الموءدة

English translation: miserable / deplorable

13:16 Feb 24, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Novel
Arabic term or phrase: الموءدة
أنزل يديه، لكنه أخذ قدر الأكل مع السفرة، وانتزع اللقمة من يد هالة، ورمى بالأكل على تراب الحوش أمام أعيننا. أمي المسكينة لم تحرك ساكنا، وكأنها أخذت تدعو في نفسها. قمنا من على السفرة الموءدة
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:49
English translation:miserable / deplorable
Explanation:
miserable table
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hassan zekry
Local time: 23:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3aborted / canceled
Hassan Achahbar
4miserable / deplorable
hassan zekry
2nipped in the bud
Linda Al-Bairmani


Discussion entries: 7





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
miserable / deplorable


Explanation:
miserable table

hassan zekry
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 66
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
aborted / canceled


Explanation:
This is an adjective meaning aborted or prematurely ended, which comes from the verb وأد
https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/وأد/
وَأَدَ ( فعل ): - وَأَدَ ( المَوْلُودَةَ ):دَفَنَها حَيَّةً
- Put under ground (a newborn girl)

So because of the behavior of a family member, the rest walked off the aborted meal

Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Morano El-Kholy: The aborted meal.
19 mins
  -> شكرا جزيلا

agree  sally ahmed
3 hrs
  -> شكرا جزيلا

agree  Milena Atanasova
1 day 4 hrs
  -> شكرا جزيلا
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
nipped in the bud


Explanation:
Just a guess

Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 23:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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