A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
تتيه على وجهه ابتسامة a smile flits over his face
Root: ت-ي-ه
Page: 121*
Example: “تاهَت على وَجهِهِ اِبتِسامةٌ حينَما سَمِعَ اسمَها”
Translation: “a smile flitted over his face when he heard her name”
Notes:
- We saw the form I verb تاهَ / يَتيه feature (twice!) in last week’s Wehr Wednesdays post too
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 