تكالب الأهالي

English translation: family's/people's keen interest

10:10 Aug 15, 2022
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: تكالب الأهالي
Hi everyone,

Does this mean people's excitement over her?

تهش عنها تكالب الأهالي والاهتمام الذي تحظى به، محبتهم وانشغالهم بها حدّ الاحتفاء

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Saliha18
Local time: 18:51
English translation:family's/people's keen interest
Explanation:
تهش عنها تكالب الأهالي
She shied away from people's/family's keen interest in her
People's over obsession over her
تكالب has a negative meaning.
يقولون تكالبَ على الشيء تكالباً، فهو مُتكالِب، وتكَالَبَ القومُ، أي تجاهروا بالعداوة؛ وتكالبوا على الأَمر: حَرَصُوا عليه؛ وتكالبوا على الشيءِ: تواثبوا كما تَفْعل الكلابُ، هذا ما يقوله المعجم الوسيط، أما معجم اللغة العربية المعاصر فيتناول الأمر من الزاوية التي نريد تناولها في هذه السطور، حيث «تكالبوا على المناصب، - ...Feb 27, 2016
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Yassine El Bouknify
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Summary of answers provided
4people's scramble
Mohamed Samy Ahmed
4family's/people's keen interest
Yassine El Bouknify
4...people dog her around
Diya Takrouri


  

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people's scramble


Explanation:
people's scramble

Mohamed Samy Ahmed
Egypt
Local time: 20:51
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family's/people's keen interest


Explanation:
تهش عنها تكالب الأهالي
She shied away from people's/family's keen interest in her
People's over obsession over her
تكالب has a negative meaning.
يقولون تكالبَ على الشيء تكالباً، فهو مُتكالِب، وتكَالَبَ القومُ، أي تجاهروا بالعداوة؛ وتكالبوا على الأَمر: حَرَصُوا عليه؛ وتكالبوا على الشيءِ: تواثبوا كما تَفْعل الكلابُ، هذا ما يقوله المعجم الوسيط، أما معجم اللغة العربية المعاصر فيتناول الأمر من الزاوية التي نريد تناولها في هذه السطور، حيث «تكالبوا على المناصب، - ...Feb 27, 2016
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://...

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take an interest in (so...


Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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...people dog her around


Explanation:
To follow or pursue someone tenaciously. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dog" and "around.


Diya Takrouri
Türkiye
Local time: 20:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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