A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
كان في خبر كان or دخل في خبر كان (ḵabari kāna) to belong to the past, be passé, be no longer existent
Root: خ-ب-ر
Page: 262*
Example: “اُترُكِ المَوضوع! لا أُريدُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُ، قَد دَخَلَ في خَبَرِ كان”
Translation: “just drop it! I don’t want to talk about it, it’s in the past now”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 