A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
لا مناص منه (manāṣa) inevitable, unavoidable
Root: ن-و-ص
Page: 1184*
Example: “أَصبَحَ اِختِفاؤُهُ مَوضوعاً لا مَناصَ مِنهُ في البيت”
Translation: “its disappearance became an unavoidable topic at home”
Notes:
- The phrase لا مناص منه is an example of the absolute negation—we’ve seen other examples of this structure in several Wehr Wednesdays posts, like:
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 