بربير

بربير

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.biːr/

Noun

بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m

1. obsolete form of بَرْدِيّ‎ (bardiyy) “paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)”

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْبِير barbīr	الْبَرْبِير‎ al-barbīr	بَرْبِير barbīr
Nominative	بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun	الْبَرْبِيرُ‎ al-barbīru	بَرْبِيرُ barbīru
Accusative	بَرْبِيرًا‎ barbīran	الْبَرْبِيرَ‎ al-barbīra	بَرْبِيرَ barbīra
Genitive	بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin	الْبَرْبِيرِ‎ al-barbīri	بَرْبِيرِ barbīri

Etymology 2

A modern dialect word, ultimately the same word as فَرْفَحِين‎ (farfaḥīn), patterned like شَرْشِير‎ (šaršīr) for شَرْشَر‎ (šaršar, “puncture vine, Tribulus spp.”).

Noun

بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m

1. common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

   Synonyms: رِجْل‎ (rijl), بَقْل‎ (baql)

   Hypernym: فَرْفَحِين‎ (farfaḥīn)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْبِير barbīr	الْبَرْبِير‎ al-barbīr	بَرْبِير barbīr
Nominative	بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun	الْبَرْبِيرُ‎ al-barbīru	بَرْبِيرُ barbīru
Accusative	بَرْبِيرًا‎ barbīran	الْبَرْبِيرَ‎ al-barbīra	بَرْبِيرَ barbīra
Genitive	بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin	الْبَرْبِيرِ‎ al-barbīri	بَرْبِيرِ barbīri

References

• Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71
• Qaṭar e-Nature – بربير – Portulaca oleracea