Appendix:Arabic roots/ع ب ر

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew ע־ב־ר (ʕ-b-r).

Root

ع ب ر • (ʕ b r)

1. related to crossing or traversing

Descendants

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”)

References

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