A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. آض (أيض) āḍa i (أيض aiḍ) to return, revert (إلى to s.th.); to become (إلى s.th.) Root: ء-ي-ض Page: 47* Example: “اِنْتَظَروا اِبْنَهُم. لكِنَّهُ ما آضَ إلى الدّار” Translation: “they waited for their son. But he didn’t return home” Notes: Revise all of…
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…
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