Wehr Wednesdays #205

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


انزوى في جلده (jildihī) to crawl inside o.s. (out of shame, and the like)


Root: ز-و-ي

Page: 450*

Example: “رَأَوهُ يَنزَوي في جِلدِه، خَجِلاً مِن الكَلِماتِ الَّتي خَرَجَتْ مِن نَفسِه”

Translation: “they saw him crawl inside himself, ashamed of what he had said”


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

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