Wehr Wednesdays #200

A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.


حابل ḥābil: اختلط الحابل بالنابل (iḵtalaa) everything became confused, got into a state of utter confusion


Root: ح-ب-ل

Page: 182*

Example: “لا أَعرِفُ ما حَصَلَ بَعدَ ذلك.. اِختَلَطَ الحابِلُ بِالنّابِل”

Translation: “I don’t know what happened after that… everything became confused”


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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition

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