كَوْكَب root: ك-و-ك-ب / noun / plural: كَواكِب / definition: planet (compare with the Akkadian) Isn’t it ironic (or maybe just careless of me) that I placed all of my winter boots in storage just before the heavens opened over London last night and left us deluged in a mizzle-to-downpour pendulum. My friend questioned my…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. رث الهيئة r. al-hai’a of shabby appearance Root: ر-ث-ث Page: 377* Example: “أَصبَحَ عَجوزًا رَثَّ الهَيْئة” Translation: “he had become an old man of shabby appearance” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet: * The Hans Wehr Dictionary of…
The Arabic Pages 