لتنسف شكّي

English translation: dispel doubt

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Arabic term or phrase:ينسف الشك
English translation:dispel doubt
Entered by: Lamine Boukabour

13:46 Oct 27, 2023
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: لتنسف شكّي
Hi everyone,

I'm not sure what this means. It's a scene where someone is trying to cover up a stain. Does she mean she went back to her place to try to reassure me?

فعلتُ ذلك، كنت لا أزال متشكّكا في قدرة هذا على تغطية الفعلة، عادت إلى مكانها لتنسف شكّي.

Thanks!
Saliha18
Local time: 20:05
to dispel my doubt
Explanation:
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In the context of the sentence, "dispel my doubt" means to remove or eliminate the doubt or uncertainty that the speaker is feeling.

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Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Local time: 20:05
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Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2to dispel my doubt
Lamine Boukabour
4To erase/relieve my doubt
Abdul Quddous Fathi
4to cast out my doubt / to remove my doubt
Heba Abed
4What others already mentioned + clear (up) doubt + using the opposite such as "to confirm ..."
Fatima Al-Nagdi


Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
To erase/relieve my doubt


Explanation:
Your translation is acceptable but I prefer to translate it as above.

Abdul Quddous Fathi
Egypt
Local time: 22:05
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to dispel my doubt


Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2023-10-27 13:56:31 GMT)
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In the context of the sentence, "dispel my doubt" means to remove or eliminate the doubt or uncertainty that the speaker is feeling.



Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Local time: 20:05
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yassine El Bouknify
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Thanks for taking the time to check this out!

agree  Abeer Zidan
19 days
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to cast out my doubt / to remove my doubt


Explanation:
to cast out my doubt
to remove my doubt

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Example:
Such a significant error really cast doubt on all of the experiment's results.

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or
Remove any shadow of my doubt

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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cast doubt

Heba Abed
Egypt
Local time: 22:05
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 3
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
What others already mentioned + clear (up) doubt + using the opposite such as "to confirm ..."


Explanation:
فعلتُ ذلك، كنت لا أزال متشكّكا في قدرة هذا على تغطية الفعلة، عادت إلى مكانها لتنسف شكّي.

If we got the meaning right, then all is ok. However, something feels off about this sentence, especially with the use of هذا and ها in مكانها. "Cover up a stain" could be used literally or metaphorically here. If used literally and "عادت إلى مكانها" refers to the actual stain, the meaning would be totally different; it means "proved my doubts". Just stating my doubts for you to double-check the meaning through context.

Fatima Al-Nagdi
Yemen
Local time: 22:05
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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