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Answer: Desert dwellers (al-badiyah)
💡 "Al-hadar" are the settled people of cities and villages, and their opposite is "al-badiyah," the desert people who move around in search of water and pasture.
Answer: Light
💡 "Al-diya'" is bright light, while "dusk" (al-ghasaq) is the darkness at the start of the night.
Answer: Betrayal
💡 "Betrayal" is the opposite of "trustworthiness"; "loyalty," "truthfulness" and "sincerity" are qualities close to it.
Answer: Quiet
💡 "Stillness" is quiet and the absence of movement, while "noise" and "uproar" are its opposites.
Answer: Disobedience
💡 "Disobedience" is the opposite of "obedience"; "compliance" and "submission" mean obedience itself.
Answer: Sharp
💡 "Sharp" (fatin) describes someone smart and quick to understand, while "dull" and "inattentive" are the opposite.
Answer: Bountiful
💡 "Bountiful" (jawad) describes a generous person who gives a lot; "stingy" and "miserly" are its opposites, and "wasteful" describes someone who spends beyond the limit.
Answer: Valiant
💡 "Valiant" (basil) describes someone brave and bold, while "cowardly" and "timid" are its opposites.
Answer: Went and moved on
💡 "Mada" means went and proceeded on his way, and from it comes "al-zaman al-madi" (the past), meaning the time that has gone by.
Answer: Hungry
💡 "Hungry" is the opposite of "full"; "rayyan" describes someone whose thirst has been quenched.
Answer: Grief, Distress, Gloom
💡 "Grief," "distress" and "gloom" are meanings of sorrow, while "joy" and "delight" are its opposite.
Answer: A road
💡 "Al-darb" is the road or path, and its plural is "durub."
Answer: Dull
💡 "Dull" describes something that has lost its shine, and it is the opposite of "shiny"; "glittering" and "sparkling" mean the same as shiny.
Answer: Noisy
💡 "Noisy" means full of clamor and sound, and it is the opposite of "calm"; "still" and "peaceful" mean the same as calm.
Answer: A year
💡 "Al-hawl" is a full year, and from it comes the saying "hala 'alayhi al-hawl," meaning a year has passed over it.
Answer: Thick
💡 "Rafi'" here means thin and fine, and its opposite is "thick"; "rafi'" can also mean high, in which case its opposite is "lowly."
Answer: Separation
💡 "Separation" is the opposite of "gathering"; "meeting" and "reuniting" have the same meaning as gathering.
Answer: Honorable
💡 A "noble" person is honorable and of fine character; "lowly," "base" and "vile" are its opposites.
Answer: Loss
💡 "Loss" is the opposite of "profit"; "gain" and "benefit" are close in meaning to it.
Answer: Safe
💡 "Safe" means free of fear, and it is the opposite of "dangerous"; "deadly" and "frightening" are close in meaning to dangerous.
