إهْمال root: ه-م-ل / form IV verbal noun / definition: neglect It’s another Academic Arabic post this week because, frankly, too many weeks had passed without one and I feel guilty for my neglect. Plus, it’s back-to-uni season and I’m sure you want something to spice up your academic writing and/or show off your eliteContinue reading “Academic Arabic: Birth Years and Birthplaces”
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Academic Arabic: The Early, and the Late
قاسِم root: ق-س-م / form I active participle / definition: divider, partition August and September passed like a swift breeze and now winter no longer feels far to reach—especially if (like I was taught) you count November as the start of the season. I remember asking my husband if he liked Kasım—meaning “November”, in Turkish—asContinue reading “Academic Arabic: The Early, and the Late”
Academic Arabic: Carrying Out, Conducting, Doing
كادَ root: ك-و-د / form I past tense verb / definition: almost When was the last time I wrote an Academic Arabic post? Too long ago, clearly, because I almost forgot this series existed. But since my memory has been jogged, we’re getting back into it. And today, we’re looking at two widely-applicable Arabic verbsContinue reading “Academic Arabic: Carrying Out, Conducting, Doing”
Academic Arabic: Bridging, Framing, and Projecting
صَباح root: ص-ب-ح / noun / definition: morning Today, I woke up busy. I spent all my morning hours—and half of my afternoon ones—on my rocking chair with laptop in lap, steadily ticking through my checklist. I’ll become a morning person by force at this rate. Yet, don’t fret, nothing can distract me from writingContinue reading “Academic Arabic: Bridging, Framing, and Projecting”
Academic Arabic: Some Form II Verbal Nouns
ضَجَر root: ض-ج-ر / noun / definition: restlessness I’ve been feeling a little unsettled for the past week. I can’t seem to sit still and write, despite “sitting still and writing” equating to approximately half of my to-do list. So, in an attempt to offset this restlessness, or—perhaps more accurately—appease it, I’ve decided to startContinue reading “Academic Arabic: Some Form II Verbal Nouns”
