A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
قفر qafara u (qafr): قفر أثره (aṯarahū) to follow s.o.’s tracks, track s.o.
Root: ق-ف-ر
Page: 914*
Example: “قَفَروا أَثَرَهُ مِنَ البادِيَةِ القَفراءِ إلى جِبالِ القَوقاز”
Translation: “they tracked him, from the arid desert to the Caucasus mountains”
Notes:
- The adjective قَفراء seen in the example sentence, within the phrase البادية القفراء, is from the same root as the verb قَفَرَ / يَقفُرُ.
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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