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* '''a nod to the nadir:''' in Greek mythology Zeus bowed his head as a sign that he intended to fulfil someone's prayers → ''Iliad'' 1.524 ff: "I will bow my head – and the immortals recognize no surer pledge from me than that. When I promise with a nod, there can be no deceit, no turning back, no missing of the mark." | * '''a nod to the nadir:''' in Greek mythology Zeus bowed his head as a sign that he intended to fulfil someone's prayers → ''Iliad'' 1.524 ff: "I will bow my head – and the immortals recognize no surer pledge from me than that. When I promise with a nod, there can be no deceit, no turning back, no missing of the mark." | ||
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| + | * '''''Arab'' nabih:''' noble, excellent | ||
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| + | * '''neighbour''' | ||
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| + | * '''beer''' | ||
Revision as of 05:01, 1 July 2006
- Arab nabi: prophet → wabsanti → in the Qur'an Mohammed is the last of the twenty-five prophets of Islam
- nadir: the lowest point; the point of the heavens diametrically opposite the zenith
- a nod to the nadir: in Greek mythology Zeus bowed his head as a sign that he intended to fulfil someone's prayers → Iliad 1.524 ff: "I will bow my head – and the immortals recognize no surer pledge from me than that. When I promise with a nod, there can be no deceit, no turning back, no missing of the mark."
- Arab nabih: noble, excellent
- neighbour
- beer
