ع ب ر

Cognate with Hebrew ע־ב־ר (ʕ-b-r).

ع ب ر • (ʕ-b-r)

1. related to crossing or traversing

Verbs

• Form I: عَبَرَ (ʕabara, “to cross, ford, pass over”)
  • Active participle: عَابِر (ʕābir)
  • Passive participle: مَعْبُور (maʕbūr)
• Form II: عَبَّرَ (ʕabbara, “to express; to interpret”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْبِير (taʕbīr)
  • Active participle: مُعَبِّر (muʕabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُعَبَّر (muʕabbar)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara, “to be taught a lesson warned; to acknowledge, value, respect”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَبِر (muʕtabir)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْبَرَ (istaʕbara, “to shed tears; to weep”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْبَار (istiʕbār)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْبِر (mustaʕbir)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْبَر (mustaʕbar)

Nouns

• عِبَارَة (ʕibāra)
• عِبْرَة (ʕibra)
• مَعْبَر (maʕbar)
• عِبْرِيَّة (ʕibriyya, “Hebrew (language)”)

Adjectives

• عِبْرِيّ (ʕibriyy, “Hebrew”)

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ع ب ر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

ع ب ر • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to crossing, traversing
2. Related to expressing

Verb forms

• Form I: عبر (ʕibar, “to cross”)
• Form II: عبر (ʕabbar, “to leak through a diaper”)
• Form II: عبر (ʕabbar, “to express”)
  • تعبير (taʕbīr, “essay”)
• Form VIII: اعتبر (iʕtibar, “to take value, lesson from something (e.g. an event, lecture, advice)”)
• Form VIII: اعتبر (iʕtibar, “to consider”)
  • اعتبار (iʕtibār, “consideration”)
  • مُعتبر (muʕtabār, “considered, respected, reputable”)
  • يُعتبر (yuʕtabār, “[is] considered”)

Nouns and Adjectives

• عِبارة (ʕibāra, “phrase, expression”)
• عَبّارة (ʕabbāra, “ferry”)
• عبرة (ʕibra, “value, lesson”)
  • خذته العبرة (ḵiḏita l-ʕibra) (expression)
• معبر (maʕbar, “crossing, passage (way)”)
• عبري, عبراني (ʕibri, ʕibrāni, “Hebrew”)

ع ب ر • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to expression

Verbs and verb forms

• Form II: عبّر (ʕabbar, “to express”)
  • Noun Form: تعبير (taʕbīr, “expression”)
• Form VIII: اعتبر (iʕtabar, “to consider”)
  • Noun Form: اعتبار (iʕtibār, “consideration”)
  • Passive Participle: معتبر (muʕtabar, “respected”)

Nouns

• عبرة (ʕibra, “moral, lesson of a story”)
• عبارة (ʕibāra, “an expression, saying”)
• معبر (maʕbar, “crossing point, pass; ford”)

Adjective

• عبري (ʕibri, “Hebrew”)
• عبراني (ʕubrāni, “Hebrew”)