وعيناها الواهنتان

English translation: her weary eyes

10:46 Apr 29, 2022
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: وعيناها الواهنتان
Hi everyone,

Does this mean 'weak eyes'? It's a scene where a mother is worried about her son
who has been bitten by a snake.

كانت يائسة، صوتها يرتجف هلعا على ابنها، وعيناها الواهنتان
تفتت القلب

Thanks!
Saliha18
Local time: 12:28
English translation:her weary eyes
Explanation:
Also: her depressed eyes.
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Ibrahim Alahmar
Syria
Local time: 14:28
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4 +2her weary eyes
Ibrahim Alahmar
4 +1Feeble/withered-looking eyes
Youssef Chabat
4tired eyes
Yassine El Bouknify


  

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her weary eyes


Explanation:
Also: her depressed eyes.

Ibrahim Alahmar
Syria
Local time: 14:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 21
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saeed Najmi
15 hrs
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agree  Rawan Jenedy
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Feeble/withered-looking eyes


Explanation:
Feeble/withered-looking eyes

Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 94

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abd Alrahman Almidani: feeble
52 mins
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tired eyes


Explanation:
When we face problems, we normally don't sleep, and get tired (eyes). Eyes normally collocate with "eyes", not weak.

Your eyes are burning, itchy, and tired. It's a common condition but rarely serious. 
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...

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Note added at 25 mins (2022-04-29 11:11:51 GMT)
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Sorry for the mistake
collocate with "tired"

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 185
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