See also: دتر and ذبر

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
د ب ر (d-b-r)

From Proto-Afroasiatic *dâb-. Compare دُبْر (dubr, back), perhaps cognate with Hebrew דִּבֵּר (to speak).

Verb edit

دَبَرَ (dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎ (yadburu)

  1. to be hindmost, to come behind, to follow

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دَبَرَ (dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎ (yadburu)

  1. to turn the back
  2. to elapse, to pass (of time)
  3. to grow old, to age
  4. to veer to the west
  5. to be turned backwards
  6. to fall behind the aim
  7. to take away

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

دَبِرَ (dabira) I, non-past يَدْبَرُ‎ (yadbaru)

  1. to have galls in the back, to have sores in the back

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Verb edit

دَبَّرَ (dabbara) II, non-past يُدَبِّرُ‎ (yudabbiru)

  1. to arrange, to dispose, to plan, to prepare, to organize, to hatch, to contrive, to devise, to forecast
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 32:5:
      يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
      yudabbiru al-ʔamra mina s-samāʔi ʔilā l-ʔarḍi ṯumma yaʕruju ʔilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhu ʔalfa sanatin mmimmā taʕuddūna
      He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.
  2. to set free
  3. to direct, to manage, to regulate

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

دَبْر (dabrm

  1. verbal noun of دَبَرَ (dabara) (form I)

Declension edit

Noun edit

دَبَر (dabarm

  1. verbal noun of دَبِرَ (dabira) (form I)

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Noun edit

دُبْر or دُبُر (dubr or duburm (plural أَدْبَار (ʔadbār))

  1. back, back side, reverse
  2. buttocks
  3. anus
  4. rear part
  5. end, tail

Declension edit

Noun edit

دِبْر (dibrm (plural دُبُور (dubūr) or دِبَار (dibār))

  1. swarm, flock, drove
  2. great wealth, much property

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Adjective edit

دَبِر (dabir)

  1. having galls in the back

Declension edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
د ب ر
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَبَّرَ (dabbara).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dab.bar/, [ˈdab.bar]
  • (file)

Verb edit

دبّر (dabbar) II (present بدبّر (bidabber))

  1. to manage, to arrange, to sort out, to get (something) done
    Synonym: لحق (liḥiʔ)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of دبّر (dabbar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دبّرت (dabbart) دبّرت (dabbart) دبّر (dabbar) دبّرنا (dabbarna) دبّرتو (dabbartu) دبّرو (dabbaru)
f دبّرتي (dabbarti) دبّرت (dabbarat)
present m بدبّر (badabber) بتدبّر (bitdabber) بدبّر (bidabber) مندبّر (mindabber) بتدبّرو (bitdabbru) بدبّرو (bidabbru)
f بتدبّري (bitdabbri) بتدبّر (bitdabber)
subjunctive m ادبّر (adabber) تدبّر (tdabber) يدبّر (ydabber) ندبّر (ndabber) تدبّرو (tdabbru) يدبّرو (ydabbru)
f تدبّري (tdabbri) تدبّر (tdabber)
imperative m دبّر (dabber) دبّرو (dabbru)
f دبّري (dabbri)