Arabic edit

Root
ب ت ر (b-t-r)

Verb edit

بَتَرَ (batara) I, non-past يَبْتُرُ‎ (yabturu)

  1. to cut off, to amputate, to mutilate

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

بَتْر (batrm

  1. verbal noun of بَتَرَ (batara) (form I)
    • 2017 December 15, “صور – 4 شهداء في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة”, in Al-Quds[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2017:
      ويعاني أبو ثريا من بتر في القدمين إثر قصف إسرائيلي عام 2008، إلا أنّ ذلك لم يمنعه من المشاركة في المواجهات على الحدود.
      Abu Thuriya suffers a mutilation of the feet following an Israeli bombardment in the year 2008, but this has not held him off in taking his part in action at the borders.

Declension edit

Mazanderani edit

Adjective edit

بتر (better)

  1. better

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian بدتر (bad-tar).

Adjective edit

بتر (beter)

  1. worse

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: beter

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب ت ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَتَرَ (batara).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.tar/, [ˈba.tar]
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Verb edit

بتر (batar) I (present ببتر (bobtor))

  1. to cut off, to amputate, to mutilate

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of بتر (batar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بترت (batart) بترت (batart) بتر (batar) بترنا (batarna) بترتو (batartu) بترو (bataru)
f بترتي (batarti) بترت (batrat)
present m ببتر (babtor) بتبتر (btobtor) ببتر (bobtor) منبتر (mnobtor) بتبترو (btobtoru) ببترو (bobtoru)
f بتبتري (btobtori) بتبتر (btobtor)
subjunctive m أبتر (ʔabtor) تبتر (tobtor) يبتر (yobtor) نبتر (nobtor) تبترو (tobtoru) يبترو (yobtoru)
f تبتري (tobtori) تبتر (tobtor)
imperative m ابتر (obtor) ابترو (obtoru)
f ابتري (obtori)