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تَجْرِيدِيّ
tajrīdiyy
abstract (art)
B2adjectiveroot: ج-ر-د
يُفَضِّلُ الفَنَّ التَّجريدِيَّ عَلى الواقِعِيّ.
yufaḍḍilu l-fanna t-tajrīdiyya ʿalā l-wāqiʿiyy.
He prefers abstract art to realism.
أَلَّفَ
allafa
to compose / to author
B2verbroot: أ-ل-ف
أَلَّفَ أَكثَرَ مِن عِشرينَ كِتابًا.
allafa akthara min ʿishrīna kitāban.
He authored more than twenty books.
أَبْدَعَ
abdaʿa
to create / to innovate artistically
B2verbroot: ب-د-ع
أَبدَعَ الفَنّانُ في تَصميمِ اللَّوحَة.
abdaʿa l-fannānu fī taṣmīmi l-lawḥa.
The artist created the painting brilliantly.
صَوَّرَ
ṣawwara
to depict / to portray
B2verbroot: ص-و-ر
صَوَّرَ الرَّسّامُ مَنظَرًا طَبيعِيًّا خَلّابًا.
ṣawwara r-rassāmu manẓaran ṭabīʿiyyan khallāban.
The painter depicted a breathtaking landscape.
اِسْتَلْهَمَ
istalhama
to draw inspiration from
B2verbroot: ل-ه-م
اِستَلهَمَ الشّاعِرُ قَصيدَتَهُ مِنَ الطَّبيعَة.
istalhama sh-shāʿiru qaṣīdatahu mina ṭ-ṭabīʿa.
The poet drew inspiration for his poem from nature.
نَقَدَ
naqada
to critique / to review
B2verbroot: ن-ق-د
نَقَدَ المُراجِعُ الرِّوايَةَ نَقدًا بَنّاءً.
naqada l-murājiʿu r-riwāyata naqdan bannāʾan.
The reviewer gave the novel a constructive critique.
اِقْتَبَسَ
iqtabasa
to quote / to borrow (literary)
B2verbroot: ق-ب-س
اِقتَبَسَ المُحاضِرُ أَبياتًا مِن شِعرِ المُتَنَبّي.
iqtabasa l-muḥāḍiru abyātan min shiʿri l-mutanabbī.
The lecturer quoted verses from al-Mutanabbi's poetry.
قَصِيدَة
qaṣīda
poem / ode
B2nounroot: ق-ص-د
أَلقى الشّاعِرُ قَصيدَةً في حَفلِ التَّكريم.
alqā sh-shāʿiru qaṣīdatan fī ḥafli t-takrīm.
The poet recited a poem at the award ceremony.
دِيوَان
dīwān
poetry collection / anthology
B2nounroot: د-و-ن
صَدَرَ ديوانُهُ الشِّعرِيُّ الجَديد.
ṣadara dīwānuhu sh-shiʿriyyu l-jadīd.
His new poetry anthology was published.
مُذَكِّرَات
mudhakkirāt
memoirs
B2nounroot: ذ-ك-ر
نَشَرَ مُذَكِّراتِهِ بَعدَ تَقاعُدِه.
nashara mudhakkirātihī baʿda taqāʿudih.
He published his memoirs after retirement.
سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة
sīra dhātiyya
autobiography
B2nounroot: س-ي-ر / ذ-و-ت
كَتَبَ سيرَتَهُ الذّاتِيَّةَ في أَواخِرِ حَياتِه.
kataba sīratahu dh-dhātiyyata fī awākhiri ḥayātih.
He wrote his autobiography in the later years of his life.
مَسْرَحِيَّة
masraḥiyya
play (theater)
B2nounroot: س-ر-ح
عُرِضَت مَسرَحِيَّةٌ كلاسيكِيَّةٌ عَلى خَشَبَةِ المَسرَح.
ʿuriḍat masraḥiyyatun klāsīkiyyatun ʿalā khashabati l-masraḥ.
A classical play was performed on stage.