Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 10, 2004 06:12
20 yrs ago
English term
eked out
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
History
history
the text is historical, it is about the Marcus aurelius,empror of Rome till 180, he had wars with the tribes across the Danube, the sentence in which this word is mentioned is sort of ambigious for me, so could you please help explain the meaning: it is as follows:
the sources available for piecing together an account of these wars is similar to that concerning Trajan's wars. The only narrative source that we know of is Dio Cassius, who again is preserved only in excerpts made by Xiphilinus. Accordingly, the vignettes that struck the abridger's interest are often hard to ascribe chronologically and the narrative has to be eked out of "potted" histories made in late antiquity.
the sources available for piecing together an account of these wars is similar to that concerning Trajan's wars. The only narrative source that we know of is Dio Cassius, who again is preserved only in excerpts made by Xiphilinus. Accordingly, the vignettes that struck the abridger's interest are often hard to ascribe chronologically and the narrative has to be eked out of "potted" histories made in late antiquity.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
4 +1 | يستقطر |
Alaa Zeineldine
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5 +4 | تُحلَب، تُسـتجدى |
Fuad Yahya
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5 | تُستخلص- يتم استنباطها - تُستنتج |
Abdelazim Abdelazim
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3 | يجب أن يستزيد أو يضيف |
Ahmed Ismail
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1 +1 | تستكمل |
Shazly
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Proposed translations
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3 days 17 hrs
Selected
يستقطر
يجمعها قطرة قطرة.
ولو أن للكلمة معان أخرى، لكن أحدها حسب الوسيط هو نيل الخير شيئا فشيئا:
http://lexicons.ajeeb.com/html/4094382.html
(استَقطَرَ) الشيءَ: رام قَطَرَانَه. و - فلانٌ الخيرَ: ناله شيئاً بعد شيء.
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والنصوص لابد لها أن تُستقطَر استقطاراً من الآثار المحفوظة منذ القدم
ولو أن للكلمة معان أخرى، لكن أحدها حسب الوسيط هو نيل الخير شيئا فشيئا:
http://lexicons.ajeeb.com/html/4094382.html
(استَقطَرَ) الشيءَ: رام قَطَرَانَه. و - فلانٌ الخيرَ: ناله شيئاً بعد شيء.
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Note added at 3 days 18 hrs 0 min (2004-01-14 00:12:52 GMT)
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والنصوص لابد لها أن تُستقطَر استقطاراً من الآثار المحفوظة منذ القدم
Reference:
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Comment: "thank you, i guess most of the meaning posted can work but yours looks very original"
11 mins
يجب أن يستزيد أو يضيف
According to the context
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25 mins
تستكمل
تستوفي
يتم تدبيرها من
obtain with difficulty
make by laborious and precarious means
supplement what is thought to be deficient
يتم تدبيرها من
obtain with difficulty
make by laborious and precarious means
supplement what is thought to be deficient
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2 hrs
تُحلَب، تُسـتجدى
To be eked out means to be obtained in one minute amount at a time and with difficulty. The expression is commonly used for describing the making of a meager living by hard work.
In my suggestions above, I am comparing the process to milking or begging.
In my suggestions above, I am comparing the process to milking or begging.
Peer comment(s):
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Abdellatif Bouhid
: To eke: To get with great effort or strain. Used with out: eke a bare existence from farming in an arid area. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
7 hrs
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agree |
Mohammed Abdelhady
9 hrs
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agree |
Nado2002
16 hrs
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agree |
Rajiv Arora
6 days
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4 hrs
تُستخلص- يتم استنباطها - تُستنتج
has to be "inferred, worked out, etc.."
Discussion
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