A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
محاق maḥāq, muḥāq, miḥāq waning of the moon; moonlessness (of the nights toward the end of the month)
Root: م-ح-ق
Page: 1050*
Example: “يَتَحَسَّرُ على مَحاقِ لَياليهِ مُنذُ أنْ تَرَكَتهُ حَبيبَتُه”
Translation: “he bemoans the moonlessness of his nights since his loved one left him”
Notes:
- محاق comes from the same root as the form VII verb امّحق which we looked at in the post The Case of امّحق: Form VII Assimilation.
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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