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عقر

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ع ق ر (ʕ q r)
3 terms

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

Verb

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عَقَرَ (ʕaqara) I (non-past يَعْقِرُ (yaʕqiru), verbal noun عَقْر (ʕaqr))

  1. to hamstring
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: għaqar

Verb

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عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) I (non-past يَعْقُرُ (yaʕquru), verbal noun عَقَارَة (ʕaqāra) or عَقْر (ʕaqr) or عُقْر (ʕuqr))

  1. to be infertile
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Noun

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عَقْر (ʕaqrm

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

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عَقْر or عُقْر (ʕaqr or ʕuqrm

  1. verbal noun of عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) (form I)
    1. sterility, barrenness
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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عَقْر (ʕaqrm

  1. the midst of the house
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References

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  • 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)‎[1] (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[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2109
  • Vollers, Karl (1891) “Ueber die lautliche Steigerung bei Lehnwörtern im Arabischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 45, pages 352–353