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m
                                      mabsoot happy
                                      ma’dartish ... I couldn’t ...; I
                                       can’t ...
               ma’āss size (clothing)  madām lady; Mrs
               maaa with              madeena town; city    Arabic ➜ English
               maaa baad together     madfan cemetery (historic,
               maaada except           Islamic)
               maaak kabreet? do you have   madkhal entrance; lobby
                 a light? (for cigarette)  madrasa school
               ma aamaltish didn’t    mafdelshee haga there’s none
               maaana with us          left
               maaandeesh: maaandeesh   mafeesh none; there isn’t
                 khālis I don’t have any  any
               maaassalāma goodbye      mafeesh ... ba’ee there’s no
               maaād appointment       ... left
               maaāh with him         mafeesh had no-one, nobody
               maaāha with her        mafeesh hāga nothing
               maaāhom with them      mafeesh haga tania nothing
               maaāk/maaākee with you (to   else
                 man/woman)           mafeesh moshkila! no
               maabad temple (religious)  problem!
               maadan metal           ma’fool off
               maala’a spoon          mafrood innak ... you
               maala’it shī teaspoon   should ...           ABCDEFGHIJKLma
               maalaysh it doesn’t matter;   maftooh open
                 it’s a pity          magalla magazine
               maalomāt information   magaree express (train)
               maa’ool reasonable     magāl field
                 maa’ool? really?     maghāra cave
               maarad trade fair; exhibition  maghrib: el maghrib Morocco
               maarafsh I don’t know  maghsala laundry (place)
               maataqedsh I don’t think so  magmooa total
               mabahebboosh I don’t like it  magmooaa party, group
               mabakkallimsh ... I don’t   magnoon crazy
                 speak ...            magra stream
               ma’bara tomb           mahfoof crazy
               mablool wet            mahragān festival
               mabna building         mahal shop
               mabrook! congratulations!  mahal aaseer juice bar

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