Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ب ر (d b r)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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دِبَار (dibārm

  1. verbal noun of دَابَرَ (dābara, to turn the back upon) (form III)
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 2:203:
      «ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُمْ صَلَاةً مَنْ تَقَدَّمَ قَوْمًا وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ وَرَجُلٌ أَتَى الصَّلَاةَ دِبَارًا […] وَرَجُلٌ اِعْتَبَدَ مُحَرَّرَهُ».
      “ṯalāṯatun lā yaqbalu llāhu minhum ṣalātan man taqaddama qawman wahum lahū kārihūna warajulun ʔatā ṣ-ṣalāta dibāran […] warajulun iʕtabada muḥarrarahū”.
      There are three kinds of people of which Allah does not accept the prayer, those who go in front of people whilst the latter hate this, those who lag behind, and those who take as slaves their freedmen.
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Etymology 2

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Root
د ب ر (d b r)
9 terms

The name of some god and then planet connected to the ideas of managing, arranging, trading within the root, as is also the Roman Mercury giving rise to Latin diēs Mercuriī.

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Proper noun

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دُبَار (dubārm

  1. (obsolete) Wednesday, the fourth day of the week
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܒܪܐ (dḇārā, way of driving; plowing; plowland), from ܕܒܪ (dḇar, to drive; to plough).

Noun

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دِبَار (dibārm (collective, singulative دِبَارَة f (dibāra) or دِبْرَة (dibra) or دَبْرَة (dabra))

  1. (obsolete) plowland, a seedbed measure, a part of ground separated from others by ridges of earth thus retaining water for irrigation
    • a. 728, by جَرِير (jarīr)
      قَطْعُ الدِبَارِ وَأَبْرُ النَخْلِ عَادَتُهُم / قِدْمًا فَمَا جَاوَزَت هٰذَا مَسَاعِيهَا
      qaṭʕu d-dibāri waʔabru n-naḵli ʕādatuhum / qidman famā jāwazat hāḏā masāʕīhā
      The snithing the plowland and the seeding the palms goes according to their customs from yore, and it did not go beyond its efforts.
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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دِبَار (dibārpl

  1. plural of دِبْر (dibr, swarm, drove)

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