dict-freedict-ara-eng software package provides Arabic-English dictionary for the dict server/client, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dict-freedict-ara-eng
dict-freedict-ara-eng is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dict-freedict-ara-eng package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dict-freedict-ara-eng *
You will get with dict-freedict-ara-eng package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | dict-freedict-ara-eng |
| Version | 2014.10.22-2build1 |
| Description | Arabic-English dictionary for the dict server/client |
| Sub Section | Text |