A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
في وقدة الصيف (w. aṣ-ṣaif) in the glowing summer heat
Root: و-ق-د
Page: 1275*
Example: “يا لَلْحَسْرة.. مَشى المُهاجِرونَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيّامٍ عَبرَ الصَّحراءِ في وَقدةِ الصَّيفِ قَبْلَ وَفاتِهِم “
Translation: “what a great pity… the migrants walked for three days across the desert in the scorching summer heat before their deaths”
Notes:
- You can find out more about the structure of phrases like يا لَلحسرة in the comment section under Wehr Wednesdays #174
- We saw another phrase from the root و-ق-د in Wehr Wednesdays #326: اتقد غيرة (حماسا) على
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
