A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
سحابة saḥābata during, in the course of
Root: س-ح-ب
Page: 465*
Example: “تَحَوَّلَتْ سَحابَةَ ثَلاثَةِ عُقودٍ إلى مَدينَةٍ مُتَرامِيَةِ الأَطْراف”
Translation: “it transformed, in the course of three decades, into a sprawling city”
Notes:
- We came across the phrase مترامي الأطراف (a false/adjective idaafa) in Wehr Wednesdays #234!
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 