A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
هما كالتنوين والإضافة (iḍāfa) they are like day and night, they are diametrically opposed, they are as unlike as they could be
Root: ن-و-ن
Page: 1187*
Example: “!لَيْسَتْ بِإمكانِكُم المُقارَنةُ بَينَ هذا وذاك، هُما كَالتَّنْوينِ والإضافة”
Translation: “you can’t compare between this and that, they’re like night and day!”
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 