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From: shaybah abdullah <shaybahabdul...@gmail.com>
Date: 15 April 2010 15:25:28 GMT+01:00
To: k...@kaisdukes.com
Subject: assalaamu alaikum: suggestion
i dont know if this was already presented but maybe a little
reminder. Mashallah all have constructed a very good resource that I
enjoy almost on a daily basis. So may Allah reward you all
immensely. My suggestion is that i recieve a new word of the day
from Merriam-Webster's dictionary that looks something like this.....
Merriam-Webster’s
Word of the Day
April 10
tatterdemalion
\tatt-er-dih-MAIL-yun\
adjective
Meaning
1 : ragged or disreputable in appearance
*2 : being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated
Example Sentence
"What he wants to do is to get the tatterdemalion main building into
shape so that it can be used as a retreat for priests and laymen,
perhaps with profitable results." (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington
Post, August 15, 2007)
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Did you know?
The exact origin of "tatterdemalion" is uncertain, but it’s probably
connected to either the noun "tatter" ("a torn scrap or shred") or
the adjective "tattered" ("ragged" or "wearing ragged clothes"). We
do know that "tatterdemalion" has been used in print since the 1600s
. In its first documented use in 1608, it was used as a noun (as it
still can be) to refer to a person in ragged clothing — the type of
person we might also call a ragamuffin. ("Ragamuffin," incidentally,
predates "tatterdemalion" in this sense. Like "tatterdemalion," it
may have been formed by combining a known word, "rag," with a fancif
ul ending.) Within half a dozen years of the first appearance of "ta
tterdemalion," it came to be used as an adjective to describe anythi
ng or anyone ragged or disreputable.
so with this little format we get a new word and a little background
to it so that i can stick...inshallah how about this same practice
is done for quranic words....something very similar. the word, where
it is used, some forms of its meanings. and maybe a little tafsir
from jalalayn...so inshallah if this is possible that would be
great...if this is limited to my imagination inshallah may Allah
make my imagination spread to another to fulfill. assalaamu alaikum.
