Etymograph

English

after Saturday comes Sunday

After Saturday comes Sunday comes from Arabic مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموهmin sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh
  2. Englishtodayafter Saturday comes Sunday

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموهmin sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh
  2. Englishtodayafter Saturday comes Sunday

The story

From Arabic مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه (min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh), literally "When Saturday is gone, one will find Sunday". The phrase is a classical proverb that means "the good or bad you do comes back to you".

Every English word from Arabic مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه

Today it means

phrase A phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic مِن سَلَّف السَبت لاقا الحَدّ قَدّاموه / after Saturday comes Sunday

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