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yaa rayt (ya)[o] if only I did (in reply to something like [inta, maa 9ind–ak 9arabiyya?])

yaa rayt (ryt) [o] only: if only I did (in reply to something like [inta, maa 9ind–ak 9arabiyya?])

yaa rayt (ya)[o] only: if only I did (in reply to something like [inta, maa 9ind–ak 9arabiyya?])

yaa rayt (ryt) [o] only; if only; if only

yaa rayt (ya)[o] only; if only; if only

yaa rayt (ryt) [o] wish; I wish ...; only; if only ...; if only ...

yaa rayt (ya)[o] wish; I wish ...; only; if only ...; if only ...

yaa raytak jiyt amis (ryt) [o] wish; I w. you'd come yesterday

yaa salaam (slm) [n] admiration; – expresses admiration

yaa salaam (ya)[o] admiration; – expresses admiration

yaa salaam (slm) [n] admiration (expression of a.)

yaa salaam (ya)[o] admiration (expression of a.)

yaa ustaaz ('stz)[n] teacher; schoolmaster (form of address to teacher/schoolmaster)

yaa xasaara (xsr) [n] pity; what a p.; bad; too b.; sad; how s.; shame; what a s.

yaa xasaara (ya)[o] pity; what a p.; bad; too b.; sad; how s.; shame; what a s.

yaabis (ybs) [a] dry and hard

yaabis ? (ybs) [a] weak and thin (person, animal); thin and weak (person, animal), gaunt

yaabis - (ybs) [a] dry/dried (out); dessicate; d.d?; arid?

yaafTa ? (yfT) [n] sign-board

yaarda –aat (yrd) [n] yard (measure of length)

yaarda –aat (yrd) [n] yard (unit of length)

yaat– (yat) [q] what/which

yaat– (ya)[q] which?

yaat–uw° bitt (yat) [q] which girl?

yaat–uw° naas (yat) [q] which people?

yaat–uw° walad (yat) [q] which boy?

yaay –aat (yay) [n] spring (mechanical)

yaay –aat (yay) [n] spring (of metal, etc.); spiral spring

yabbas yiyabbis (ybs) [vt] dry (out)

yadd iydayn; ayaadi (yd;) [nf] hand; handle

yadd yaddayn (yd;) [nf?] arm and hand

yadd yaddayn (yd;) [nf] hand

yahuwdiy *–iyn; yahuwd (hwd) [ax] Jew; Jewish

yahuwdiy yahuwd (yhd) [ax] Jewish

yaLLa ('lh) [nx] let; let's go/get off (m.sing)

yamaniy –a; –iyya; –iyn (ymn) [ax] Yemeni

yamiyn (ymn) [nf?] right (hand); hand; right hand

yamiyn - (ymn) [n] oath

yamiyn - (ymn) [nv?] oath

yamiyn - (periphrastic form: yaddayn–yum al–yamiyn) (ymn) [n] right side/hand

yaw#anda (yw#n)[nx] Uganda

yaw#andiy –iyn (yw#n)[ax] Ugandan

yawm ayyaam; ayyaamaat (ywm) [n] day

yawm aj–jum9a (jm9) [nx] Friday

yawm aj–jum9a ayyaam–aj–juma9 (ywm) [nx] Friday

yawm al–aHad ('Hd) [n] Sunday

yawm al–arbi9aº ?ayyaam al–arbi9aº (ywm) [nx] Wednesday

yawm al–itnayn (tna) [nx] Monday

yawm al–itnayn ayyaam al–itnayn? (ywm) [nx] Monday

yawm al–xamiys ayyaam al–xamiys? (xms) [nx] Thursday

yawm al–xamiys ayyaam al–xamiys (ywm) [nx] Thursday

yawm as–sabit (sbt) [nx/] Saturday

yawm as–sabit ayaam as–sabit? (ywm) [nx] Saturday

yawm at–talaataº ayyaam at–talaataº? (ywm) [nx] Tuesday

yawm at–talaataº (tlt) [nx] Tuesday

yawmiy (ywm) [a] daily

yawmiy (ywm) [d] daily

yawmiyya –aat (ywm) [n] diary (written daily); journal

yibis yaybas (ybs) [vi] dry (out)/become dry

yi'is min yay'as (yas) [vj+] renounce?; despair of; give up hope of

yimkin (mkn) [vtz] possible; it is p. that; perhaps; maybe; might; may

yuwnaaniy –iyn; yuwnaan (yn;; [a] Greek

ز ظ

za99al yiza99il (z9l) [vt] anger; enrage?

za99al yiza99il (z9l) [vt] annoy; irritate?

za9af coll (z9f) [ng/] fibre; palm fibre; palm fibre

za9al (z9l) [n/?] anger; fury?; rage?

za9fa –aat (z9f) [ns/] plant; similar to a palm

za9laan min –iyn (z9l) [aj] angry with; cross with; annoy; a.ed with

ZaabiT ZubbaaT (ZbT) [n] officer (police,military)

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vi] add (in maths); plus

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vi] go up (price); up; go u. (price); increase (price); rise (price)

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vi] spread; bigger; get b.; get bigger

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vt]/[[vj] too; do t. much; much; do too m.; excessive; do e.ly

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vi] put on weight (not) necessarily much weight); gain weight (not) necessarily much weight)

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vt]/[[vj] exagerrate; too; do t. much; much; do too m.

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vt] increase; augment; compound?; grow; make grow?

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vt] add/add to; increase

zaad yaziyd (zyd) [vi] more; become m.?; multiply?; exceed?; increase; grow?

Zaahir (+9ala) (Zhr) [a+] obvious; clear; apparent; evident; plain

zaa'iyr (zayr)[nx] Zaire

zaa'iyriy –iyn (zayr)[ax] Zairese

zaakira/zaakra (zkr) [n] memory (mental faculty)

zaakra/zaakira (zkr) [n] memory; faculty of memory?

zaal yazuwl/*yazaal (zwl) [vi] finish?; end?

Zaalim –iyn; Zullaam (Zlm) [n?] tyrant; oppressor

zaar *–aat (zar) [n] possession; spirit p. ceremony

zaar *–aat (zar) [n] spirit possession ceremony

zaar yazuwr (zwr) [vt] visit the tomb ([gubba]) of a saint ([waliy]); pilgrimage; make a p. to the tomb ([gubba]) of a saint ([waliy])

zaat (zwt) [o?] personally"; self (as)emphatic; e.g. I myself")

zaat +PRONOUN SUFFIX (zat) [o] self (emphatic)

zaawiya –aat (zwa) [n] angle

zaawya zawaaya; *ziwiy? (zwa) [n] angle; corner?; nook?

zaawya zawaaya; *ziwiy (zwa) [n] building; any relgious building without minaret?

zaawya zawaaya; *ziwiy (zwa) [n] Sufi meeting–house

zaayid (zyd) [a?] add; plus; and (in additions only)

zaayir zuwwaar (zyr) [n] visitor; caller?; guest?

zabaadiy (zbd) [n] yoghurt (cf.) [rawb]); milk; curdled m.?

zabuwn zabaayin (zbn) [n] customer; client; buyer; guest (in hotel)?

zabuwna –aat (zbn) [nf]? customer; client; buyer; guest (in hotel)?

zaga yazgiy (zga) [vt] drink; give to d.

zaga yazgiy (zga) [vt] water (an)animal, plant); drink; give to d.

zaga yazgiy (zga) [vt] water; irrigate

Zahar yaZhar (Zhr) [vi] appear; seem

Zahar yaZhar (Zhr) [vi] come into being; appear

Zahar yaZhar (Zhr) [vi] come into view; appear; visible; bc. v.; see; allow to s.; show os.; allow to see; let see

zahar zuhuwr (zhr) [ng] blossom(s); flowers

Zahara ? (Zhr) [n] dice

zaHHa yiziHH (zH;) [vt] push (aside); move (aside)

zaHHa yaziHH (zH;) [vtm] move away; push away; away; move/push a.

zahhaj min yizahhij (zhj) [vtj] fed; make f. up with; bore with

zahjaan min –iyn (zhj) [aj] annoy; a.ed with; irritate; i.d with; fed up with; sick (and) tired) of; bored with (implying also annoyance/anger)

zaHlag yizahlig (zHlg)[vtm] slip; make s.; trip up

zaHlag yizaHlig (zHlg)[vtm] slip; make/cause to slip

zaHma –aat (zHm) [n] crowd; c.ing/lack of space

zaHma –aat (zHm) [n] crowdedness; crowd; crush (of people)

zaHma –aat (zHm) [n] crush; jam; crowd; throng?

zahra –aat (zhr) [ns] flower

za'iyr (zayr)[nx] Zaire

za'iyriy –iyn (zayr)[ax] Zairese

zaka° –aat; *zakaawiy (zka) [n] alms (Muslim; two and a half per cent alms tax on income)

zaka° –aat; *zakaawiy (zka) [n] alms/almsgiving?; charity?; tax; alms tax(Islamic)

zaka° –aat; *zakaawiy (zka) [n] charity (tax); tax; alms–t./charity–t. (Islamic)

zakar yazkur (zkr) [vt] name; mention; cite?; quote?; say

zakiy azkiya (zka) [a] intelligent; clever; bright

zakkar yizakkir (zkr) [vds+] remind; attention; call so.'s a. to?

zakkar bay yizakkir (zkr) [vtj] remind; attention; call so.'s a. to?

zalaabya ? (zlb) [n] doughnut; d.–like sweetmeat fried and soaked in syrupCHECK

zalag yazlig (zlg) [vtm] slip; make/cause to slip (of st. wet; e.g. mud, banana skin)

Zalam yaZlum (Zlm) [vt] unjust; treat u.ly; unfair; treat u.ly; harm?; mistreat?; tyrannize?

Zalam yaZlum (Zlm) [vt] wrong; evil; do e. to; treat unjustly; oppress?

zalaT –aat (zlT) [ng] stone; s.s; rock; r.s?; gravel; pebble; p.s.

zamaan (zmn) [d] long; a l. time ago; time; a long t. ago; used to"; past; in the p.

zamaan (zmn) [d] past; in the p.

zaman (zmn) [j] during; time; in the t. of; period; in the p. of

zaman azmaan (zmn) [n] era

zaman azmaan (zmn) [n] time; period; stretch of time?; duration?

zamiyl zumala (zml) [n] colleague; fellow–worker; worker; fellow–w.

zamiyl zumala; zumlaan (zml) [n] companion; associate; comrade; crony?

zanb zunuwb (znb) [n] fault?

Zann Zunuwn? (Zn;) [n] opinion; idea; assumption; view; belief; supposition

Zann Zunuwn (Zn;) [nv?] opinion; idea; assumption; view; belief; supposition

Zanna yaZunn; yaZinn (Zn;) [vds+] hold; deem; think; consider

Zanna yaZunn; yaZinn (Zn;) [vds+] think; believe; assume?; presume?; suppose?

zar9iy ? (zr9) [a] green (shade of green)

zara9 yazra9 (zr9) [vt] plant (seedlings)

zara9 yazra9 (zr9) [vt] sow; spread; scatter; plant?; raise; till; cultivate

zara9 yazra9 (zr9) [vt] grow (plants)

zaRaaf; zaraaf ? (zrf) [n] giraffe (male)

zaRaaf; zaraaf coll (zrf) [ng] giraffe/g.s (animal)

zaRaafa; zaraafa –aat (zrf) [ns] giraffe (animal)

Zaraafa; zaraafa –aat (zrf) [ns] giraffe (animal)

ZaraT/zaraT ? (ZrT) [vi] break wind (noisily); wind; break w. (noisily)

zari9 ? (zr9) [n/] crops?

zari9 zuruw9 (zr9) [n/] cultivation/c.ed land; field; farm; small traditional f.

zari9 zuruw9 (zr9) [n/] farmed land?; cultivation; farm; small traditional f.

Zarif Zuruwf (Zrf) [n/] envelope (for letter)

Zariyf *Zurraaf (Zrf) [a] charming; pleasant; nice (in manners, etc.)

Zariyf –iyn; Zurafa (Zrf) [a] charming; pleasant; nice (in manners, etc.)

zawaaj –aat (zwj) [n] marriage; wedding?; matrimony; wedlock

zaWj (also [zawj]) azwaaj (zwj) [n] husband

zaWja (also [zawja]) –aat (zwj) [n] wife

zawl - (zwl) [n] man

zawl - (zwl) [n] man (sometimes used of man with whom one has a specific relationship, e.g. relative, friend, colleague, so. who one buys things from)

zawl jaaff naas jaaffiyn (jf;) [a] cold man; unsympathetic man; unpleasant man?

zawl jaaff naas jaaffiyn (jf;) [a] unfriendly person?; unsociable person

zawl siyaasiy rijaal ...? (zwl) [n] politician

zawl siyaasiy rijaal –iyn (sws) [a] politician

zawla - (zwl) [n] woman; esp. woman with whom one has a specific relationship (e.g. relative, friend, colleague, so. who one buys things from)

zawwad yizawwid (zwd) [vt]/[[vj] exagerrate; too; do t. much; much; do too m.

zawwad yizawwid (zyd) [vt]/[[vj] too; do t. much; much; do too m.; excessive; do e.ly

zawwaj yizawwij (zwj) [vd] marry (off) to

zayt zuyuwt (zyt) [n] oil

zayy (zy;) [j] like; as if

zayy (zy;) [c] as; just as?

zayy - (zy;) [n] dress

zayy - (zy;) [n] uniform

zayy (zy;) [j] like; similar to

zayy az–zift (zft) [n] awful; bad; rubbish; lousy; rotten

zayy az–zift (zy;) [j] like pitch (i.e. no good/rotten/lousy)

zayy islaamiy - (zy;) [n] dress; Islamic dress (specifically, type of clothing worn by Islamist women)

zayy islaamiy - (slm) [ap] Islamic dress (specifically, type of clothing worn by Islamist women)

zayy maa (zy;) [j] as; just as?

zayyad yizayyid (zyd) [vt]/[[vj] exagerrate; too; do t. much; much; do too m.

zayyad yizayyid (zwd) [vt]/[[vj] too; do t. much; much; do too m.; excessive; do e.ly

zi9il min yaz9al (z9l) [vj+] angry; get a. with; annoy; get a. with; feel (come to f.) angry; annoyed with

zibb *zubuwb; asbaab (zb;) [n] penis (impolite usage)

zibda (zbd) [n] butter (not) normally made or eaten in Sudan)

zifit (zft) [a/] awful; bad; rubbish; lousy; rotten

zifit (zft) [n/] pitch; asphalt?; tar

zift (zft) [a] awful; bad; rubbish; lousy; rotten

zift (zft) [n] pitch; asphalt?; tar

ziHH minniy (zH;) [vim] go away; move (away)

zihij yazhaj (zhj) [vj] fed; be f. up with; bore; be b.d with (implies also annoyance/anger)

zihijta min yazhaj (zhj) [vj] tired; bc. t. of (implies also annoyance/anger); sick of (implies annoyance/anger)

zikim yazkam (zkm) [vi] cold; get a c. in the head; catarrh; get c.?

zikir (zkr) [n/] ceremony; Sufi [Suwfiy] c. involving chanting

zikir (zkr) [n/] ceremony; Sufi religious c. with chanting +

zikir (zkr) [n/] chant; Sufi religious ceremony with c.ing +

zikir (zkr) [n/] dance; Sufi religious ceremony with d.ing +

zikir (zkr) [n/] invocation of God (chanting God's names; Sufism)

zikir (zkr) [n/] recitation; religious r.

zikir (zkr) [n/] zikir [zikir]; chant; sufi [Suwfiy] religious c.ing

zikma *zikam (zkm) [n] cold (in the head; connected with runny nose); catarrh?

zikra (*?)zikar; –yaat (zkr) [n] memory (thing remembered); remembrance; recollection

zink (znk) [ng] zinc

zink (znk) [ng] zinc

zinkiy coll (znk) [ng] zinc

ziraa9a *–aat (zr9) [n] agriculture; till; t.age/t.ing; farm; f.ing

ziraa9a *–aat (zr9) [n] cultivation; grow; g.ing (crops)

ziraa9a *–aat (zr9) [n] farm?; field?

ziraa9iy ? (zr9) [a] agricultural; agrarian; farm– (in compounds)

ziraara –aat; zaraayir (zr;) [n] button (on a garment only?)

ziraara –aat; zaraayir (zr;) [n] button (on clothes)

ziri9 yazra9 (zr9) [vi] sow; be s.n; spread; be s.; scatter; be s.ed; plant; be p.ed?; raise;be r.d; till; be t.ed; cultivate; be c.d; grow; be g.n (plants)

zirr azraar (zr;) [n] switch (electric, etc.); light switch; button (on appliance, not clothing)

ziyaada (zyd) [a]? increase; more; extra

ziyaada (zyd) [d] too

ziyaada (zyd) [n] addition (in maths)

ziyaada –aat (zyd) [n] increase; more; extra

ziyaara –aat (zyr) [n] pilgrimage (to tomb of saint [∫ayx]?/[waliy]?)

ziyaara –aat (zwr) [n] visit, to the tomb ([gubba]) of a saint ([waliy]); pilgrimage, to the tomb ([gubba]) of a saint ([waliy])

ziyaara –aat (zwr) [n] visit; call (social/of doctor, etc.?)

ziyna *–aat; *ziyan (zyn) [n] embellishment?; adornment?; ornament; decoration?

ziyna *–aat; *ziyan (zyn) [n] embellishment; adornment; ornament; decoration

ziyr azyaar (zyr) [n] ziyr (large, almost conical water storage jar)

zugaag –aat (zg;) [n] lane; alley

zukaam - (zkm) [n] cold (in the head; connected with runny nose); catarrh

Zulum (Zlm) [n/] oppression?; suppression?; repression?; tyranny?

Zulum (Zlm) [n/] oppression?; suppression?; repression?; tyranny?

Zulum - (Zlm) [n/] wrong; iniquity; injustice; unfairness; oppression

Zumbaara –aat (Znbr)[n] pipe (musical instrument; what exactly?)

Zumbaara –aat; Zanaabiyr (Znbr)[n] whistle (e.g. penny whistle); pipe

Zumbaara –aat; Zanaabiyr (Znbr)[n] whistle; pipe (= [Suffaara]?)

zura - (zra) [n] sorghum; *millet; durra (variety of sorghum)

zuwaada –aat (zwd) [n] provisions (for journey); supplies (for journey)