وتعطف

English translation: inclined/bowed his head

15:56 Jan 19, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Contemporary novel
Arabic term or phrase: وتعطف
تلون وجه محمود غفلة، وتعطف، وتجزأ إلى قطع صغيرة. لقد تذكر شيئا نسيه منذ زمن. كان لا يعلم ما حدث بعد سفره إلى بلاد الباكستان. تدخل مهدي وأخبره بما حدث عندما قدم والده للبحث عنه في الحارة، والأفلام الإباحية التي وجدها محفوظةً ومحرزةً، وشاهدها كل من أبيه والقاضي والعم سعيد. تنحنح الشاب وتلون وجه بأكثر من لون، ثم قال:
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:46
English translation:inclined/bowed his head
Explanation:
من لسان العرب: وعَطف الشيءَ يَعْطِفُه عَطْفاً وعُطُوفاً فانعطَفَ وعطَّفه فتعطَّف: حَناه وأَمالَه، شدِّد للكثرة.
من المعاني الجامع: تعطّف الغصن: مال وانحنى ''تعطَّف العودُ''.
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Ali Abdulmaqsood
Egypt
Local time: 00:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Contorted/ twisted
Angie Halloum
4inclined/bowed his head
Ali Abdulmaqsood
4inclined
dua'a Mi
4sympathized
adel almergawy
4His face flooded with colour, filled with shame and shattered into tiny pieces
Saeed Najmi


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inclined/bowed his head


Explanation:
من لسان العرب: وعَطف الشيءَ يَعْطِفُه عَطْفاً وعُطُوفاً فانعطَفَ وعطَّفه فتعطَّف: حَناه وأَمالَه، شدِّد للكثرة.
من المعاني الجامع: تعطّف الغصن: مال وانحنى ''تعطَّف العودُ''.


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Ali Abdulmaqsood
Egypt
Local time: 00:46
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Contorted/ twisted


Explanation:
وتعطف بمعنى انحنى أو مال أو تغير عن التعبير الطبيعي في حالة الوجه

Angie Halloum
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 02:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 31

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agree  Milena Atanasova
11 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inclined


Explanation:
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dua'a Mi
Jordan
Local time: 01:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sympathized


Explanation:
felt sympathetic

adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 6
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
His face flooded with colour, filled with shame and shattered into tiny pieces


Explanation:
My understanding is this is all about his FACE not his HEAD and emotions of shame related to the videos his dad, the judge and uncle Saeed came to find out and watch later on.
There is an entry for تعطف in المعجم الوسيط as تَعَطَّفَ أَشْفَقَ عليه; hence the suggested above.


Saeed Najmi
Morocco
Local time: 22:46
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 146
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