A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
نور وهاج (nūr) glaring light
Root: و-ه-ج
Page: 1291*
Example: “ظَهَرَ في منامي نوراً وَهّاجاً لا أُطيقُ النَّظَرَ إِلَيه”
Translation: “he appeared in my dream as a glaring light I couldn’t bear to look at”
Notes:
- Occasionally when I do these posts, the page number looks familiar—this time it’s because we looked at the assimilated and defective verb ونى in Wehr Wednesdays #145 which lies on the same dictionary page
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 