A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
مليا malīyan for quite a while, for a long time
Root: م-ل-و
Page: 1083*
Example: “ظَلَّتْ تُراقِبُهُما، وَفَكَّرَتْ مَلِيّاً حَتّى اِقتَنَعَتْ بِالأَمر”
Translation: “she continued watching them, and thought it over for a long time until she became convinced”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 
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