خُبْز root: خ-ب-ز / collective noun / definition: bread After much anticipation, I’ve finally started my work placement with an Arabic literary magazine. I spent the day with head tucked into laptop, pausing now and then to graze on the delicious flour-free muffins I’d made at 7am and—now—I remind myself that I said I’d startContinue reading “Reading Arabic Literature: Back to ذا”
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The ذاك Suffix
لاحِقة root: ل-ح-ق / noun / plural: لَواحِق / definition: suffix We’re all very familiar with ذا, whether we realise it or not. It’s a component of some of the first words we learn as Arabic students: هٰذا (this) ذٰلك (that) ماذا (what)