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…
زَوْجة root: ز-و-ج / noun / definition: wife One way to understand how a particular culturo-linguistic group view a concept is by looking into their dictionary. So, what does the Arabic dictionary tell us about how a wife is perceived? Setting aside the common term زَوجة (literally meaning “one of a pair”), let’s explore some…
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