بير

بير

Arabic

Verb

بِيرَ • (bīra) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَارَ‎ (bāra)

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر‎ (biʾr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɾ/

Noun

بير‎ • (bīr) m, pl ابيار‎ (ʾabyār) and بيار‎ (biyār)

1. well
2. shaft
3. manhole

Derived terms

• بيارة‎
• بيار‎

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.

• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

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Hijazi Arabic

بير

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر‎ (biʾr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːr/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m

(plural أَبْيار‎ ‎(ʾābyār) or آبار‎ ‎(ʾābār))

1. well

Derived terms

• بَيَّارة‎ (bayyāra, “manhole”)

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Malay

Noun

بير (informal first-person possessive بيرکو‎, informal second-person possessive بيرمو‎, third-person possessive بيرڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of bir

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Moroccan Arabic

Noun

بير (bir) m

1. well