A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
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Quadriliteral Active Participles in Arabic
اِسم فاعِل root: ف-ع-ل / phrase / definition: active participle If you’d asked me a week ago, I’d have told you that I lead a somewhat minimalist life—I hate having *things* cluttering up spaces around me which could very well be left empty. (This is, of course, ignoring my book-filled shelves and surfaces—books are entirelyContinue reading “Quadriliteral Active Participles in Arabic”
Wehr Wednesdays #95
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Step-by-Step Arabic Literature Translation #8
سيرة root: س-ي-ر / noun / plural: سِيَر / definition: biography For this post in the literature translation series, we’ll be going word-by-word through a non-fiction excerpt, taken from بغداد: سيرة مدينة (Baghdad: Biography of a City) by the Iraqi writer نجم والي (Najem Wali).
Wehr Wednesdays #94
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
How to Say “Both” in Arabic
اِثنانِ root: ث-ن-ي / noun / definition: two We might know of some different ways to say “all of“, but do we know how to say “both” when we’re dealing with dual nouns in Arabic? Let’s take a look at how it’s done!
Wehr Wednesdays #93
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Eight Arabic Verbs for “to Postpone”
لاحِقاً root: ل-ح-ق / adverb / definition: later on This week, we have another little treasure chest of synonyms to rummage through: eight Arabic verbs, all meaning “to postpone“.
Wehr Wednesdays #92
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
The Grammar of Using Arabic Numbers
عَدَد root: ع-د-د / noun / plural: أَعْداد / definition: number I remember learning the grammar for using Arabic numbers at university. It seemed fairly simple as there were essentially three sets of rules: one for the numbers 3-10, one for 11-99, and another for whole hundreds, thousands, etc. But when I looked a littleContinue reading “The Grammar of Using Arabic Numbers”
Wehr Wednesdays #91
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
How to Say “Whether” in Arabic
قَصير root: ق-ص-ر / adjective / definition: short We’ve got a short little grammar post this week about one simple way we can say “whether” in Arabic—let’s take a look!
Wehr Wednesdays #90
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Root Exploration: ع-ر-ق
زَمَن root: ز-م-ن / noun / plural: أَزمان / definition: stretch of time It’s been a long time since our last post in the Root Exploration series. (In all honesty, though, it hasn’t felt long at all to me since I explore roots in the dictionary every day!) I’ve had a few roots written downContinue reading “Root Exploration: ع-ر-ق”
Wehr Wednesdays #89
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Arabic Observations: Compound Quadriliteral Arabic Verbs
اِندِماج root: د-م-ج / verbal noun of form VII / definition: merging I’m super excited as I begin this post, because not only is it part of my beloved Arabic Observations series, it’s all about quadriliteral roots!
Wehr Wednesdays #88
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Different Ways to Say “During” in Arabic
فَترة root: ف-ت-ر / noun / plural: فَتَرات / definition: interval, period Sometimes it’s the little things, right? Like those little words you end up using all the time and you’re left craving some variety. And here I bring you that variety—in the form of a small collection of Arabic synonyms, all meaning “during“.
Wehr Wednesdays #87
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
كان Plus the Future Tense
مُسْتَقْبَل root: ق-ب-ل / passive participle of form X / definition: future On this blog, we’ve previously looked at combining كان with a past tense verb and with a present tense verb—but did you know we can place the future tense directly after كان too?
The Arabic Pages 