ع ب ر

ع ب ر

Arabic

Root

ع ب ر • (ʿ-b-r)

1. related to crossing or traversing

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: عَبَرَ‎ (ʿabara, “to cross, ford, pass over”)
  • Active participle: عَابِر‎ (ʿābir)
  • Passive participle: مَعْبُور‎ (maʿbūr)
• Form II: عَبَّرَ‎ (ʿabbara, “to interpret, assert, express; to get across”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْبِير‎ (taʿbīr)
  • Active participle: مُعَبِّر‎ (muʿabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُعَبَّر‎ (muʿabbar)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَبَرَ‎ (iʿtabara, “to be taught a lesson warned; to acknowledge, value, respect”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِبَار‎ (iʿtibār)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَبِر‎ (muʿtabir)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَبَر‎ (muʿtabar)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْبَرَ‎ (istaʿbara, “to shed tears; to weep”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْبَار‎ (istiʿbār)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْبِر‎ (mustaʿbir)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْبَر‎ (mustaʿbar)

Nouns

• عِبَارَة‎ (ʿibāra)
• عِبْرَة‎ (ʿibra)
• ‌ مَعْبَر‎ (maʿbar)

References

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