A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
تباريح tabārīḥ2 agonies, torments (e.g., of longing, of passion)
Root: ب-ر-ح
Page: 63*
Example: “سَهِرَ اللَّيلَ وَتَباريحَ شَوقِه”
Translation: “he spent the night awake with the agonies of his longing”
Notes:
- تَباريح is an interesting noun—it’s the broken plural form of تَبريح (the form II verbal noun meaning “to trouble someone”) and it’s also a diptote
- The وَ here in the example sentence, before تباريح, carries the meaning “with”; when this is the case, the following noun is in the accusative case (منصوب)—the و carries many meanings, perhaps I’ll make a post about them all soon…
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 