A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. لا تفوته شاردة ولا واردة (tafūtuhū) nothing escapes him, he doesn’t miss a thing Root: ش-ر-د Page: 542* Example: “!مِنَ المُستَحيلِ إخفاء أَمرٍ مِنك—لا تَفوتُكَ شارِدةٌ وَلا وارِدة” Translation: “it’s impossible to hide anything from you—nothing escapes you!” Notes: Revise all of the…
كَلام root: ك-ل-م / noun / definition: speech Since I stopped attending Akkadian evening classes, I’ve been feeling a little detached from this language I’d started falling in love with. And I miss learning and writing about the connections between Arabic and Akkadian—so here we are today. I’ve previously explored some lexical similarities between the…
The Arabic Pages 