عكار

Arabic

Root
ع ك ر (ʕ-k-r)

Noun

عَكَّار • (ʕakkār) m (plural عَكَّارُون (ʕakkārūn)) (Classical Arabic)

  1. persistent in attack, prone to backlash
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 15:171:
      فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ الفَرَّارُونَ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لَا بَل أَنْتُمُ العَكَّارُونَ
      faqulnā naḥnu l-farrārūna faʔaqbala ʔilaynā faqāla lā bal ʔantumu l-ʕakkārūna
      And we said: "We have run away!", and He approached us and said: "No, but you are the ones who return to fight."

Declension

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From older أَكَّار (ʔakkār, farmer) borrowed from Aramaic. May be conflated with Arabic root ع ك ر (ʕ k r), related to dregs, settlings.

Noun

عكّار • (ʿakkār) m (plural عكّارين (ʿakkārīn) or عكّارة (ʿakkāra))

  1. peasant, farmer
    ذا الحين ما تحصل عكارين واجدين لانهم يشتغلون في التجارة
    ḏalḥīn ma tḥaṣṣil ʿakkārīn wāydīn linhim yištaḡlūn fi-t-tijāra
    Now you won't find many peasants because they all deal in trade.
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