وبر
Arabic
Etymology
From the root و ب ر (w-b-r) denoting a camel with a lot of hair or fur.
Pronunciation
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Verb
وَبِرَ • (wabira) I, non-past يَوْبَرُ (yawbaru)
- to be rich in hair
Conjugation
Conjugation of
وَبِرَ
(form-I sound, verbal noun وَبَر)| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | وَبَر wabar | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | وَابِر wābir | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | وَبِرْتُ wabirtu | وَبِرْتَ wabirta | وَبِرَ wabira | وَبِرْتُمَا wabirtumā | وَبِرَا wabirā | وَبِرْنَا wabirnā | وَبِرْتُمْ wabirtum | وَبِرُوا wabirū | |||
| f | وَبِرْتِ wabirti | وَبِرَتْ wabirat | وَبِرَتَا wabiratā | وَبِرْتُنَّ wabirtunna | وَبِرْنَ wabirna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَوْبَرُ ʾawbaru | تَوْبَرُ tawbaru | يَوْبَرُ yawbaru | تَوْبَرَانِ tawbarāni | يَوْبَرَانِ yawbarāni | نَوْبَرُ nawbaru | تَوْبَرُونَ tawbarūna | يَوْبَرُونَ yawbarūna | |||
| f | تَوْبَرِينَ tawbarīna | تَوْبَرُ tawbaru | تَوْبَرَانِ tawbarāni | تَوْبَرْنَ tawbarna | يَوْبَرْنَ yawbarna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَوْبَرَ ʾawbara | تَوْبَرَ tawbara | يَوْبَرَ yawbara | تَوْبَرَا tawbarā | يَوْبَرَا yawbarā | نَوْبَرَ nawbara | تَوْبَرُوا tawbarū | يَوْبَرُوا yawbarū | |||
| f | تَوْبَرِي tawbarī | تَوْبَرَ tawbara | تَوْبَرَا tawbarā | تَوْبَرْنَ tawbarna | يَوْبَرْنَ yawbarna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَوْبَرْ ʾawbar | تَوْبَرْ tawbar | يَوْبَرْ yawbar | تَوْبَرَا tawbarā | يَوْبَرَا yawbarā | نَوْبَرْ nawbar | تَوْبَرُوا tawbarū | يَوْبَرُوا yawbarū | |||
| f | تَوْبَرِي tawbarī | تَوْبَرْ tawbar | تَوْبَرَا tawbarā | تَوْبَرْنَ tawbarna | يَوْبَرْنَ yawbarna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | اِيبَرْ ībar | اِيبَرَا ībarā | اِيبَرُوا ībarū | ||||||||
| f | اِيبَرِي ībarī | اِيبَرْنَ ībarna | ||||||||||
Noun
وَبَر • (wabar) m (plural أَوْبَار (ʾawbār))
- fine hair (specifically from camels and goats, specifically from the hump; used for the cloths and tents of Arabs from yore; distinguished from the مَدَر (madar, “loam”) of town buildings)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 54:134:
- ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللّٰهُ مَطَرًا لَا يَكُنُّ مِنْهُ بَيْتُ مَدَرٍ وَلَا وَبَرٍ فَيَغْسِلُ الأَرْضَ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهَا كَالزَّلَفَةِ
- ṯumma yursilu llāhu maṭaran lā yakunnu minhu baytu madarin walā wabarin fayaḡsilu l-ʾarḍa ḥattā yatrukahā ka-z-zalafati
- Then God will send rain and there will be no brickhouse and no tent and he washes the earth, so that he leaves it blank like a nacre-shell.
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Declension
Declension of noun وَبَر (wabar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَبَر wabar | الْوَبَر al-wabar | وَبَر wabar |
| Nominative | وَبَرٌ wabarun | الْوَبَرُ al-wabaru | وَبَرُ wabaru |
| Accusative | وَبَرًا wabaran | الْوَبَرَ al-wabara | وَبَرَ wabara |
| Genitive | وَبَرٍ wabarin | الْوَبَرِ al-wabari | وَبَرِ wabari |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | وَبَرَيْن wabarayn | الْوَبَرَيْن al-wabarayn | وَبَرَيْ wabaray |
| Nominative | وَبَرَانِ wabarāni | الْوَبَرَانِ al-wabarāni | وَبَرَا wabarā |
| Accusative | وَبَرَيْنِ wabarayni | الْوَبَرَيْنِ al-wabarayni | وَبَرَيْ wabaray |
| Genitive | وَبَرَيْنِ wabarayni | الْوَبَرَيْنِ al-wabarayni | وَبَرَيْ wabaray |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَوْبَار ʾawbār | الْأَوْبَار al-ʾawbār | أَوْبَار ʾawbār |
| Nominative | أَوْبَارٌ ʾawbārun | الْأَوْبَارُ al-ʾawbāru | أَوْبَارُ ʾawbāru |
| Accusative | أَوْبَارًا ʾawbāran | الْأَوْبَارَ al-ʾawbāra | أَوْبَارَ ʾawbāra |
| Genitive | أَوْبَارٍ ʾawbārin | الْأَوْبَارِ al-ʾawbāri | أَوْبَارِ ʾawbāri |
Noun
وَبْر
وَبْر • (wabr) m (plural وُبُور (wubūr) or وِبَار (wibār) or وِبَارَة (wibāra))
- klipdachs, dassie, hyrax, daman (Hyracoidea, of which the rock hyrax Procavia capensis is found in the Arabian peninsula and Greater Syria)
Declension
Declension of noun وَبْر (wabr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَبْر wabr | الْوَبْر al-wabr | وَبْر wabr |
| Nominative | وَبْرٌ wabrun | الْوَبْرُ al-wabru | وَبْرُ wabru |
| Accusative | وَبْرًا wabran | الْوَبْرَ al-wabra | وَبْرَ wabra |
| Genitive | وَبْرٍ wabrin | الْوَبْرِ al-wabri | وَبْرِ wabri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | وَبْرَيْن wabrayn | الْوَبْرَيْن al-wabrayn | وَبْرَيْ wabray |
| Nominative | وَبْرَانِ wabrāni | الْوَبْرَانِ al-wabrāni | وَبْرَا wabrā |
| Accusative | وَبْرَيْنِ wabrayni | الْوَبْرَيْنِ al-wabrayni | وَبْرَيْ wabray |
| Genitive | وَبْرَيْنِ wabrayni | الْوَبْرَيْنِ al-wabrayni | وَبْرَيْ wabray |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وُبُور; وِبَار; وِبَارَة wubūr; wibār; wibāra | الْوُبُور; الْوِبَار; الْوِبَارَة al-wubūr; al-wibār; al-wibāra | وُبُور; وِبَار; وِبَارَة wubūr; wibār; wibārat |
| Nominative | وُبُورٌ; وِبَارٌ; وِبَارَةٌ wubūrun; wibārun; wibāratun | الْوُبُورُ; الْوِبَارُ; الْوِبَارَةُ al-wubūru; al-wibāru; al-wibāratu | وُبُورُ; وِبَارُ; وِبَارَةُ wubūru; wibāru; wibāratu |
| Accusative | وُبُورًا; وِبَارًا; وِبَارَةً wubūran; wibāran; wibāratan | الْوُبُورَ; الْوِبَارَ; الْوِبَارَةَ al-wubūra; al-wibāra; al-wibārata | وُبُورَ; وِبَارَ; وِبَارَةَ wubūra; wibāra; wibārata |
| Genitive | وُبُورٍ; وِبَارٍ; وِبَارَةٍ wubūrin; wibārin; wibāratin | الْوُبُورِ; الْوِبَارِ; الْوِبَارَةِ al-wubūri; al-wibāri; al-wibārati | وُبُورِ; وِبَارِ; وِبَارَةِ wubūri; wibāri; wibārati |
Derived terms
- وَبَرَات (wabarāt, “Hyracoidea”)
Adjective
وَبِر • (wabir) (feminine وَبِرَة (wabira), elative أَوْبَر (ʾawbar))
- hairy
Declension
Declension of adjective وَبِر (wabir)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | وَبِر wabir | الْوَبِر al-wabir | وَبِرَة wabira | الْوَبِرَة al-wabira |
| Nominative | وَبِرٌ wabirun | الْوَبِرُ al-wabiru | وَبِرَةٌ wabiratun | الْوَبِرَةُ al-wabiratu |
| Accusative | وَبِرًا wabiran | الْوَبِرَ al-wabira | وَبِرَةً wabiratan | الْوَبِرَةَ al-wabirata |
| Genitive | وَبِرٍ wabirin | الْوَبِرِ al-wabiri | وَبِرَةٍ wabiratin | الْوَبِرَةِ al-wabirati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | وَبِرَيْن wabirayn | الْوَبِرَيْن al-wabirayn | وَبِرَتَيْن wabiratayn | الْوَبِرَتَيْن al-wabiratayn |
| Nominative | وَبِرَانِ wabirāni | الْوَبِرَانِ al-wabirāni | وَبِرَتَانِ wabiratāni | الْوَبِرَتَانِ al-wabiratāni |
| Accusative | وَبِرَيْنِ wabirayni | الْوَبِرَيْنِ al-wabirayni | وَبِرَتَيْنِ wabiratayni | الْوَبِرَتَيْنِ al-wabiratayni |
| Genitive | وَبِرَيْنِ wabirayni | الْوَبِرَيْنِ al-wabirayni | وَبِرَتَيْنِ wabiratayni | الْوَبِرَتَيْنِ al-wabiratayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| — | — | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | — | — | — | — |
| Nominative | — | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | — | — |
| Genitive | — | — | — | — |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 43
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “وبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 429
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “وبر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1475–1476
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “وبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1226
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “وبر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1371