عقر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ق ر (ʕ-q-r)

Cognate to Hebrew עקר (ʕ-q-r, “to pluck”, “to hamstring”).

Verb

عَقَرَ • (ʕaqara) I, non-past يَعْقِرُ‎ (yaʕqiru)

  1. to hamstring
Conjugation

Verb

عَقُرَ • (ʕaqura) I, non-past يَعْقُرُ‎ (yaʕquru)

  1. to be infertile
Conjugation

Noun

عَقْر • (ʕaqr) m

  1. verbal noun of عَقَرَ (ʕaqara) (form I)
Declension

Noun

عَقْر or عُقْر • (ʕaqr or ʕuqr) m

  1. verbal noun of عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) (form I)
    1. sterility, barrenness
Declension

Etymology 2

From Aramaic אַקְרָא / חַקְרָא / עַקְרָא (ʿaqrā, ḥaqrā, ʾaqrā), from Ancient Greek ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, “farthest point, heart, end, extremity”).

Noun

عَقْر • (ʕaqr) m

  1. the midst of the house
Declension

References

  • “ˀqrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ḥqr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 233–234
  • الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 115
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “عقر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2109
  • Vollers, Karl (1891) “Ueber die lautliche Steigerung bei Lehnwörtern im Arabischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 45, pages 352–353
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