إجار
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ء ج ر (ʔ-j-r) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔi.d͡ʒaːr/
Etymology 1
Verbal noun of آجَرَ (ʔājara).
Declension
Declension of noun إِجَار (ʔijār)
Etymology 2
From Aramaic אִיגָּרָא / ܐܶܓܳܪܳܐ (ʾeggārā, “roof”), developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /*ʾeggārā/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /egar/, “wall”).
Alternative forms
- إِنْجَار (ʔinjār), إِجَّارَة (ʔijjāra)
Noun
إِجَّار • (ʔijjār) m (plural أَجَاجِير (ʔajājīr) or أَجَاجِرَة (ʔajājira))
- (obsolete, Hijaz, Sicily) roof, flat top of a house
- 7th century CE, Musnad Abū Bakr as-Siddīq, 1:3:
- أَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ فَٱشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَٱلصِّبْيَانُ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ ٱللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ
- ʔanā maʕahū ḥattā qadimnā l-madīnata fatalaqqāhu n-nāsu faḵarajū fī ṭ-ṭarīqi waʕalā al-ʔajājīri faštadda l-ḵadamu waṣ-ṣibyānu fī ṭ-ṭarīqi yaqūlūna llāhu ʔakbaru jāʔa rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama jāʔa muḥammadun
- I was with him and we stepped upon Medina where he met upon people who went out onto the streets and onto the roofs and the servants and boys crowded the road saying “God is great, the Messenger of God (PBUH) has come, Muḥammad has come!”
Declension
Declension of noun إِجَّار (ʔijjār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِجَّار ʔijjār |
الْإِجَّار al-ʔijjār |
إِجَّار ʔijjār |
| Nominative | إِجَّارٌ ʔijjārun |
الْإِجَّارُ al-ʔijjāru |
إِجَّارُ ʔijjāru |
| Accusative | إِجَّارًا ʔijjāran |
الْإِجَّارَ al-ʔijjāra |
إِجَّارَ ʔijjāra |
| Genitive | إِجَّارٍ ʔijjārin |
الْإِجَّارِ al-ʔijjāri |
إِجَّارِ ʔijjāri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | إِجَّارَيْن ʔijjārayn |
الْإِجَّارَيْن al-ʔijjārayn |
إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray |
| Nominative | إِجَّارَانِ ʔijjārāni |
الْإِجَّارَانِ al-ʔijjārāni |
إِجَّارَا ʔijjārā |
| Accusative | إِجَّارَيْنِ ʔijjārayni |
الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʔijjārayni |
إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray |
| Genitive | إِجَّارَيْنِ ʔijjārayni |
الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʔijjārayni |
إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَجَاجِير; أَجَاجِرَة ʔajājīr; ʔajājira |
الْأَجَاجِير; الْأَجَاجِرَة al-ʔajājīr; al-ʔajājira |
أَجَاجِير; أَجَاجِرَة ʔajājīr; ʔajājirat |
| Nominative | أَجَاجِيرُ; أَجَاجِرَةٌ ʔajājīru; ʔajājiratun |
الْأَجَاجِيرُ; الْأَجَاجِرَةُ al-ʔajājīru; al-ʔajājiratu |
أَجَاجِيرُ; أَجَاجِرَةُ ʔajājīru; ʔajājiratu |
| Accusative | أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةً ʔajājīra; ʔajājiratan |
الْأَجَاجِيرَ; الْأَجَاجِرَةَ al-ʔajājīra; al-ʔajājirata |
أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةَ ʔajājīra; ʔajājirata |
| Genitive | أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةٍ ʔajājīra; ʔajājiratin |
الْأَجَاجِيرِ; الْأَجَاجِرَةِ al-ʔajājīri; al-ʔajājirati |
أَجَاجِيرِ; أَجَاجِرَةِ ʔajājīri; ʔajājirati |
Descendants
- → Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (“roof”)
References
- “إجار” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “إجار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 24b
- “ˀgr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “egar [WALL]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
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