Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), which was derived from Arabic جَبَرَ (jabara, to set a broken bone, to force, to compel). This verb shares common origins with Aramaic גבר, derived from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-, related to Proto-West Semitic *gabbār-, from a root originally meaning "to be strong, to be superior".[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dʒe.biɾ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

cebir (definite accusative cebri, plural cebirler)

  1. (archaic) force, compulsion
  2. (mathematics) algebra

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative cebir
Definite accusative cebri
Singular Plural
Nominative cebir cebirler
Definite accusative cebri cebirleri
Dative cebre cebirlere
Locative cebirde cebirlerde
Ablative cebirden cebirlerden
Genitive cebrin cebirlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrim cebirlerim
2nd singular cebrin cebirlerin
3rd singular cebri cebirleri
1st plural cebrimiz cebirlerimiz
2nd plural cebriniz cebirleriniz
3rd plural cebirleri cebirleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrimi cebirlerimi
2nd singular cebrini cebirlerini
3rd singular cebrini cebirlerini
1st plural cebrimizi cebirlerimizi
2nd plural cebrinizi cebirlerinizi
3rd plural cebirlerini cebirlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrime cebirlerime
2nd singular cebrine cebirlerine
3rd singular cebrine cebirlerine
1st plural cebrimize cebirlerimize
2nd plural cebrinize cebirlerinize
3rd plural cebirlerine cebirlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrimde cebirlerimde
2nd singular cebrinde cebirlerinde
3rd singular cebrinde cebirlerinde
1st plural cebrimizde cebirlerimizde
2nd plural cebrinizde cebirlerinizde
3rd plural cebirlerinde cebirlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrimden cebirlerimden
2nd singular cebrinden cebirlerinden
3rd singular cebrinden cebirlerinden
1st plural cebrimizden cebirlerimizden
2nd plural cebrinizden cebirlerinizden
3rd plural cebirlerinden cebirlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular cebrimin cebirlerimin
2nd singular cebrinin cebirlerinin
3rd singular cebrinin cebirlerinin
1st plural cebrimizin cebirlerimizin
2nd plural cebrinizin cebirlerinizin
3rd plural cebirlerinin cebirlerinin

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cebir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

  • cebir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu