A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
جرى منه الشيء مجرى الدم (minhu š-šai’u majrā d-dam) it had become second nature to him
Root: ج-ر-ي
Page: 145*
Example: “بَعْدَ كُلِّ تِلكَ السِّنين، جَرى مِنْهُ الكِذْبُ مَجْرى الدَّم”
Translation: “after all those years, deceit had become second nature to him”
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 