اِصْطِناعي root: ص-ن-ع / nisba adjective / definition: artificial Since the rise of the AI search, the number of views my blog gets has tripped and faltered. It makes sense. Sometimes I myself type a grammar question into Google and—lo and behold—the AI overview summarises an answer (from none other than The Arabic Pages, the…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. خلع عذاره to throw off all restraint, drop all pretenses of shame Root: ع-ذ-ر Page: 702* Example: “بَعْدَ خِيانتِها، قَدْ فَقَدَ صَوابَهُ وخَلَعَ عِذارَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ أَكْثَرَ وَقاحةً مِنْ تِلكَ الخائِنة” Translation: “after her betrayal, he lost his mind and threw off all restraint,…
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