إجار
See also: آجار, أجار, اچار, آچار, and أجاز
Arabic
Noun
إِجَار • (ʾijār) m
- verbal noun of آجَرَ (ʾājara) (form III)
Declension
Declension of noun إِجَار (ʾijār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِجَار ʾijār | الْإِجَار al-ʾijār | إِجَار ʾijār |
| Nominative | إِجَارٌ ʾijārun | الْإِجَارُ al-ʾijāru | إِجَارُ ʾijāru |
| Accusative | إِجَارًا ʾijāran | الْإِجَارَ al-ʾijāra | إِجَارَ ʾijāra |
| Genitive | إِجَارٍ ʾijārin | الْإِجَارِ al-ʾijāri | إِجَارِ ʾijāri |
Etymology 2
From Aramaic אִיגָּרָא / ܐܶܓܳܪܳܐ (ʾeggārā, “roof”), developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /*ʾeggārā/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /egar/, “wall”).
Alternative forms
- إِنْجَار (ʾinjār), إِجَّارَة (ʾijjāra)
Noun
إِجَّار • (ʾijjār) m (plural أَجَاجِير (ʾajājīr) or أَجَاجِرَة (ʾajājira))
- (obsolete, Hijaz, Sicily) roof, flat top of a house
- 7th century CE, Musnad Abū Bakr as-Siddīq, 1:3:
- أَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ فَٱشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَٱلصِّبْيَانُ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ ٱللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ
- ʾanā maʿahū ḥattā qadimnā l-madīnata fatalaqqāhu n-nāsu faḵarajū fī ṭ-ṭarīqi waʿalā l-ʾajājīri faštadda l-ḵadamu waṣ-ṣibyānu fī ṭ-ṭarīqi yaqūlūna llāhu ʾakbaru jāʾa rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wasallama jāʾa muḥammadun
- I was with him and we stepped upon Medina where he met upon people who went out onto the streets and onto the roofs and the servants and boys crowded the road saying “God is great, the Messenger of God (PBUH) has come, Muḥammad has come!”
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Declension
Declension of noun إِجَّار (ʾijjār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِجَّار ʾijjār | الْإِجَّار al-ʾijjār | إِجَّار ʾijjār |
| Nominative | إِجَّارٌ ʾijjārun | الْإِجَّارُ al-ʾijjāru | إِجَّارُ ʾijjāru |
| Accusative | إِجَّارًا ʾijjāran | الْإِجَّارَ al-ʾijjāra | إِجَّارَ ʾijjāra |
| Genitive | إِجَّارٍ ʾijjārin | الْإِجَّارِ al-ʾijjāri | إِجَّارِ ʾijjāri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | إِجَّارَيْن ʾijjārayn | الْإِجَّارَيْن al-ʾijjārayn | إِجَّارَيْ ʾijjāray |
| Nominative | إِجَّارَانِ ʾijjārāni | الْإِجَّارَانِ al-ʾijjārāni | إِجَّارَا ʾijjārā |
| Accusative | إِجَّارَيْنِ ʾijjārayni | الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʾijjārayni | إِجَّارَيْ ʾijjāray |
| Genitive | إِجَّارَيْنِ ʾijjārayni | الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʾijjārayni | إِجَّارَيْ ʾijjāray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَجَاجِير; أَجَاجِرَة ʾajājīr; ʾajājira | الْأَجَاجِير; الْأَجَاجِرَة al-ʾajājīr; al-ʾajājira | أَجَاجِير; أَجَاجِرَة ʾajājīr; ʾajājirat |
| Nominative | أَجَاجِيرُ; أَجَاجِرَةٌ ʾajājīru; ʾajājiratun | الْأَجَاجِيرُ; الْأَجَاجِرَةُ al-ʾajājīru; al-ʾajājiratu | أَجَاجِيرُ; أَجَاجِرَةُ ʾajājīru; ʾajājiratu |
| Accusative | أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةً ʾajājīra; ʾajājiratan | الْأَجَاجِيرَ; الْأَجَاجِرَةَ al-ʾajājīra; al-ʾajājirata | أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةَ ʾajājīra; ʾajājirata |
| Genitive | أَجَاجِيرَ; أَجَاجِرَةٍ ʾajājīra; ʾajājiratin | الْأَجَاجِيرِ; الْأَجَاجِرَةِ al-ʾajājīri; al-ʾajājirati | أَجَاجِيرِ; أَجَاجِرَةِ ʾajājīri; ʾajājirati |
Descendants
- → Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (“roof”)
References
- “إجار” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “إجار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 24b
- “ˀgr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “egar [WALL]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006