غُطَيْطة root: غ-ط-ط / diminutive noun / definition: fog I overslept this morning. Upon rising: a foggy, rainy sky, and a suspiciously clear mind. Is there a term for the inverse of pathetic fallacy? What do we call it when my brain fog has ventured into the sky and its cloudlessness has migrated into my…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. على شفرة الهاوية on the brink of the abyss Root: ش-ف-ر Page: 558* Example: “كانَ على شَفْرةِ الهاوِيَةِ.. وَأَنْتَ أَنْقَذْتَه” Translation: “he was on the brink of the abyss… and you saved him” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on…
The Arabic Pages 