A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. ثفن III to associate (ه with s.o.), frequent s.o.’s (ه) company; to pursue, practice (هـ s.th.) Root: ث-ف-ن Page: 124* Example: “ثافَنَ الضّابِطُ المُشتَبَهَ بِهِ حَتّى يَكتَشِفَ الدافِعَ وَراءَ الجَريمة” Translation: “the officer frequented the suspect’s company in order to discover the motive…
مُنْتَشِر root: ن-ش-ر / form VIII active participle / definition: widespread, ubiquitous We all know ذٰلِكَ. And how could we not? It’s that ubiquitous demonstrative pronoun meaning “that”. But have you also heard of ذٰلِكِ and ذٰلِكُمْ? Because those are demonstrative pronouns too—but ubiquitous? Not so much. More like rare, actually. So, where can we…
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