A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
حندس ḥindis pl. حنادس ḥanādis2 dark night
Root: ح-ن-د-س
Page: 244*
Example: “تاهَتْ أَفكارُهُ فيما تاهَ هُوَ في الحِندِس”
Translation: “his thoughts wandered as he himself wandered through the dark night”
Notes:
- As mentioned here, the 2 indicates that this noun’s plural is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف)
- حندس reminds me of the word for “moonlessness” we explored in Wehr Wednesdays #175, which happens to be the word that inspired the first designs in The Arabic Pages shop!
- حندس is derived from a quadriliteral root
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 
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