Mar 9, 2021 14:02
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Arabic term

انصفاق

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I'm working on a Yemeni text, where a mother is recalling how her daughter died in a bomb blast. She is narrating the events of the day and says the following:

رجّة انصفاق باب البلكونة هي ما أوقظني من شرودي ، ثم بدأ الدخان يملأء الغرفة

Does it mean the sound/jolt of the balcony door splitting into two is what brought her back to reality? I'm finding different meanings for the word انصفاق

Thank you!

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Slam(the door's slamming)

في هذه الحالة يكون انغلاق الصمام عاصفاً (وتدعى هذه الحادثة بانصفاق الصمام Valve Slam)
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A loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door.

"the door closed with a slam"

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agree Hassan Achahbar
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agree Linda Al-Bairmani
51 mins
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agree Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
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agree Fuad Yahya
7 hrs
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9 mins

slamming

it's the sound of the door slamming shut, or open against a wall, because by the blast wave
Peer comment(s):

agree Linda Al-Bairmani
50 mins
شكرا جزيلا
agree Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
شكرا جزيلا
agree Fuad Yahya
7 hrs
شكرا جزيلا
agree Z-Translations Translator
7 hrs
Thanks a lot
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+2
10 mins

violent slam/bang

صفقَ الشيءَ: ضربهُ ضرباً يسمع له صوتٌ
صَفَق البابَ: رَدَّهُ بعنف
Peer comment(s):

agree Linda Al-Bairmani
50 mins
Thank you
agree Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
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