أبر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء ب ر (ʔ-b-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ba.ra/

Verb

أَبَرَ • (ʔabara) I, non-past يَأْبِرُ or يَأْبُرُ‎ (yaʔbiru or yaʔburu)

  1. to bite, to sting
    Synonyms: لَسَعَ (lasaʕa), لَدَغَ (ladaḡa)
  2. to pollinate
    يَأْبُرُ ٱلنَّحْلُ ٱلشَّجَرَ
    yaʔburu n-naḥlu š-šajara
    The bees pollinate the trees.
  3. to give a needle into food
    أُبِرَتِ ٱلشَّاةُ
    ʔubirati š-šātu
    The sheep ate a needle in the fodder.
  4. to speak badly of a person in his absence, to backbite
    Synonym: اِغْتَابَ (iḡtāba)
    أَبَرَا صَدِيقَتَهُمَا
    ʔabarā ṣadīqatahumā
    The two ones backbit their friend. (spoke evil behind her back)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ب ر ر (b-r-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.bar.ra/

Verb

أَبَرَّ • (ʔabarra) IV, non-past يُبِرُّ‎ (yubirru)

  1. to perform, to execute, to confirm by fulfilment
  2. to overcome, to be refractory and subdue, to surpass
Conjugation

Verb

أَبُرْ • (ʔabur) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of بَارَ (bāra)
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