related to the tongue) | :: لساني /lisāniyy/ |
| linguine {n} (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle) | :: لنقويني {m} /linqwīnī/ |
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) | :: لغوي {m} /luḡawiyy/, عالم لغوي {m} /ʿālim luḡawiyy/ |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language) | :: لغوي /luḡawiyy/ |
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) | :: لسانيات {f-p} /lisāniyyāt/, علم اللغة {m} /ʿilm al-luḡa/, لغويات /luḡawiyyāt/ |
| liniment {n} (topical medical preparation) | :: دلوك {m} /dalūk/ |
| link {n} (connection) | :: وصلة {f} /waṣla/ |
| link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink) | :: رابط {m} /rābiṭ/, وصلة {f} /waṣla/ |
| Link {prop} (male given name) | :: لينك /līnk/ |
| linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link | :: |
| linseed {n} (seed of the flax plant) | :: بذر الكتان /badhir alkitaan/ |
| Linux {prop} (operating system) | :: لينكس {m} /līnuks/ |
| Linz {prop} (city) | :: لينتس /linats/ |
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) | :: أسد {m} /ʾasad/, ليث {m} /layṯ/ |
| lion dance {n} (Chinese dance) | :: رقص الأسد {m} /raqaṣ al-ʾasad/ |
| lioness {n} (female lion) | :: لبؤة {f} /labuʾa/, لبوة {f} /labwa/ |
| Lionheart {prop} (nickname of Richard I of England) | :: قلب الأسد /qalb al-ʾasad/ |
| lion's leaf {n} (Leontice leontopetalum) | :: عرطنيثا {f} /ʿarṭanīṯā/, رقف {m} /raqaf/, رجل الأسد {f} /rijl al-ʾasad/, راحة الأسد {f} /rāḥa al-ʾasad/ |
| lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth) | :: شفة {f} /šafa/ |
| Lipetsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ليبيتسك {m} /līpitsk/ |
| lipogram {n} (word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols) | :: حذف {m} /ḥaḏf/ |
| lip service {n} (cunnilingus) SEE: cunnilingus | :: |
| lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips) | :: أحمر الشفاه {m} /ʾaḥmar aš-šifāh/ |
| liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage) | :: ليكيور {m} /likyur/ |
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) | :: سائل {m} /sāʾil/, مائع {m} /māʾiʿ/ |
| liquidation {n} (selling a business’s assets) | :: تصفية {f} /taṣfiya/ |
| liquor {n} (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation) | :: الكحول {m} /al-kuḥūl/ |
| liquorice {n} (plant) SEE: licorice | :: |
| liquorice {n} (confection) SEE: licorice | :: |
| liquor store {n} (liquor store, bottle shop) | :: متجر كحول {m} /muttajir kuḥūl/ |
| lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) | :: ليرة {f} /līra/ or ليرة {f} /layra/, ليرا {f} /līrā/ |
| Lisa {prop} (female given name) | :: ليزا {f} /līzā/ |
| Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal) | :: لشبونة {f} /lišbūna/, أشبونة {f} /ʾušbūna/ |
| list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items) | :: قائمة {f} /qāʾima/ |
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) | :: أصغى /ʾaṣḡā/, أنصت /ʾanṣata/, استمع /istamaʿa/ |
| listen {v} (to expect or wait for a sound) | :: أنصت /ʾanṣata/ |
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) | :: أطاع /ʾaṭāʿa/ |
| listen {v} (to hear (something)) | :: سمع /samiʿa/ |
| listener {n} (someone who listens) | :: مستمع {m} /mustamiʿ/ |
| Liszt {prop} (surname) | :: ليست /līst/ |
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre | :: |
| literal {adj} (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation) | :: لفظي /lafẓiyy/, حرفي /ḥarfiyy/ |
| literally {adv} (not metaphorically) | :: حرفيا /ḥarfiyyan/, بالحرف /bi-l-ḥarf/ |
| literary {adj} (relating to literature) | :: أدبي /ʾadabiyy/ |
| literature {n} (body of all written works) | :: أدب {m} /ʾadab/ |
| lithium {n} (chemical element) | :: ليثيوم {m} /liṯyum/ |
| lithium aluminium hydride {n} (chemical compound, LiH) | :: هيدريد ألومينيوم ليثيوم {m} |
| lithium hydride {n} (chemical compound, LiH) | :: هيدريد ليثيوم /hīdrīd līṯyūm/ |
| Lithuania {prop} (country) | :: لتوانيا {f} /litwāniyā/ |
| Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania) | :: لتواني /litwāniyy/ |
| Lithuanian {n} (language) | :: اللتوانية {f} /al-litwāniyya/ |
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) | :: لتر {m} /litr/ |
| litter {v} (drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it) | :: بعثر /baʿṯara/ |
| little {adj} (small in size) | :: صغير /ṣaḡīr/ |
| little {adv} (not much) | :: قليلا /qalīlan/, قليل /qalīl/ |
| little {determiner} (small amount) | :: قليل /qalīl/ |
| little black dress {n} (woman's short black dress) | :: فستان أسود قصير {m} /fustān ʾaswad qaṣīr/ |
| little brother {n} (younger brother) SEE: younger brother | :: |
| little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) | :: خنصر {m} /ḵinṣir/ |
| little owl {n} (species of owl) | :: بومة صغيرة {f} /būma(t) ṣaḡīra/ |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale) | :: ليلى والذئب {f} /laylā waḏ-ḏiʾb/ |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (the main character in this story) | :: ذات الرداء الأحمر {f} /ḏāt ar-radāʾ al-ʾaḥmar/ |
| Liu-chou {prop} (Liuzhou) SEE: Liuzhou | :: |
| Liuzhou {prop} (a city of China) | :: ليوجو {m} /lyujū/ |
| live {v} (be alive) | :: عاش /ʿāša/, سكن /sakana/ |
| live {v} (have permanent residence) | :: سكن /sakana/, عاش /ʿāša/ |
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue) | :: ينجو /yanjū/ |
| live {adj} (having life) | :: حي /ḥayy/ |
| liveforever {n} (houseleek) SEE: houseleek | :: |
| liver {n} (organ of the body) | :: كبد {m} /kabid/, كبد {m} /kibd/ |
| Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England) | :: ليفربول /līfarbūl/ |
| livestock {n} (farm animals) | :: مواش {f-p} /mawāšin/, أنعام {f-p} /ʾanʿām/, دواجن {f-p} /dawājin/ |
| live up {v} (to fulfil the expectations placed upon) | :: ارتقى إلى, كان في مستوى |
| living fossil {n} (species believed extinct but later found living) | :: حفرية حية |
| living room {n} (room in a private house) | :: غرفة الاستقبال {f} /ḡurfat al-istiqbāl/, غرفة جلوس {f} /ḡurfat julūs/ |
| living standard {n} (standard of living) SEE: standard of living | :: |
| Livonia {prop} (historical region) | :: ليفونيا {f} /lifunia/ |
| Livorno {prop} (city in Italy) | :: ليفورنو {m} /līfūrnū/, قرنة {f} /qurna/ |
| lizard {n} (reptile) | :: سحلية {f} /siḥliyya/, ضب {m} /ḍabb/, عظاءة {f} /ʿaẓāʾa/, برص {m} /burṣ/ |
| lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia) | :: ليوبليانا {f} /lyublyānā/ |
| llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) | :: لاما {f} /lāmā/ |
| load {v} (to put a load on or in) | :: عبأ /ʿabbaʾa/, شحن /šaḥana/, حمل /ḥamala/ |
| loaf {n} (block of bread) | :: رغيف {m} /raḡīf/ |
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property) | :: قرض {m} /qarḍ/, إعارة {f} /ʾiʿāra/ |
| loan translation {n} (calque) SEE: calque | :: |
| loanword {n} (word taken from another language) | :: دخيل {m} /daḵīl/ |
| loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry | :: |
| loath {adj} (loathsome, unpleasant) SEE: loathsome | :: |
| loathsome {adj} (highly offensive; abominable, sickening) | :: سافل |
| lob {n} (lump) SEE: lump | :: |
| Lobamba {prop} (traditional and legislative capital of Eswatini) | :: لوبامبا {f} /lūbāmbā/ |
| lobster {n} (crustacean) | :: كركند {m} /karkand/ |
| local {adj} (of a nearby location) | :: محلي /maḥalliyy/ |
| location {n} (place) | :: موقع {m} /mawqiʿ/ |
| Loch Ness {prop} (lake in the Great Glen of Scotland) | :: بحيرة نيس |
| lock {n} (something used for fastening) | :: قفل {m} /qufl/ |
| lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) | :: أقفل /ʾaqfala/ |
| lockdown {n} (confinement of people as a security measure) | :: إغلاق {m} /ʾiḡlāq/ |
| locked {adj} (that has been locked (with a key)) | :: مقفل /muqfal/ |
| locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room | :: |
| locksmith {n} (one who practices locksmithing) | :: قفال {m} /qaffāl/, قفالة {f} /qaffāla/ |
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) | :: قاطرة {f} /qāṭira/ |
| locoweed {n} (plant of genus Astragalus) SEE: milk-vetch | :: |
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper) | :: جرادة {f} /jarāda/ |
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris | :: |
| lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn | :: |
| lodge {v} (to be firmly fixed in a specified position) | :: غلق /ḡaliqa/ |
| lodger {n} (person who lodges in another's house) | :: مستأجر |
| lodging {n} (place to live or lodge) | :: إقامة {f} /ʾiqāma/ |
| Lodz {prop} (city in Poland) | :: وودج {m} /wūdj/ |
| loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) | :: خشبة {f} /ḵašaba/ |
| log {n} | :: زند الخشب {m} /zanad al-ḵašab/ |
| loganberry {n} (raspberry-blackberry hybrid berry) | :: توت لوغان {m} /tūt lūḡān/ |
| logarithm {n} (The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number) | :: لوغارثم {m} /luḡariṯm/ |
| loge {n} (booth) SEE: booth | :: |
| loggerhead {n} (loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)) SEE: loggerhead kingbird | :: |
| loggerhead kingbird {n} (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) | :: عصفور الملك الحزمي الذيل |
| logic {n} (method of human thought) | :: منطق {m} /manṭiq/ |
| logic {n} (mathematical study) | :: منطق {m} /manṭiq/ |
| logical {adj} (in agreement with the principles of logic) | :: منطقي /manṭiqiyy/ |
| logical {adj} (of or pertaining to logic) | :: منطقي /manṭiqiyy/ |
| logicalness {n} (the quality of being logical) | :: منطقية {f} /manṭiqiyyatun/ |
| logician {n} (person who studies or teaches logic) | :: منطقي /manṭiqiyy/ |
| login {n} (logging in) | :: تسجيل دخول {m} /tasjīl duḵūl/ |
| logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder) | :: ثرثرة مفرطة |
| Logos {prop} ((Christianity) the word of God as incarnate) | :: كلمة الله |
| Logroño {prop} (capital city of La Rioja, Spain) | :: لوغرونيو {m} /loḡrōnyo/ |
| -logy {suffix} (branch of learning) | :: لوجيا {f} /-lūjiyā/, علم ال {m} /ʿilm al--/ |
| Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan) | :: لجبن {m} /lujban/ |
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL | :: |
| LOL {interj} (expression of laughter) | :: ههه /hahah/, خخخ /ḵuḵuḵ/, هاها /hāhā/, لول /lūl/ |
| Lolita {prop} (female given name) | :: لوليتا {f} /lūlītā/ |
| lollipop {n} (confectionery on a stick) | :: مصاصة {f} /maṣṣāṣa/ |
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| lolly {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop | :: |
| Lolol {prop} (city in Chile) | :: للل {m} /lolol/ |
| Lomé {prop} (capital of Togo) | :: لومي {m} /lumī/, لوميه {m} /lumih/ |
| Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker | :: |
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) | :: لندن {f} /landan/, اللندنة {f} /al-lundona/, لندرة {f} /lundra/ |
| Londoner {n} (person from or inhabitant of London) | :: لندني {m} /landaniyy/, لندنية {f} /landaniyya/ |
| Londonian {n} (Londoner) SEE: Londoner | :: |
| Londonian {adj} (of or relating to London) | :: لندني |
| lone {adj} (having no companion) | :: منعزل /munaʿzil/ |
| loneliness {n} (condition of being lonely) | :: انفراد {m} /infirād/, عزلة {f} /ʿuzla/ |
| lonely {adj} (of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) | :: وحيد /waḥīd/ |
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) | :: طويل /ṭawīl/ |
| long {adj} (having great duration) | :: طويل /ṭawīl/ |
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall | :: |
| longcase clock {n} (grandfather clock) SEE: grandfather clock | :: |
| long for {v} (to miss) | :: اشتاق /ištāqa/ |
| longing {n} (melancholic desire) | :: شوق {m} /šawq/ |
| long live {v} (prosper) | :: عاش /ʿāša/ |
| long pepper {n} (Piper longum, or its fruit) | :: دارفلفل {m} /dārfilfil/, دار فلفل {m} /dār filfil/ |
| long shot {n} (Something unlikely) | :: قليل الاحتمال {m} /qaliylu l-iḥtimāli/ |
| long story short {adv} (Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story) | :: القصة بإختصار |
| long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time) | :: لم أرك منذ وقت طويل /lam ʾaraka munḏu waqt ṭawīl/, لم أرك منذ وقت طويل /lam ʾaraki munḏu waqt ṭawīl/, لم نرك منذ مدة /lam naraka munḏu mudda/ |
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| loofah {n} (tropical vine) | :: ليف {m} /līf/, لوف {m} /lūf/ |
| loofah {n} (dried fibrous interior used as a sponge) | :: ليف {m} /līf/, لوف {m} /lūf/ |
| look {v} (to try to see) | :: نظر /naẓara/ (إلى at) |
| look {v} | :: رأى (ra’a) |
| look {n} (action of looking) | :: نظرة {f} /naẓra/ |
| look {n} (physical appearance) | :: مرأى {m} /marʾan/, مرآة {f} /marʾāh/ |
| look after {v} (to watch, to protect) | :: اهتم /ihtamma/, اعتنى /iʿtanā/ |
| lookalike {n} (person physically resembling another person) | :: شبيه {m} /šabīhun/ |
| look down on {v} (to regard or treat as inferior) | :: ترفع /taraffaʿa/ |
| look for {v} (search; seek) | :: بحث /baḥaṯa/, فتش /fattaša/ |
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| look like {v} (seem, appear) | :: بدا /badā/ |
| look like {v} (be similar in appearance, resemble) | :: شبه /šabiha/ |
| look out {v} (to look from within to the outside) | :: أطل /ʾaṭalla/ |
| look out {v} (to be vigilant and aware) | :: حا سب |
| lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.) | :: ناطور {m} /nāṭūr/ |
| loom {n} (weaving frame) | :: منسج {m} /minsaj/ |
| loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly | :: |
| loose {adj} (not fixed tightly) | :: فضفاض /faḍfāḍ/ |
| loquat {n} (fruit) | :: بشملة {f} /bašmala/, إسكدنيا {f} /ʾiskidunyā/, أكيدنيا {f} /ʾikkidunyā/, أكيدنيا {f} /ʾikidunyā/ |
| lord {n} (master of a household) | :: رب {m} /rabb/ |
| lord {n} (ruler, one having mastery over others) | :: رب {m} /rabb/ |
| Lord {prop} (God) | :: رب {m} /rabb/, الرب {m} /ar-rabb/ |
| Lord {n} (British aristocratic title) | :: لورد {m} /lord/ |
| Lord of Lords {prop} | :: رب الأرباب {m} /rabbu l-ʾarbābi/ |
| lordship {n} (state or condition of being a lord) | :: ربوبية {f} /rubūbiyya/, سيادة {f} /siyāda/ |
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) | :: الصلاة الربية /aṣ-ṣalāh ar-rabbiyya/ |
| Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace) | :: لورين {m} /lūryyin/ |
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck | :: |
| Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) | :: لوس أنجلس {m} /lūs ʾanjilis/ |
| lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) | :: خسر /ḵasira/ |
| lose {v} ((transitive) fail to win) | :: خسر /ḵasira/ |
| lose {v} (have (somebody of one's kin) die) | :: فقد /faqada/ |
| lose {v} (fail to be the winner) | :: خسر /ḵasira/ |
| lose heart {v} (to despair) | :: يئس /yaʾisa/, أحبط /ʾuḥbiṭa/ |
| lose one's way {v} (get lost) SEE: get lost | :: |
| loser {n} (person who fails to win) | :: خاسر {m} /ḵāsir/ |
| loser {n} (contemptible or unfashionable person) | :: فاشل {m} /fāšil/ |
| lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese) | :: فقد وزن /faqada wazn/ |
| loss {n} (defeat, see also: defeat) | :: خسارة {f} /ḵasāra/ |
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot | :: |
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham) | :: لوط {m} /lūṭ/ |
| lotion {n} (ointment that one rubs on the skin) | :: غسول {m} /ḡaswl/ |
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot | :: |
| lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) | :: يانصيب {m} /yānaṣīb/ |
| lotto {n} (lottery) | :: يانصيب {m} /yānaṣīb/ |
| loud {adj} (of a sound) | :: عال /ʿālin/, العالي /al-ʿālī/ |
| loud {adj} (noisy) | :: عال /ʿālin/, العالي /al-ʿālī/ |
| loudly {adv} (in a loud manner) | :: بصوت عال /bi-ṣawt ʿālin/ |
| loudspeaker {n} (transducer) | :: محول طاقة {m} /muḥawwil ṭāqa/, مجهار {m} /mijhār/ |
| Lou Gehrig's disease {n} (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) SEE: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | :: |
| louis d'or {n} (any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII) | :: لويس ذهبي {m} /luwīs ḏahabī/ |
| Louisiana {prop} (US state) | :: لويزيانا {f} /luyziyānā/ |
| louse {n} (insect) | :: قملة {f} /qamla/, قمل {m} /qaml/ |
| louse {v} (To remove lice) | :: قملة {f} /qimla/ |
| Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) | :: لوفان |
| louver {n} (a ventilating turret or lantern) | :: أباجور |
| louver {n} (a slatted opening in a wall, door or window) | :: أباجور |
| louver {n} (a system of slits for ventilation) | :: أباجور |
| Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France) | :: اللوفر {m} /al-lūfr/ |
| lovage {n} (a Mediterranean herb) | :: ترنجان {m} /turunjaan/ |
| love {n} (strong affection) | :: حب {m} /ḥubb/, محبة {f} /maḥabba/, عشق {f} /ʿišq/ |
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) | :: حبيب {m} /ḥabīb/, حبيبة {f} /ḥabība/, حبيبي /ḥabībī/ |
| love {v} (have a strong affection for) | :: أحب /ʾaḥabba/, حب /ḥabba/ |
| love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing) | :: أحب /ʾaḥabba/ |
| love affair {n} (adulterous relationship) | :: علاقة غرامية {f} /ʿalāqa ḡarāmiyya/ |
| love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) | :: الحب من النظرة الأولى {m} /al-ḥubb min an-naẓra l-ʾūlā/ |
| loved {adj} (Being the object of love) | :: محبوب /maḥbūb/ |
| love interest {n} (romantic relationship) SEE: romance | :: |
| love letter {n} (letter about the author's love) | :: رسالة حب {f} /risālatu ḥubbin/ |
| lover {n} (one who loves another person) | :: عاشق {m} /ʿāšiq/, محب {m} /muḥibb/, عشيق /ʿašīq/ |
| lover {n} (sexual partner) | :: عاشق {m} /ʿāšiq/, محب {m} /muḥibb/, عشيق /ʿašīq/ |
| lover {n} (person who loves something) | :: مغرم |
| love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) | :: مثلث حب {m} /muṯallaṯ ḥubb/ |
| loving {adj} (expressing a large amount of love) | :: محب /muḥibb/ |
| low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) | :: منخفض /munḵafiḍ/ |
| low {n} (flame) SEE: flame | :: |
| low {v} (moo) SEE: moo | :: |
| lower {adj} (more towards the bottom) | :: أدنى /ʾadnā/ |
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail) | :: أنزل /ʾanzala/ |
| lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm | :: |
| lower chamber {n} (lower house) SEE: lower house | :: |
| Lower Egypt {prop} (Northern Egypt) | :: الدلتا /ad-diltā/ |
| lower house {n} (part of a parliament) | :: مجلس أدنى {m} /majlis ʾadnā/ |
| Lower Lusatian {prop} (Lower Sorbian) SEE: Lower Sorbian | :: |
| Lower Sorbian {prop} (a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg) | :: أقل الصربية /ʾaqall aṣ-ṣirbiyya/ |
| lowest of the low {n} | :: أسفل سافلين /ʾasfalu sāfilīna/ |
| loyalness {n} (loyalty) SEE: loyalty | :: |
| loyalty {n} (the state of being loyal; fidelity) | :: وفاء {m} /wafāʾ/ |
| Lo-yang {prop} (Luoyang) SEE: Luoyang | :: |
| Lua {prop} (a programming language (transliterations)) | :: لوا {f} /luwā/ |
| Luanda {prop} (capital city of Angola) | :: لواندا /luwandā/ |
| Lucan {prop} (a Roman poet) | :: لوكان {m} /Lūkān/ |
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12) | :: شيخ النار {m} /šayḵ an-nār/ |
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) | :: حظ /ḥaẓẓ/ |
| Lucknow {prop} (capital of Uttar Pradesh, India) | :: لكنو {m} /laknū/ |
| lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) | :: محظوظ /maḥẓūẓ/ |
| lucky {adj} (being good by chance) | :: محظوظ /maḥẓūẓ/ |
| Lufthansa {prop} (German airline) | :: لوفتهانزا {f} /lufthanzā/ |
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers) | :: أمتعة {m-p} /ʾamtiʿa/ |
| Luhansk People's Republic {prop} (secessionist state in Luhanshchyna, the Ukraine) | :: جمهورية لوغانسك الشعبية {f} /jumhūriyyat lūḡansk aš-šaʿbiyya/ |
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Lukashenko {prop} (surname) | :: لوكاشينكو /lukašinkū/, لوكاشينكا /lukašinkā/ |
| Luke {prop} (evangelist) | :: لوقا /lūqā/ |
| lukewarm {adj} (temperature) | :: فاتر /fātir/ |
| lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) | :: تهويدة {f} /tahwīda/ |
| lumbar puncture {n} (procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid) | :: بزل قطني /bazl qatniun/ |
| lumbar vertebra {n} (any of five lower vertebrae) | :: فقرة قطنية {f} /faqara qaṭaniyya/ |
| lumber {n} (wood as building material) | :: خشب {m} /ḵašab/ |
| lumberjack {n} (person who fells trees) | :: حطاب {m} /ḥaṭṭāb/ |
| lumen {n} (SI-unit for luminous flux) | :: لومن {m} /lūmin/ |
| lump {n} (something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group) | :: كتلة {f} /kutla/ |
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon | :: |
| lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon) | :: قمري /qamariyy/ |
| lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) | :: خسوف القمر {m} /ḵusūf al-qamar/ |
| Lunarian {n} (imaginary inhabitant of the Moon) | :: قمري {m} /qamariyy/, قمرية {f} /qamariyya/ |
| Lunar New Year {n} (Lunar new year) SEE: Chinese New Year | :: |
| lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| lunch {n} (meal around midday) | :: غداء {m} /ḡadāʾ/ |
| luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch | :: |
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) | :: رئة {f} /riʾa/, سحر {m} /saḥar/ |
| lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s)) | :: سرطان الرئة {m} /saraṭān ar-riʾa/ |
| Luoyang {prop} (city in Henan) | :: لويانغ {m} /luyanḡ/ |
| lupin {n} (a lupine bean) | :: ترمس /turmus/ |
| lupine {n} (lupin) SEE: lupin | :: |
| Lupus {prop} (summer constellation of the northern sky) | :: الذئب {m} /aḏ-ḏiʾb/ |
| Luqman {prop} (31st sura of the Qur'an) | :: سورة لقمان |
| lure {v} | :: عربي: طعم، إغراء |
| Lusaka {prop} (capital of Zambia) | :: لوساكا {f} /lusakā/ |
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) | :: شهوة {f} /šahwa/ |
| lust {n} (general want or longing) | :: شهوة {f} /šahwa/ |
| luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality) | :: تهذيب {m} /tahḏīb/ |
| lustful {adj} (full of lust) | :: شهواني /šahwāniyy/ |
| lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lute {n} (stringed instrument) | :: عود {m} /ʿūd/ |
| lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71) | :: لوتيتيوم {m} /lutityum/ |
| Luxembourg {prop} (country) | :: لوكسمبورغ {f} /luksamburḡ/,القصر صغير {m} /al-qaṣr ṣaḡīr/ |
| Luxor {prop} (city in Egypt) | :: الأقصر {f} /al-quṣūr/ |
| luxurious {adj} (being very fine and comfortable) | :: فخم /faḵm/ |
| Luzon {prop} (largest island of the Philippines) | :: لوزون {m} /luzūn/ |
| Lviv {prop} (Lviv) | :: لفيف {m} /lfīf/ |
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf | :: |
| Lydia {prop} (biblical woman) | :: ليديا /līdiyā/ |
| Lydia {prop} (female given name) | :: ليديا /līdiyā/ |
| lymphatic {adj} (pertaining to lymph or lymphatic system) | :: لمفاوي {m} /limfāwiyy/ |
| lymphatic system {n} (network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes) | :: جهاز لمفاوي {m} /jihāz limfāwiyy/ |
| lymph node {n} (filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system) | :: عقدة لمفاوية {f} /ʿuqda limfāwiyya/ |
| lynx {n} (wild cat) | :: وشق {m} /wašaq/ |
| Lyon {prop} (city in France) | :: ليون {f} /liyūn/ |
| lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| lyrics {n} (the words to a song) | :: منشود {m} /manšūd/, كلمات {f-p} /kalimāt/, كلمات أغنية /kalimāt ʾuḡniya/ |