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English term or phrase:	to eke out
Arabic translation:	يستقطر
Entered by:	Alaa Zeineldine

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06:12 Jan 10, 2004

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Art/Literary - History / history

English term or phrase: eked out

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.

mnamona KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (none open) Answers: 23
Local time: 08:22

يستقطر

Explanation:
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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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

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Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 08:22

Grading comment

thank you, i guess most of the meaning posted can work but yours looks very original
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

تُحلَب، تُسـتجدى

Fuad Yahya

4 +1

يستقطر

Alaa Zeineldine

تُستخلص- يتم استنباطها - تُستنتج

Abdelazim Abdelazim

يجب أن يستزيد أو يضيف

Ahmed Ismail

1 +1

تستكمل

Shazly

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

11 mins confidence:

يجب أن يستزيد أو يضيف

Explanation:
According to the context

Ahmed Ismail
Local time: 02:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

تستكمل

Explanation:
تستوفي
يتم تدبيرها من

obtain with difficulty
make by laborious and precarious means
supplement what is thought to be deficient

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 08:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

تُحلَب، تُسـتجدى

Explanation:
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.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 13

4 hrs confidence:

تُستخلص- يتم استنباطها - تُستنتج

Explanation:
has to be "inferred, worked out, etc.."

Abdelazim Abdelazim
Local time: 08:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

3 days17 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

يستقطر

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 08:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

thank you, i guess most of the meaning posted can work but yours looks very original

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