دَجاج root: د-ج-ج / collective noun / definition: chicken Have you ever roasted a chicken upside down? Well I have. Twice. Well, it was one time—but two chickens. No questions, please. This was a cathartic confession, blurted out in a fluster of shame, and no more than that. Thank God for the antidote of blushing:…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. سحابة saḥābata during, in the course of Root: س-ح-ب Page: 465* Example: “تَحَوَّلَتْ سَحابَةَ ثَلاثَةِ عُقودٍ إلى مَدينَةٍ مُتَرامِيَةِ الأَطْراف” Translation: “it transformed, in the course of three decades, into a sprawling city” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on…
The Arabic Pages 