Arabic

Grammar
Adjectives

WRITTEN BY ABOO IBRAAHEEM HAAROON & UMM MUJAAHID

What are Adjectives?

Adjectives are describing words.

In Arabic we call adjectives ‫ ﻬﻧﻌﺖ‬or ‫ﺻﻔﺔ‬

ِ . Adjectives
come after the noun they qualify and follow it in
gender, and plurality, they may also follow it in
case (declension) and definiteness.

Here is a list of adjectives:

Small Big
Slim Fat
Narrow Wide

Making An Adjective Feminine

To make an adjective feminine we add on the

taa marboota . 

‫ﻛﻠِﻴﻠﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﻠِﻴﻞ‬
‫ﻬﻧﺤِﻴﻔﺔ‬ ‫ﻬﻧﺤِﻴﻒ‬
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‫ﻛﻠِﻴﻞ‬
Blunt
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$%‫ﺣﺎ‬
Sharp
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‫ﺿ(ﻴﻖ‬
Narrow
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‫ ﺳِﻊ‬
Wide
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‫‪Exercise 1:‬‬
‫‪Complete the following:‬‬ ‫ﻛ‪ِ 4‬ﻤﭼﻞ‪ 4‬ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‪:‬‬

‫ ﻟﻄﱠﺮِلﺎﻳرﻖ‪ ,‬ﺿ(ﻴﻖٌء‬

‫ﻛﻠِﻴﻞ‬ ‫‪.............‬‬

‫ ﺳِﻊ‬ ‫‪............‬‬

‫ﺣﺎ‪$%‬‬ ‫‪............‬‬

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‫ﺠﺘﻬِﺪ‬,‫ﻣ‬
Hardworking
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9 ‫ﻼ‬
 ‫ﻛﺴ‬
Lazy
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$‫>ﻛِﻲ‬
Intelligent
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$‫ﻏﺒِﻲ‬
Dumb
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Exercise 2:
Complete the following: :‫ ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‬4‫ ِﻤﭼﻞ‬4‫ﻛ‬

$‫ﻏﺒِﻲ‬ .............

‫ﺠﺘﻬِﺪ‬,‫ ﻣ‬.............

$‫>ﻛِﻲ‬ .............

9 ‫ ﻛﺴﻼ‬............

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‫ﻬﻧﺤِﻴﻒ‬
Slim
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‫ﺳﻤﭼِﻴﻦ‬
Fat
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‫ﻛﺒﻴﺮ‬
Big
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‫ﺻﻐِﻴﺮ‬

Small
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Exercise 3:
Complete the following: :‫ ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‬4‫ ِﻤﭼﻞ‬4‫ﻛ‬

‫ﺳﻤﭼِﻴﻦ‬ .............

‫ﻬﻧﺤِﻴﻒ‬ .............

‫ﺻﻐِﻴﺮ‬
 ............

‫ﻛﺒِﻴﺮ‬ ............

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‫ﻗﺼِﻴﺮ‬
Short
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‫ﻃﻮِلﺎﻳرﻞ‬
Tall
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‫ﺑﻌِﻴﺪ‬
Far
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‫ﻗﺮِلﺎﻳرﺐ‬
Near
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‫‪Exercise 4:‬‬
‫‪Complete the following:‬‬ ‫ﻛ‪ِ 4‬ﻤﭼﻞ‪ 4‬ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‪:‬‬

‫ﻗﺼِﻴﺮ‬ ‫‪.............‬‬

‫ﻃﻮِلﺎﻳرﻞ‬ ‫‪.............‬‬

‫ﻗﺮِلﺎﻳرﺐ‬ ‫‪............‬‬

‫ﺑﻌِﻴﺪ‬ ‫‪............‬‬

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‫ﻓﻘِﻴﺮ‬
Poor
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$‫ﻏﻨِﻲ‬
Rich
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‫ﺳﺮِلﺎﻳرﻊ‬
Fast
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‫ﺑﻄِﺊ‬
Slow
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Exercise 5:
Complete the following: :‫ ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‬4‫ ِﻤﭼﻞ‬4‫ﻛ‬

‫ﻓﻘِﻴﺮ‬ .............

$‫ﻏﻨِﻲ‬ .............

‫ﺳﺮِلﺎﻳرﻊ‬ ............

‫ﺑﻄِﺊ‬ ............

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$
‫ﺣﺎ‬
Hot
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%ِ
‫ﺑﺎ‬
Cold
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‫ﺳِﺦ‬
Dirty
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‫ﻬﻧﻈِﻴﻒ‬
Clean
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Exercise 6:
Complete the following: :‫ ﻣﺎ لﺎﻳرﻠِﻰ‬4‫ ِﻤﭼﻞ‬4‫ﻛ‬

$
‫ﺣﺎ‬ .............

%ِ
‫ﺑﺎ‬ .............

‫ﺳِﺦ‬ ............

‫ﻬﻧﻈِﻴﻒ‬ ............

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