A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
أرغى وأزبد (azbada) to fume with rage
Root: ر-غ-و
Page: 403*
Example: “رَأَيْناها تُرغي وَتُزبِدُ وَهِيَ تَمشي جيئَةً وَذَهابًا، شاتِمةً إيّاهُ بِصَوتٍ عالٍ”
Translation: “we saw her fuming with rage as she paced up and down, cursing him out loud”
Notes:
- Both verbs in this phrase—أَرغى / يُرغي and أَزبَدَ / يُزبِدُ—are form IV and carry the same meaning “to foam/froth”; it’s the Arabic equivalent of the English “foaming at the mouth”
- ر-غ-و is a defective root
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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