A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
تعقد لسانه (lisānuhū) to express o.s. with difficulty, speak laboringly; to be unable to speak, be tongue-tied
Root: ع-ق-د
Page: 734*
Example: “كُلَّما رَأَيْتُها تَعَقَّدَ لِساني وَاحمَرَّتْ وَجنَتاي”
Translation: “every time I saw her, I was tongue-tied and blushing”
Notes:
- The word كلّما in the example sentence is pretty special. Find out why in Small Arabic Words with Conditional Powers.
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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