Wehr Wednesdays #313

A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.


بلحمه وشحمه (šamihī) in his real human form


Root: ل-ح-م

Page: 1010*

Example: “!سَمِعْتُ مِئاتٍ مِنَ القِصَصِ عَنهُ أَثناءَ طُفولَتي، وَها هُوَ الآنَ، بِلَحمِهِ وَشَحمِه”

Translation: “I’d heard hundreds of stories about him during my childhood, and here he is now, in the flesh!”


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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition

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