About the Greek-Arabic Core List

1. Dictionaries normally list Ancient  Greek verbs in the 1^st person singular in the present tense, but the Arabic verbs are usually shown in the 3^rd person perfect according to the appropriate verb pattern which yields an equivalent meaning.  For example, ἁμαρτάνω means “I make a mistake, I sin, I miss the mark.”  The Arabic entry corresponds to the 4^th measure of the root خطأ, so the entry given here shows the perfect and imperfect forms in the 3^rd person singular أخطأ/يُخطِئ   with necessary vowels to avoid ambiguity.
2. A comma divides synonyms, and a semicolon separates primary meanings from secondary and tertiary meanings of the same word form, or in some cases unrelated meanings of the same word form. For example: βουλή as a noun; ἀπόλλυμι as a verb.
3. Arabic nouns all appear in their definite form (i.e., with the definite article attached).
4. Arabic adjectives and adverbs appear as anartharous.
5. Where a direct equivalency does not exist, a periphrastic rendering appears.

Leon Blosser, Sept. 12, 2017