مِسْكين root: م-س-ك-ن / noun / plural: مَساكين / definition: poor thing If you know me in-person, you’ve probably been fortunate enough to be an unwilling spectator and/or listener to my gleeful blabbering about some dictionary find or linguistic observation. This weekend, my husband—yet again, مسكين…—was in the line of fire as I gushed about…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. ما ينجلي عنه الأمر the outcome of the matter, what will come of it Root: ج-ل-ي Page: 156* Example: “لِنَرَ ما يَنْجَلي عَنْهُ الأَمْرُ، لا نَزالُ في بِدايَتِه” Translation: “let’s see what will come of it, things have just begun” Notes: Revise all…
The Arabic Pages 