ك ب ر

See also: كبر, كثر, گبر, and ك ث ر

Arabic

Root

ك ب ر • (k-b-r)

  1. related to being big, large, old, great.

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives
  • Form I: كَبَرَ (kabara, to be older than)
    • Verbal noun: كَبْر (kabr)
    • Active participle: كَابِر (kābir)
    • Passive participle: مَكْبُور (makbūr)
  • Form I: كَبُرَ (kabura, to be or become big, important, proud, difficult)
  • Form I: كَبِرَ (kabira)
    • Verbal noun: كِبَر (kibar)
    • Passive participle: مَكْبُور (makbūr)
  • Form II: كَبَّرَ (kabbara, to make bigger, exaggerate, praise)
    • Verbal noun: تَكْبِير (takbīr, increase, exaggeration, praise)
    • Active participle: مُكَبِّر (mukabbir, amplifier)
    • Passive participle: مُكَبَّر (mukabbar, magnified)
  • Form III: كَابَرَ (kābara, to treat with disdain, contend with, oppose, renounce)
    • Verbal noun: مُكَابَرَة (mukābara, haughtiness, stubbornness), كِبَار (kibār, haughtiness, stubbornness)
    • Active participle: مُكَابِر (mukābir, haughty, quarrelsome, stubborn)
    • Passive participle: مُكَابَر (mukābar)
  • Form IV: أَكْبَرَ (ʔakbara, to consider great or important, praise)
    • Verbal noun: إِكْبَار (ʔikbār, admiration, deference)
    • Active participle: مُكْبِر (mukbir)
    • Passive participle: مُكْبَر (mukbar)
  • Form V: تَكَبَّرَ (takabbara, to be haughty)
  • Form VI: تَكَابَرَ (takābara, to be haughty)
    • Verbal noun: تَكَابُر (takābur)
    • Active participle: مُتَكَابِر (mutakābir)
    • Passive participle: مُتَكَابَر (mutakābar)
  • Form X: اِسْتَكْبَرَ (istakbara, to deem great or important, to be haughty)
Nouns and other parts of speech
Proper nouns

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “كبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ك ب ر • (transliteration needed)

  1. Related to being large

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms
  • Form II: كبّر (kabbar, to enlarge; to exaggerate)
  • Form V: تكبّر (tkabbar, to boast, be arrogant)
Nouns
  • كبر (kubr, size)
  • كبر (kabar, age, adulthood)
Adjectives
  • كبير (kbīr, large; adult, old)
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