A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
ما راعني إلّا مجيؤك (illā majī’uka) all of a sudden I noticed your arrival
Root: ر-و-ع
Page: 426*
Example: “ظَلِلْتُ أُفَكِّرُ فيكَ وَفي الأمرِ المُرْعِبِ—فَما راعَني مُنتَصِفَ اللَّيْلِ وَسْطَ الظَّلامِ إلّا مَجيؤُك”
Translation: “I kept thinking about you and that troubling matter—then all of a sudden, in the dead of the night and amongst the darkness, I noticed your arrival”
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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