Interesting Words (moved from Games)

Pacifica · Nov 11, 2022

Have I mentioned that this language is just amazing? Here's a word meaning "nuts" (in the literal, fruit sense) that means literally something like "things that get cracked".

مكسرات - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Pacifica · Nov 12, 2022

كعك - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Pacifica · Nov 21, 2022

Apparently, this Arabic word for "architecture", "building", "architect" or "builder" is based on a root "forming words related to the passing of time and the expansion of life".

معمار - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Pacifica · Nov 22, 2022

rain off - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Pacifica · Nov 24, 2022

primesautier — Wiktionnaire, le dictionnaire libre

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Pacifica · Nov 25, 2022

caucus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Pacifica · Nov 27, 2022

I just love this language. Look at the primary definition, and then the last definition under II. "II" means that the definitions that follow apply when the root is put into a verbal form called "form II". Form-II verbs are those factitive verbs I keep raving about.