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Hi. I collect positive words - mostly adjectives. Currently I'm working on adjectives in Arabic - and I don't speak a word of good Arabic...well, almost none...Salam!

Thanks for your wonderful resource.

Right now I have assembled (run back and forth through an online translator)about 1400 Arabic adjectives with English translations. (See the list below) I'm thinking of hiring an Arabic-speaking individual and paying him a couple of hundred dollars in order to enter them into Wiktionary. Sadly, I'm not wealthy and would prefer to perform the data entry myself for it to be improved upon by more Arabic-literate individuals. I'm concerned that if I do it myself however, it would have so many errors (the online translators can be a little wacky) that I might become a pariah among the Arabic-translating community. I certainly am thoroughly unable to contribute the pronunciation.

I don't know if you ever take the time to answer these communique's or not but if you have some good advice I'd certainly like to hear it. &lt;email redacted&gt;

At the risk of making this missive seem cumbersome, here's my list of Arabic adjectives:

This is yours if you want it and can progress their inclusion. BTW these words, for a certainty, make the world a better place.

Best wishes, Marty Ozols


 * I took the liberty of removing your email address- it would be quickly picked up by spammers and used to send you spam. Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for not editing in languages you don't know. I'll leave the rest to someone who knows Arabic. Chuck Entz (talk) 02:21, 27 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Marty, I can add some Arabic adjectives but I encourage YOU to do. It's not that hard and I can help you there. Now, I have reformatted your list, removed Arabic commas ، it seems many are in the feminine or adverbial forms but you can see, which ones are missing. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 03:26, 28 May 2014 (UTC)


 * OK, the first word on your big list is : Firstly, you won't find this word in our dictionary, even if it's created because it's not in its lemma (dictionary) form, it has a definite article الـ in front of it - "al-wafra". Its lemma form is . Secondly, it's not an adjective, it's a noun - "opulence", "abundance"! But you can make an adverb with it by adding a suffix or prefix. "abundant" is in Arabic (similar but not the same, uses the same root letters - "w-f-r". I have just created it - a very basic form. You don't have to pay me. :) Look at the entry, it's easy. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 03:39, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your help and instruction Anatoli. However it looks like, based on Chuck's response, that my making direct editorial contributions in a language that I don't comprehend is frowned upon by Wiktionary. I'm not surprised. The script is so foreign to me that I could accidentally delete a couple of characters and not even know it. (I've faced similar challenges with Chinese and Hindi on my personal web site)

I see that more than 50 of these words (now in blue) have been successfully added. Thank-you! A note to anyone else offering to edit and enter these words: Allegedly if you hold the thought "I Am..." in your mind, while editing the word, could reinforce that word in your life. Evidently this comes from the "I am that I am." of Abraham and these (I am...) words are said to be sufficiently effective that one should avoid saying, in passing or jest, words such as "I'm such an idiot." The thought of the words themselves could hold a possible karmic bonus to entering these positive words, mostly used for compliments, into this terrific Wiktionary resource for others to share. - Marty


 * Thanks. Those words may have been added earlier. Your list is not the best and not in the best form, though. There are many non-adjectives or they in the feminine or adverbial forms. If you get someone to add entries, it's fine. Why do you care so much, if you don't know the language and not even learning it? You can request individual words. There's no substitute for hard work, though but someone may import an Arabic dictionary in the future. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 01:46, 4 June 2014 (UTC)