A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
رجع به القهقرى to take s.o. back into the past
Root: ق-ه-ق-ر
Page: 929*
Example: “إذا تَمَّ إقرارُ هذا القانونِ فَسَيَرجَعُ بِالبَلَدِ القَهقَرى فيما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِحُقوقِ المَرأَة”
Translation: “if this law is passed, it will set the country back with regards to women’s rights”
Notes:
- The phrase رجع بـ here is a great demonstration of the causative effect of بـ which we looked at in this post!
- If you’ve been keeping up with Wehr Wednesdays posts for a very long time, you might remember that we looked at a word from the same root as قهقرى in Wehr Wednesdays #2
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 