A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
تغطرس في مشيته (mišyatihī) to display a haughty bearing, swagger, strut
Root: غ-ط-ر-س
Page: 792*
Example: “فَمُنْذُ ذلِكَ اليَوْم، صارَ يَتَغَطْرَسُ في مِشْيَتِهِ وَكَأَنَّهُ مَشْهورٌ مِن مَشاهيرِ البَلَد”
Translation: “ever since that day, he began strutting and swaggering as though he were one of the country’s celebrities”
Notes:
- تَغَطْرَسَ / يَتَغَطْرَسُ is a form II quadriliteral verb
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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