Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
دعسة ناقصة
English translation:
Wrong move
Added to glossary by
Noha Kamal, PhD.
Dec 29, 2009 22:24
14 yrs ago
Arabic term
Quality stands out...
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
دعسة ناقصة
Arabic to English
Other
Slang
This is evidently Lebanese slang. Any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Wrong move |
Spring2007 (X)
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| 5 | Sprained ankle |
Lamis Maalouf
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| 1 +1 | false step |
Tarik Boussetta
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References
| False Step |
Nadia Ayoub
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Proposed translations
9 hrs
Selected
Wrong move
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone, but in my context, this option fits best."
+1
6 mins
Tarik Boussetta
Native in Arabic
You come, You see, and YOU CONQUER!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 2 more.
false step
faalse step
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-12-29 22:33:50 GMT)
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incomplete step
just another suggestion:)
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Note added at 17 mins (2009-12-29 22:41:24 GMT)
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http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/false step
Ms.Lamis may be right:)
providing a conext will be of great help dear Noha:)
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-12-29 22:33:50 GMT)
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incomplete step
just another suggestion:)
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Note added at 17 mins (2009-12-29 22:41:24 GMT)
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http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/false step
Ms.Lamis may be right:)
providing a conext will be of great help dear Noha:)
7 mins
Lamis Maalouf
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
United States
D.D.S, Education plus experience
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
48
Sprained ankle
Yes, it is Lebanese and Syrian :)
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-30 02:24:25 GMT)
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Hi Noha, you said that the term is in Lebanese slang. If you see me limping and you ask about what happened. My answer would be meaning "Sprained ankle."
The term دعسة ناقصة is not only used in slang, check this for example,
http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/154059
كان تصرّفاً غير لائق على الأقل، وأبلغنا الأمر من يلزم، واعتقد أنهم غادروا حين اكتشفوا أن خطوتهم كانت كما يقال دعسة ناقصة
You may translate it in such a context as "false step" but you would not have posted it as a question nor needed any help :)
So my answer was based on the slang use of the term not the literal which is quite obvious.
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Hi Noha, you said that the term is in Lebanese slang. If you see me limping and you ask about what happened. My answer would be meaning "Sprained ankle."
The term دعسة ناقصة is not only used in slang, check this for example,
http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/154059
كان تصرّفاً غير لائق على الأقل، وأبلغنا الأمر من يلزم، واعتقد أنهم غادروا حين اكتشفوا أن خطوتهم كانت كما يقال دعسة ناقصة
You may translate it in such a context as "false step" but you would not have posted it as a question nor needed any help :)
So my answer was based on the slang use of the term not the literal which is quite obvious.
Reference comments
11 mins
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Reference:
False Step
الحسبة دقيقة، لأن الوضع في لبنان بات دقيقاً للغاية وأي "دعسة ناقصة"، كما يقول اللبنانيون، (أي خطوة غير محسوبة)، قد تُـسفر عن خروج الأمور عن نطاق السيطرة.
http://www.beiruttimes.com/site2/pages/arabic_archives.php?s...
http://www.beiruttimes.com/site2/pages/arabic_archives.php?s...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Tarik Boussetta
: sure according to this context:)
6 mins
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Many thanks Tarik :)
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Discussion
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