A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. جرى منه الشيء مجرى الدم (minhu š-šai’u majrā d-dam) it had become second nature to him Root: ج-ر-ي Page: 145* Example: “بَعْدَ كُلِّ تِلكَ السِّنين، جَرى مِنْهُ الكِذْبُ مَجْرى الدَّم” Translation: “after all those years, deceit had become second nature to him” Revise…
كادَ root: ك-و-د / form I past tense verb / definition: almost When was the last time I wrote an Academic Arabic post? Too long ago, clearly, because I almost forgot this series existed. But since my memory has been jogged, we’re getting back into it. And today, we’re looking at two widely-applicable Arabic verbs…
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