وِدّ root: و-د-د / noun / definition: love, wish, desire Every weekend, my other half hears the same two words from me: بِدّي برغر (I want a burger). I can’t help my weekly craving for a juicy burger, and I think it started when I began travelling abroad regularly a few years back. Sure, I’d…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. استصغر نفسه (nafsahū) to feel inferior Root: ص-غ-ر Page: 602* Example: “وَلَمّا كانَ واقِفًا بَيْنَ أُولئِكَ العُلَماءِ والخُبَراءِ، اِستَصْغَرَ نَفْسَهُ واِستَمسَكَ بِالصَّمْت” Translation: “and when he was standing among those scholars and experts, he felt inferior and remained silent” Notes: Revise all of…
The Arabic Pages 