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Levantine Arabic/Emotions
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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
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, annoyedto be upset, distressed زعلان (zaʕlān) angry, annoyedupset, distressed - - - كئيب (ka'īb) gloomy, depressed قلق ('ile') بقلق (ni'la') to become worriedto 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
Past tense Present tense Adjective تعب (tiʕeb) يتعب (bitʕab) to become tired تعبان (taʕbān) tired; unwell, sick نعس (niʕes) بنعس (binʕas) to feel drowsy, sleepyto dose, nod off نعسان (naʕsān) sleepy, drowsy جاع (jāʕ) بجوع (bijūʕ) to be hungry جوعان (jūʕān) hungry شبع (šibeʕ) بشبع (bišbaʕ) to become full, satisfiedto 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 coldto catch a cold بردان (bardān) feeling cold دفي (difi) بدفى (bidfa) to warm up دفيان (dafyān) feeling warm - - - شوبان (šōbān) feeling hot