Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

رشيق

English translation:

graceful, svelte, shapely

Added to glossary by Eyal Sherf
Jul 29, 2011 03:30
12 yrs ago
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Arabic term

رشيق

Homework / test Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature an excerpt from a novel
أتنشق عنقك كوردة حارة ، وجسدك الرشيق يصرخ وانأ أتمنع عن اعتصاره

Is "graceful" best here?

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graceful, svelte, shapely

graceful is nice in a poetic way, however, since the sentence is about longing and desire, and depending on the register you want to impart, the 2 other suggestion might work in this context; they are less tame than graceful.
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agile

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slender

رشيق: slender
He said اعتصاره so I thought "gracefully thin" : slender!
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