A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. أرهف الأذن (uḏn) to prick up one’s ears (لفلان so as to catch the words of s.o.) Root: ر-ه-ف Page: 420* Example: “وَقَفَ بِلا حَراك وَأَرهَفَ الأُذْنَ لَها مِن وَراءِ الباب” Translation: “he stood motionless and pricked up his ears to catch her…
الضَّرْب root: ض-ر-ب / form I verbal noun / definition: beating, hitting I left the house this morning, planning to attend the 10:30am sit-down-and-write session at my university. But after window-(and actual)-shopping in Regent Street, I bought myself a matcha oat latte (why does everything have oats in nowadays?) and decided to work from a…
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