Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
فرفرة
English translation:
Death twitch
Added to glossary by
Lamine Boukabour
Nov 1, 2023 15:21
7 mos ago
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Arabic term
الفرفرة
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
This is from a Sudanese text.
Does this mean squirming?
وكما لو أن تلك الفرفرة أغاظته أكثر، فغرز سن مديته الحادة في عنق الشاب الذي شخر بقوة وتدفقت دماؤه غزيرة>
Thank you.
This is from a Sudanese text.
Does this mean squirming?
وكما لو أن تلك الفرفرة أغاظته أكثر، فغرز سن مديته الحادة في عنق الشاب الذي شخر بقوة وتدفقت دماؤه غزيرة>
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | Death twitch - Postmortem reflex - Agonal gasp - Final convulsion | Lamine Boukabour |
4 | Babble, drivel | Joseph Skaff |
3 | Squirming/thrashing | Rasha Ellithy |
Change log
Nov 2, 2023 21:45: Lamine Boukabour Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Death twitch - Postmortem reflex - Agonal gasp - Final convulsion
These terms all refer to the involuntary movements that occur in the body after death. These movements are caused by the release of energy from the dying cells. The movements can be anything from a slight twitch to a full-blown convulsion.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2023-11-01 17:50:10 GMT)
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A Sudanese fellow explained these terms here:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2023-11-01 17:50:10 GMT)
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A Sudanese fellow explained these terms here:
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Squirming/thrashing
I think it has the same meaning we use in the Egyptian dialect, which is thrashing about or squirming.
1 hr
Babble, drivel
فَرْفَرَ فِي كَلاَمِهِ : خَلَّطَ وَأَكْثَرَ
Babble: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
ربما انه غرز مديته في عنق الشاب لاسكاته
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Note added at 1 hr (2023-11-01 17:10:38 GMT)
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https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/فرفرة/
Babble: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
ربما انه غرز مديته في عنق الشاب لاسكاته
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Note added at 1 hr (2023-11-01 17:10:38 GMT)
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https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/فرفرة/
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