A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
سبهللا sabahlalan indifferently, aimlessly, haphazardly, at random
Root: س-ب-ه-ل
Page: 461*
Example: “شَرَعَ يُمَزِّقُ صَفَحاتِ الكِتابِ سَبَهْلَلاً”
Translation: “he began to rip out the book’s pages haphazardly”
Notes:
- شَرَعَ was one of the verbs we looked at in Four Synonyms for “to Begin to”!
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 