A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
زف البشرى إلى (bušrā) to bring glad tidings to
Root: ز-ف-ف
Page: 439*
Example: “هَرَعَتْ إلى القَريَةِ حَتّى تَزُفَّ البُشرى إلى أَهلِها”
Translation: “she hurried towards the village to deliver the good news to her family”
Notes:
- The form I verb زَفَّ / يَزُفُّ إلى can mean “to inform someone” yet زَفَّ / يَزِفُّ (also form I; but note the vowel difference in the present tense) means “to hurry”—like the verb هَرَعَ in the example sentence.
- The root ز-ف-ف is also related to weddings!
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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