Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 16, 2008 11:41
15 yrs ago
English term
Bahrain
blunt
Homework / test
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Context:
Then she picked up a magazine and glanced through it, cutting the pages with a blunt edge of her knife.
The meaning is not sharp. Is there any one-word Arabic equivalent?
Then she picked up a magazine and glanced through it, cutting the pages with a blunt edge of her knife.
The meaning is not sharp. Is there any one-word Arabic equivalent?
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 4 +4 | غير حاد |
Mohsin Alabdali
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| 4 +1 | مثلّم |
Abdulrahman Bustani
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| 4 | كليل |
Moodi
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Change log
Jul 16, 2008 13:28: Mohsin Alabdali changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/868888">Nawal Shekar's</a> old entry - "blunt"" to ""غير حاد""
Proposed translations
+4
1 min
Selected
غير حاد
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-07-16 12:03:47 GMT)
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غير الحاد
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-07-16 12:03:47 GMT)
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غير الحاد
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
1 min
Abdulrahman Bustani
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
United Arab Emirates
Attention to Details
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
مثلّم
Peer comment(s):
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Mohsin Alabdali
: The knife has two edges: a sharp and a blunt endge. مثلّم does not apply to the blunt edge. It applies nicely to the sharp edge if it has grooves on it.
11 mins
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thank you .. I see your point and agree that my answer might not suit the context. Let's leave it up to the asker to decide depending on her text.
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| agree |
Assem Mazloum
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13 mins
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thanks Assem.
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34 mins
كليل
تكل السيوف
سيف كليل أي غير قاطع
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