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Okay. I have completely changed my analysis of this one.
It's not from
ليلة أمس
but
عشاء أمس.
3išt ams 'yesterday evening'
> 3ištāmis (vowel lengthening)
> 'ištāmis (loss of ع)
> 'ištāmis ~ istāmis (sibilant harmony!)
> 'ištām ~ istām (clipping)
It's not from
ليلة أمس
but
عشاء أمس.
3išt ams 'yesterday evening'
> 3ištāmis (vowel lengthening)
> 'ištāmis (loss of ع)
> 'ištāmis ~ istāmis (sibilant harmony!)
> 'ištām ~ istām (clipping)
Ruus Al Jibal Arabic word of the day
استام
istām
'yesterday'
I have posted this one before.
I think that it must be related to these forms (pictured) in the Yemeni Tihāma, by non-adjacent metathesis:
*laylat amis > liltāmis > ltāmis > tāmis 'last night'
> RJ istām 'yesterday'
...
استام
istām
'yesterday'
I have posted this one before.
I think that it must be related to these forms (pictured) in the Yemeni Tihāma, by non-adjacent metathesis:
*laylat amis > liltāmis > ltāmis > tāmis 'last night'
> RJ istām 'yesterday'
...
May 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Okay. I have completely changed my analysis of this one.
It's not from
ليلة أمس
but
عشاء أمس.
3išt ams 'yesterday evening'
> 3ištāmis (vowel lengthening)
> 'ištāmis (loss of ع)
> 'ištāmis ~ istāmis (sibilant harmony!)
> 'ištām ~ istām (clipping)
It's not from
ليلة أمس
but
عشاء أمس.
3išt ams 'yesterday evening'
> 3ištāmis (vowel lengthening)
> 'ištāmis (loss of ع)
> 'ištāmis ~ istāmis (sibilant harmony!)
> 'ištām ~ istām (clipping)
talking to some people and it's incredibly clear they spend most of their time on twitter/bsky lol
January 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
talking to some people and it's incredibly clear they spend most of their time on twitter/bsky lol
I love waiting on the water heater to warm up so I can take a lukewarm shower
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I love waiting on the water heater to warm up so I can take a lukewarm shower
waiting for the water to heat up a tiny bit with the 2 hours of gov electricity
January 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
waiting for the water to heat up a tiny bit with the 2 hours of gov electricity
Every place in Lebanon:
"Wow you speak Arabic"
"Chinese???"
"Where in the gulf did you learn Arabic"
"Syria???"
"Wow you speak Arabic"
"Chinese???"
"Where in the gulf did you learn Arabic"
"Syria???"
January 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Every place in Lebanon:
"Wow you speak Arabic"
"Chinese???"
"Where in the gulf did you learn Arabic"
"Syria???"
"Wow you speak Arabic"
"Chinese???"
"Where in the gulf did you learn Arabic"
"Syria???"
in retrospect going on vacation and immediately disabling my screen time blockers on twitter/bluesky/ig is a revealed pref
January 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
in retrospect going on vacation and immediately disabling my screen time blockers on twitter/bluesky/ig is a revealed pref
I think we fail to see the potential of an English speaking social media app without the yanks
January 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think we fail to see the potential of an English speaking social media app without the yanks
the cleansing power of smoking a shisha and playing cards
January 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the cleansing power of smoking a shisha and playing cards
I am like 5-10 years away from moving back to the celestial kingdom and hoping the doors close so I can be unfazed by the barbarians outside
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I am like 5-10 years away from moving back to the celestial kingdom and hoping the doors close so I can be unfazed by the barbarians outside
mold bug interview same day TikTok ban....
January 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
mold bug interview same day TikTok ban....
entire type of guy who reads too much news and then ends up quoting it back to you at a bar
January 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
entire type of guy who reads too much news and then ends up quoting it back to you at a bar
i can't wait to be stinky in damascus
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
i can't wait to be stinky in damascus
there's this blatant materialism that rears its head whenever there's a conflict where people claim the "real reason" is some kind of resources (metals in greenland, gas blocks off of gaza, etc), as if conflicts all conflicts can be boiled down to some kind of resource conflict
January 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
there's this blatant materialism that rears its head whenever there's a conflict where people claim the "real reason" is some kind of resources (metals in greenland, gas blocks off of gaza, etc), as if conflicts all conflicts can be boiled down to some kind of resource conflict
about to drown my 30's in russian o7
January 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
about to drown my 30's in russian o7
I finally replaced my thinkpad with a m3 macbook air and I gotta say...the mac is pretty good lmao
January 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I finally replaced my thinkpad with a m3 macbook air and I gotta say...the mac is pretty good lmao
just learned that karumbe in guarani means turtle/tortuga which I guess should've been obvious since karumbe is obviously not a spanish word but widely used in Uruguay lol
January 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
just learned that karumbe in guarani means turtle/tortuga which I guess should've been obvious since karumbe is obviously not a spanish word but widely used in Uruguay lol
the funniest part about working on whatsapp is that literally every dashboard we have for user metrics is composed of mind boggling numbers, like # of messages per second, total calls opened, etc
January 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
the funniest part about working on whatsapp is that literally every dashboard we have for user metrics is composed of mind boggling numbers, like # of messages per second, total calls opened, etc
going to syria in a few weeks and briefly tried to figure out logistics lol, totally not worth thinking about it
January 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
going to syria in a few weeks and briefly tried to figure out logistics lol, totally not worth thinking about it
malloc.dog/blog/2025/01... best papers my buddy and I read last year
SWE Tea - Year 1 - Ghettos of Abu Nawas
malloc.dog
January 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
malloc.dog/blog/2025/01... best papers my buddy and I read last year
oncall for new years, not v exciting
January 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
oncall for new years, not v exciting
I wrote 20's reflection poast: malloc.dog/blog/2024/12...
Pre-mortem, 2025 edition - Ghettos of Abu Nawas
malloc.dog
January 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I wrote 20's reflection poast: malloc.dog/blog/2024/12...