A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. في جوف الليل (j. il-lail) or جوف الليل (jaufa) in the middle of the night Root: ج-و-ف Page: 175* Example: “بَدَأَتْ تَكْتُبُ في ذلِكَ الدَفْتَرِ القَديمِ في جَوْفِ اللَّيْل” Translation: “she began to write in that old notebook in the middle of the…
جَريمة root: ج-ر-م / noun / plural: جَرائِم / definition: crime What do youngest siblings have in common with lawlessness? A few ideas might spring to your mind (although I, as the youngest child myself, see no relation whatsoever…). But Arabic dictionaries hold the two definitions under the same term. Let’s see why. Under the…
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