A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. يعرف ألف وياءه (wa-yā’ahū) he knows it from A to Z Root: ء-ل-ف Page: 28* Example: “!إذا كانَتْ لَدَيْكُم أَيّةُ أَسئِلةِ عَنِ المَشروع، فاْسْأَلوني—أَعرِفُ أَلفَهُ وياءَه” Translation: “if you have any questions about the project, ask me—I know it inside out!” Revise all…
آضَ root: ء-ي-ض / form I, past tense verb / definition: to return Did you know that the Arabic adverbs أَيْضًا (“also, too”) and عادةً (“usually”) are derived from roots with the same core meaning? What is the core meaning linking them? And why? Let’s take a look. أَيْضًا أيضًا comes from a hamzated and…
