A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
جعله مضغة في الأفواه (ja’alahū muḍḡatan) to make s.o. the talk of the town, send tongues wagging about
Root: م-ض-غ
Page: 1070*
Example: “جَعَلَت المُواجَهةُ الّشابَ الطَّويلَ مُضْغَةً في أَفواهِ القَرْية”
Translation: “the confrontation sent tongues around the village wagging about the tall fellow”
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
The Arabic Pages 