A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
في جوف الليل (j. il-lail) or جوف الليل (jaufa) in the middle of the night
Root: ج-و-ف
Page: 175*
Example: “بَدَأَتْ تَكْتُبُ في ذلِكَ الدَفْتَرِ القَديمِ في جَوْفِ اللَّيْل”
Translation: “she began to write in that old notebook in the middle of the night”
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 