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Fisal’s Dictionary: “to be beautiful” Posted by Fisal on Apr 11, 2013
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb جـَــمـُـــلَ and explore some of its derivatives. * جـَـمـُــلَ /jamu’la/ [V. I.]: (something or someone) = to be beautiful in shape, look or…
Fisal’s Dictionary: سكن Posted by Fisal on Dec 24, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb سكن and explore some of its derivatives. * سَـكـَـنَ [V.I.] = 1) to stop moving or be silent. Ex. – سـكـنـت الـريـحُ = The wind stopped. 2) to calm…
Some confusing words Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2011
One day Katherine protested, I will never know the difference between mosque and university in Arabic! Why are they so confusing? Later on the same day, another student translated modern as event, and again he was very frustrated with the similarity between both words! Arabic is a highly derivational language where most content words, i.e…