Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
كثرما
English translation:
Many a time, Time and again
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fird_77
Feb 1, 2016 22:33
8 yrs ago
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Arabic term
كثرما
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
I do not find any sentences using this phrase. What does exactly it signify? How do I put it in a sentence? Thank you very much dear Arabic translators.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Many a time, Time and again |
Randa Farhat
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Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
Lebanon
Science, UN agencies, NGOs, Corporations
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
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Arabic term (edited):
كثرما = كثيراً ما
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Many a time, Time and again
It is not common to use them as one word in standard Arabic. It is mostly colloquial usage. Possibly to imitate قلّ ما, قلّما. But I haven't seen كثر ما or كثرما except in dialectal Arabic. The correct form is كثيراً ما, that is, 'many a time'.
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Thank you, Fird.
The structure is colloquial, used in spoken Arabic. In fluent written form, you could say
لارتكابك هذه الأخطاء مراراً
لتكرار أخطائك المرّة تلو الأخرى
لكُثرِ أخطائك المتكرّرة
كثيراً ما ارتكبت تلك الأخطاء
كثُرَت أخطاؤك هذه
or other
Note from asker:
| Thank you so much ukhti Farhat for providing various forms to express one idea. Those are really inspiring to me. |
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Comment: "Many thanks to ukhti Farhat. Anyway, if I put it in a sentence like this كثرما فعلت نفس هذه الاخطاء , do I use it correctly? "
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