Note 350 — THE CAIRENE YOUTH, THE BARBER, AND THE CAPTAIN.

[In the MS. “Min Hakk la-hu Asl an ’and-ná huná Rájil,” a thoroughly popular phrase. “Min Hakk” and “min Hakkan,” where in the adverbial meaning of Hakkan its grammatical form as an accusative is so far forgotten that it allows itself to be governed by the preposition “min,” is rendered by Bocthor “tout de bon,” “sérieusement.” “Asl” = root has here the meaning of foundation in fact. The literal translation of the passage would therefore be: “Forsooth, is there any truth in it that a man is here in our house?” “Min Hakk” has occurred page 235, where the text, quoted in the note, may perhaps be translated: “Of a truth, is this saying soothfast?”—St.]