A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic Hardcover – 1 July 2001

This is the compact edition, and is a decent hardback version of the 4th edition. One of my friends bought the paperback, which is a gigantic book. We have compared versions, and I cannot find any words that are missing from this edition, it seems complete to me, just a bit smaller.The printing is slightly worse in this version than my friends due to the compact size of the letters. Some of the smaller Arabic characters can be a bit more difficult to make out, but that probably has more to do with my relative inexperience with them, as I am still a learner.Please note that this dictionary is Arabic to English only, and familiarity with the concept of "root letters" is assumed before you will be able to use it properly. If you are looking for a travel dictionary, or something English to Arabic, go elsewhere.

Excellent dictionary! The book was new and came wrapped. Delivery was on time and smooth

Excellent

I absolutely love this book. It is fantastic and shows all the root letters for words in Arabic.You will need to have some understanding of Arabic however in order to use this book effectively.

I am a native English speaker, fluent in Hebrew but just an intermediate student of Arabic. So I can't pass judgement on the accuracy of translation. But I can make some observations.First the good points:-There are many entries.-Many nuances of the Arabic words are listed (in English) and explained. Although I'm far from an expert in Arabic, the sheer number of entries and sub-entries makes me think that the linguistic research was careful and exhaustive.-The English transliteration is very helpful and readable.Now the drawbacks, from my point of view:-The entries progress alphabetically, of course, but in the opposite direction of Arabic text, which is RTL. This is disorienting for me.-The font is very small, but this is a common problem with Arabic text, since the Arabic glyphs seem to have a large vertical range.-I found an entry that is geographically incorrect: It lists Hebron (al khalil) as a town in Jordanian Palestine.

This was the perfect order to go alongside my Arabic tutorial books. Gives you examples and meanings of the word in addition to its root form. My only concern was the size of the Arabic text font is tiny and is a real strain on the eyes, so you can be there for a good while trying to find the word and it's interpretation.

The best Arabic-English dictionary. Fully transliterated Arabic entries ordered by root. Exhaustive number of words. "Signpost" entries where the root isn't obvious. Imperfect 2nd vowels given as these are lexical not morphological items I.e. they can't be derived from standard patterns, they are a "given".Best dictionary by far. I've bought it twice.

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