Appendix:Gulf Arabic roots/ع ب ر

Gulf Arabic

Root

ع ب ر • (transliteration needed)

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

Derived terms

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”)