A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
طوى الماضي طي السجل (l-māḍiya ṭayya s-sijilli) to break with the past, let bygones be bygones
Root: ط-و-ي
Page: 675*
Example: “حانَ الوَقتُ لِنَطوِيَ الماضِيَ طَيَّ السِّجِلِّ وَنُرَكِّزَ عَلى المُستَقبَل”
Translation: “it’s time put the past behind us and focus on the future”
Notes:
- We’ve looked at other phrases under the same root before, like in Wehr Wednesdays #106 and Wehr Wednesdays #223!
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 