A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. ضم جراميزه (ḍamma) he beat it, he made off Root: ج-ر-م-ز Page: 144* Example: “لكِن، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَجْوِبُوهُ، ضَمَّ جَراميزَه” Translation: “but, before they could question him, he made off” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet: * The…
فَلَك root: ف-ل-ك / noun / plural: أَفْلاك / definition: celestial orbit July is waning and August, only four moonrises away, awaits expectantly. And I, in four new moons, reach 29 (or 30, Turkish-ly speaking) and all this talk of moons is sending me into an orbital spin. Whatever that may mean. And speaking of…
The Arabic Pages 