A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. يعلم من أين تؤكل الكتف ya’lamu min aina tu’kalu l-katif he knows how to tackle the matter properly Root: ء-ك-ل Page: 27* Example: “لا تَتَدَخَّلْ في المَوضوعِ بَعْدَ الآن! سَوفَ نَجِدُ واحِدًا يَعلَمُ مِن أَينَ تُؤْكَلُ الكَتِف” Translation: “don’t interfere in it from…
أَدَبيّ root: ء-د-ب / nisba adjective / definition: literary I don’t know where the time’s gone, but it’s been about a month since I started my work placement with an Arabic literary magazine, and I’ve just written tomorrow’s piece for their poetry-in-translation newsletter (subscribe to emails here!). And speaking of literature and translation… someone reached…
The Arabic Pages 