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Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty

10 words · ~13 min

Grammar focus

Adjectives describing physical appearance, beauty, and visual qualities. The comparative form in Arabic follows the pattern 'af'al': 'kabir' (big) becomes 'akbar' (bigger/biggest).

Lesson overview

Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty is a level A1 lesson of 10 words: 10 adjectives. Its words come from 10 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.

Word list

ArabicMeaningTypeRoot
مُعَقَّد
muʿaqqad
complex / complicatedadjectiveع-ق-د
سَريع
sarīʿ
fast / quickadjectiveس-ر-ع
بَطيء
baṭīʾ
slowadjectiveب-ط-أ
أَحمَر
aḥmar
redadjectiveح-م-ر
أَزرَق
azraq
blueadjectiveز-ر-ق
أَخضَر
akhḍar
greenadjectiveخ-ض-ر
أَصفَر
aṣfar
yellowadjectiveص-ف-ر
أَبيَض
abyaḍ
whiteadjectiveب-ي-ض
أَسوَد
aswad
blackadjectiveس-و-د
بُنِّيّ
bunnī
brownadjectiveب-ن-ن

Themes these words belong to: Adjectives (10), Colors (7), Shopping (5)

Sample word cards

مُعَقَّد
muʿaqqad
complex / complicated
سَريع
sarīʿ
fast / quick
بَطيء
baṭīʾ
slow

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