Levantine Arabic/Emotions
Many emotions can be described by a stative verb. They usually have a related adjective ending in ـان (-ān), which acts like an active participle.
Emotions
edit| Past tense | Present tense | Adjective | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| فرح (fireḥ) | بفرح (bifraḥ) | to be happy, glad | فرحان (farḥān) | happy, glad |
| انبسط (inbasaṭ) | بنبسط (binbaseṭ) | to enjoy, have fun | مبسوط (mabsūṭ) | happy, pleased |
| حزن (ḥizen) | بحزن (biḥzan) | to feel sad | حزين (ḥazīn), حزنان (ḥaznān) | sad |
| زعل (ziʕel) | بزعل (bizʕal) | to be angry, annoyed to be upset, distressed |
زعلان (zaʕlān) | angry, annoyed upset, distressed |
| - | - | - | كئيب (ka'īb) | gloomy, depressed |
| قلق ('ile') | بقلق (ni'la') | to become worried to be concerned |
قلقان ('al'ān) | worried, concerned |
| خاف (ḵāf) | بخاف (biḵāf) | to be afraid, scared | خايف (ḵāyef) | afraid, scared |
| خجل (ḵijil) | بخجل (biḵjal) | to be embarrassed, ashamed | خجلان (ḵajlān) | embarrassed, ashamed |
| تحمّس (tḥammas) | بتحمّس (bitḥammes) | to be enthusiastic, excited | متحمّس (mitḥammes) | enthusiastic, excited |
| حسد (hasad) | بحسد (biḥsed) | to envy, be envious | حاسد (hāsed) | envious |
| غار (ḡār) | بغار (biḡār) | to be jealous | غيران (ḡērān) | jealous |
The body
edit| Past tense | Present tense | Adjective | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| تعب (tiʕeb) | يتعب (bitʕab) | to become tired | تعبان (taʕbān) | tired; unwell, sick |
| نعس (niʕes) | بنعس (binʕas) | to feel drowsy, sleepy to dose, nod off |
نعسان (naʕsān) | sleepy, drowsy |
| جاع (jāʕ) | بجوع (bijūʕ) | to be hungry | جوعان (jūʕān) | hungry |
| شبع (šibeʕ) | بشبع (bišbaʕ) | to become full, satisfied to become fed up |
شبعان (šabʕān) | full (eating), satisfied |
| عطش (ʕiṭeš) | بعطش (biʕṭaš) | to be/become thirsty | عطشان (ʕaṭšān) | thirsty |
| برد (barad) | ببرد (bubrod) | to become cold to catch a cold |
بردان (bardān) | feeling cold |
| دفي (difi) | بدفى (bidfa) | to warm up | دفيان (dafyān) | feeling warm |
| - | - | - | شوبان (šōbān) | feeling hot |