يَصيفُ root: ص-ي-ف / form I present tense, hollow verb / definition: to be summery It’s mid-July. Summer’s peak. And while most have their faces stubbornly positioned in a fan’s airpath, my own spectacled one has been nestled warmly into the dictionary’s pages. It seems that, come rain or shine, my mind will always be…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. تغطرس في مشيته (mišyatihī) to display a haughty bearing, swagger, strut Root: غ-ط-ر-س Page: 792* Example: “فَمُنْذُ ذلِكَ اليَوْم، صارَ يَتَغَطْرَسُ في مِشْيَتِهِ وَكَأَنَّهُ مَشْهورٌ مِن مَشاهيرِ البَلَد” Translation: “ever since that day, he began strutting and swaggering as though he were one…
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