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ضآلتي

English translation: my miniscule stature


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16:40 Sep 11, 2010
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics
Arabic term or phrase: ضآلتي
كنت أرى وحش برج المملكة بطوابقه الستين يقف هائلاً وقبيحاً وينظر نحو ضآلتي بخيلاء العظماء
alperetto
English translation:my miniscule stature
Explanation:
other options:
my diminutive self
my minute size
my tiny figure
...
or any combination of the above adjectives and nouns.

If you want to mimick the Arabic construction, try:

my smallness
my littleness
my minuteness
etc.
Selected response from:

Fuad Yahya
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my miniscule stature


Explanation:
other options:
my diminutive self
my minute size
my tiny figure
...
or any combination of the above adjectives and nouns.

If you want to mimick the Arabic construction, try:

my smallness
my littleness
my minuteness
etc.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin
31 mins

agree  Ali Al-Saqqa
37 mins

agree  sktrans
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agree  Nadia Ayoub
7 hrs

agree  Mona Helal
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