A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
صعق في مكانه (makānihī) to stop dead in one’s tracks, stand as if thunderstruck
Root: ص-ع-ق
Page: 601*
Example: “حينَما رَأَوْهُما، صَعِقوا في مَكانِهِم يُحَدِّقون”
Translation: “when they saw the two of them, they stopped dead in their tracks, staring”
Notes:
- Both the active form I verb (صَعِقَ / يَصعَقُ) and the passive one (صُعِقَ / يُصعَقُ) mean “to be thunderstruck”; the form I active verb with different vowelling (صَعَقَ / يَصعَقُ) means “to strike someone down with lightning”—for more on how form I vowelling affects meaning, see Form I Verb Vowelling Patterns
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#1-100)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#101-200)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#201-300)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#301-400)
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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