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The Literature Arts theme has 50 words: 39 nouns, 6 verbs and 5 adjectives. By level: 50 at B2. Poetry & Prose teaches the most of them (10).

Roots behind these words: ل-ه-م (to draw inspiration from +1), و-ق-ع (rhythm +1), أ-س-و (tragedy), أ-ل-ف (to compose / to author), ب-د-ع (to create / to innovate artistically), ب-ل-غ (rhetoric / eloquence), ج-ر-د (abstract (art)), ح-ب-ك (plot (of a story)), ح-ن-ن (nostalgia / longing), د-و-ن (poetry collection / anthology), ذ-ك-ر (memoirs), ر-م-ز (symbolism)

شِعْر
shiʿr
poetry
B2nounroot: ش-ع-ر
يُعَدُّ الشِّعرُ العَرَبِيُّ مِن أَغنى الآدابِ العالَمِيَّة.
yuʿaddu sh-shiʿru l-ʿarabiyyu min aghnā l-ādābi l-ʿālamiyya.
Arabic poetry is among the richest in world literature.
نَثْر
nathr
prose
B2nounroot: ن-ث-ر
بَرَعَ في كِتابَةِ النَّثرِ الأَدَبِيّ.
baraʿa fī kitābati n-nathri l-adabiyy.
He excelled in writing literary prose.
نَقْد أَدَبِيّ
naqd adabiyy
literary criticism
B2nounroot: ن-ق-د / أ-د-ب
تَخَصَّصَ في النَّقدِ الأَدَبِيِّ الحَديث.
takhaṣṣaṣa fī n-naqdi l-adabiyyi l-ḥadīth.
He specialized in modern literary criticism.
بَيْت شِعْرِيّ
bayt shiʿriyy
verse / line of poetry
B2nounroot: ب-ي-ت / ش-ع-ر
حَفِظَ مِئاتِ الأَبياتِ الشِّعرِيَّة.
ḥafiẓa miʾāti l-abyāti sh-shiʿriyya.
He memorized hundreds of verses of poetry.
قَافِيَة
qāfiya
rhyme
B2nounroot: ق-ف-و
اِلتَزَمَ الشّاعِرُ بِالقافِيَةِ المُوَحَّدَة.
iltazama sh-shāʿiru bi-l-qāfiyati l-muwaḥḥada.
The poet adhered to a unified rhyme.
بَلَاغَة
balāgha
rhetoric / eloquence
B2nounroot: ب-ل-غ
تَتَمَيَّزُ العَرَبِيَّةُ بِالبَلاغَةِ والفَصاحَة.
tatamayyazu l-ʿarabiyyatu bi-l-balāghati wa-l-faṣāḥa.
Arabic is distinguished by its rhetoric and eloquence.
اِسْتِعَارَة
istiʿāra
metaphor
B2nounroot: ع-و-ر
اِستَخدَمَ الكاتِبُ اِستِعارَةً جَميلَةً في النَّصّ.
istakhdama l-kātibu stiʿāratan jamīlatan fī n-naṣṣ.
The writer used a beautiful metaphor in the text.
كِنَايَة
kināya
metonymy / allusion
B2nounroot: ك-ن-ي
الكِنايَةُ مِن أَهَمِّ أَساليبِ البَلاغَةِ العَرَبِيَّة.
al-kināyatu min ahammi asālībi l-balāghati l-ʿarabiyya.
Metonymy is one of the most important Arabic rhetorical devices.
سَرْد
sard
narration / narrative
B2nounroot: س-ر-د
تَمَيَّزَتِ الرِّوايَةُ بِأُسلوبِ سَردٍ مُشَوِّق.
tamayyazati r-riwāyatu bi-uslūbi sardin mushawwiq.
The novel was distinguished by an engaging narrative style.
شَخْصِيَّة أَدَبِيَّة
shakhṣiyya adabiyya
literary character
B2nounroot: ش-خ-ص / أ-د-ب
ابتَكَرَ الكاتِبُ شَخصِيَّةً أَدَبِيَّةً مُعَقَّدَة.
ibtakara l-kātibu shakhṣiyyatan adabiyyatan muʿaqqada.
The writer created a complex literary character.
حَبْكَة
ḥabka
plot (of a story)
B2nounroot: ح-ب-ك
تَتَمَيَّزُ الرِّوايَةُ بِحَبكَةٍ مُتَشابِكَة.
tatamayyazu r-riwāyatu bi-ḥabkatin mutashābika.
The novel features an intricate plot.
خَطّ عَرَبِيّ
khaṭṭ ʿarabiyy
Arabic calligraphy
B2nounroot: خ-ط-ط / ع-ر-ب
يُعَدُّ الخَطُّ العَرَبِيُّ فَنًّا إسلامِيًّا راقِيًا.
yuʿaddu l-khaṭṭu l-ʿarabiyyu fannan islāmiyyan rāqiyan.
Arabic calligraphy is a refined Islamic art.

All 50 words in this theme

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شِعْر poetry · نَثْر prose · نَقْد أَدَبِيّ literary criticism · بَيْت شِعْرِيّ verse / line of poetry · قَافِيَة rhyme · بَلَاغَة rhetoric / eloquence · اِسْتِعَارَة metaphor · كِنَايَة metonymy / allusion · سَرْد narration / narrative · شَخْصِيَّة أَدَبِيَّة literary character · حَبْكَة plot (of a story) · خَطّ عَرَبِيّ Arabic calligraphy

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عِمَارَة architecture · زَخْرَفَة ornamentation / decoration · تَرَاث heritage / legacy · نَهْضَة renaissance / revival · مَذْهَب فَنِّيّ artistic movement / school · سُرْيَالِيَّة surrealism · مُوسِيقَار musician / composer · لَحْن melody / tune · إِيقَاع rhythm · مَقَام musical mode / maqam · فُسَيْفِسَاء mosaic · مَنْحُوتَة sculpture (artwork)

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تَجْرِيدِيّ abstract (art) · أَلَّفَ to compose / to author · أَبْدَعَ to create / to innovate artistically · صَوَّرَ to depict / to portray · اِسْتَلْهَمَ to draw inspiration from · نَقَدَ to critique / to review · اِقْتَبَسَ to quote / to borrow (literary) · قَصِيدَة poem / ode · دِيوَان poetry collection / anthology · مُذَكِّرَات memoirs · سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة autobiography · مَسْرَحِيَّة play (theater)

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وَثَائِقِيّ documentary · حَنِين nostalgia / longing · شَغَف passion / deep interest · وَحْدَة الوُجُود unity of existence (Sufi concept) · مُعاصِر contemporary / modern · كلاسِيكِيّ classical · رَمْزِيَّة symbolism · وَاقِعِيَّة realism (artistic) · رُومَانْسِيَّة romanticism · عَبْقَرِيَّة genius / brilliance · مَأْسَاة tragedy · مَلْحَمَة epic

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تَشْكِيلِيّ fine (art) / visual · إِلْهَام inspiration

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