Wehr Wednesdays #70

A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.


رجل VIII to improvise, extemporize, deliver offhand (هـ a speech)


Root: ر-ج-ل

Page: 380*

Example: “لَم تُخَطِّطْ على الإطْلاقِ وارْتَجَلَت خِطاباً عِندَما وَصَلَت إلى الاِجتِماع”

Translation: “she didn’t plan at all and improvised a speech when she got to the meeting”



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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition

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