Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
mercurial
Arabic translation:
زئبقي المزاج / متقلب /عطاردي / غير ثابت
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English term
Syria
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mercurial
English to Arabic
Medical
Psychology
mercurial change in behaviour
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | زئبقي المزاج / متقلب /عطاردي / غير ثابت |
zax
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| 5 +1 | تغير زئبقي/تغير حاد |
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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| 3 | تغير جذرى |
Amira Sayed
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References
| Not حاد and certainly not جذري! |
Yasser El Helw
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زئبقي المزاج / متقلب /عطاردي / غير ثابت
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تغير جذرى
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Yasser El Helw
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Reference:
Not حاد and certainly not جذري!
In psychology, mercurial means "volatile" (can change back and forth). Volatile is: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments ("A flirt's volatile affections").
This behavious is likened to mercury because mercury has no stable/fixed shape but rather changes from one shape to another all the time. زئبقي is OK.
Hope this helps :-)
This behavious is likened to mercury because mercury has no stable/fixed shape but rather changes from one shape to another all the time. زئبقي is OK.
Hope this helps :-)
Note from asker:
| Many thanks dear |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Mohsin Alabdali
: Gathafi, for example, isa mercurial leader.
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