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“.
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Wehr Wednesdays #87
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Wehr Wednesdays #86
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Wehr Wednesdays #85
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Wehr Wednesdays #84
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Seven Arabic Verbs Meaning “to Happen”
حَدَث root: ح-د-ث / noun / plural: أَحْداث / definition: event, occurrence *Inhaling the scent of dictionary pages* Ahh… vocabulary! You’ve got no choice but to love expanding your mental lexicon, and learning synonyms of words you already know and use is a great way to do it! So here we have seven Arabic verbsContinue reading “Seven Arabic Verbs Meaning “to Happen””
Wehr Wednesdays #83
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Step-by-Step Arabic Literature Translation #7
مُؤَلِّف root: ء-ل-ف / noun / plural: مُؤَلِّفون / definition: author, writer We’re adding to the literature translation series this week—it’s been a while!—with a short excerpt from عائد إلى حيفا (Returning to Haifa) by غسان كنفاني (Ghassan Kanafani).
Wehr Wednesdays #82
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Academic Pursuits
مَسْعى root: س-ع-ي / noun / plural: مَساعٍ / definition: pursuit, endeavour It’s been over a year since my last update about my language learning journey, where I wrote about all the uncertainties surrounding my return to the formal study of Arabic. And the reason I haven’t given any updates until now is that myContinue reading “Academic Pursuits”
Wehr Wednesdays #81
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
The Absolute Negation in Arabic
نَفْي root: ن-ف-ي / verbal noun of form I / definition: negation Do you remember the phrase لا داعِيَ from Wehr Wednesdays #32? Did you wonder why the word داعي ends in a fatha here? It’s all down to the “لا of absolute negation”…
Wehr Wednesdays #80
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Arabic Verbs for “to Look at”
بَصَر root: ب-ص-ر / noun / plural: أَبْصار / definition: sight I’m feeling really refreshed as I start this post (perhaps thanks to taking Friday off work and having a little time to breathe)! And as you’ve figured out from the title, it’s another addition to our synonyms series. Oh, I can’t explain just howContinue reading “Arabic Verbs for “to Look at””
Wehr Wednesdays #79
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Using كاد
مَشغولة root: ش-غ-ل / passive participle of form I, feminine / definition: busy I’ve finally got round to writing this post, as you can see, five or six months after I mentioned I would in Four Arabic Roots to Express the Phrase “on the Verge of”. But time’s not an issue for us Arabic learners, right?Continue reading “Using كاد”
Wehr Wednesdays #78
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
How to Say “Post-” in Arabic
مَرْحَلة root: ر-ح-ل / noun / plural: مَراحِل / definition: stage, phase Don’t get confused, it’s not البريد (the post, mail) that we’re talking about this week—we’re actually looking at how to create words with the post- prefix, such as: postcolonial, postmodern, post-pandemic, etc.
Wehr Wednesdays #77
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
Arabic Headline Analysis #6
شَهر root: ش-ه-ر / noun / plural: أَشهُر or شُهور / definition: month Seeing as it’s the first week of Ramadan (!رمضان مبارك)—and hopefully it still is by the time I finish this post—I’ve chosen a fitting headline to analyse in our latest addition to the series. Let’s begin our word-by-word vocabulary and grammar explanationContinue reading “Arabic Headline Analysis #6”
The Arabic Pages 