جَسَد root: ج-س-د / noun / plural: أَجْساد / definition: body We’ve looked at word twins before—that is, two words with the same meaning that differ only in a single letter, like ضَجّة and لَجّة, or بُقْعة and رُقْعة, or سَهِرَ and سَهِدَ. But there’s more to the story; synonyms carry similar sounds in differentContinue reading “Arabic Observations: ج and the Body”
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Arabic Observations: Warm Hearts, Cool Eyes
قُرّ root: ق-ر-ر / noun / definition: cold, coolness I’ve been napping a lot lately. Sometimes two or three times a day. My body feels heavy with a fatigue that pulls down my eyelids and drags my centre of gravity to the nearest flat surface to search for rest in the land of nod. ButContinue reading “Arabic Observations: Warm Hearts, Cool Eyes”
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