ج ب ر

Arabic

Root

ج ب ر • (j-b-r)

1. forms terms related to restoring or comforting
2. forms terms related to force or compulsion

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: جَبَرَ (jabara)
  • Verbal noun: جَبْر (jabr), جُبُور (jubūr)
  • Active participle: جَابِر (jābir)
  • Passive participle: مَجْبُور (majbūr)
• Form II: جَبَّرَ (jabbara)
  • Verbal noun: تَجْبِير (tajbīr)
  • Active participle: مُجَبِّر (mujabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُجَبَّر (mujabbar)
• Form III: جَابَرَ (jābara)
  • Verbal noun: مُجَابَرَة (mujābara)
  • Active participle: مُجَابِر (mujābir)
  • Passive participle: مُجَابَر (mujābar)
• Form IV: أَجْبَرَ (ʔajbara)
  • Verbal noun: إِجْبَار (ʔijbār)
  • Active participle: مُجْبِر (mujbir)
  • Passive participle: مُجْبَر (mujbar)
• Form V: تَجَبَّرَ (tajabbara)
  • Verbal noun: تَجَبُّر (tajabbur)
  • Active participle: مُتَجَبِّر (mutajabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَجَبَّر (mutajabbar)
• Form VII: اِنْجَبَرَ (injabara)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْجِبَار (injibār)
  • Active participle: مُنْجَبِر (munjabir)

Adjectives

• جَبْرِيّ (jabriyy)
• مَجْبُور (majbūr, “forced, compelled”)
• مُجْبَر (mujbar, “forced, compelled”)

References

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