A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
سريع الزوال ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting
Root: ز-و-ل
Page: 450*
Example: “كانَت كُلُّ لَحظةِ سَعادَةٍ عِندَهُ سَريعةَ الزَّوال”
Translation: “every moment of happiness for him was fleeting”
Notes:
- سريع الزوال is an example of the adjective إضافة!
- In Wehr Wednesdays #181, we came across another phrase which had the definition “ephemeral”…
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 