See also: سعرand ش ع ر

ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the root ش ع ر(š-ʕ-r).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

شَعَرَ (šaʕara) I, non-past يَشْعُرُ‎‎ (yašʕuru)

  1. to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:11-12:
      وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ۝ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ‎‎
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to realize, to notice, to come to know
  3. to perceive, to feel, to sense
  4. to be conscious, to be aware
ConjugationEdit

VerbEdit

شَعَرَ (šaʕara) I, non-past يَشْعُرُ‎‎ (yašʕuru)

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ConjugationEdit

VerbEdit

شَعُرَ (šaʕura) I, non-past يَشْعُرُ‎‎ (yašʕuru)

  1. to become a poet
    خَالَطَ الشُّعَرَاءَ فَشَعُرَ
    ḵālaṭa š-šuʕarāʔa fašaʕura
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
ConjugationEdit

VerbEdit

شَعِرَ (šaʕira) I, non-past يَشْعَرُ‎‎ (yašʕaru)

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ConjugationEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Semitic *śaʿr- (hair).

Cognate with Hebrew שיער(se'ár).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʕar/
  • (file)

NounEdit

شَعْر or شَعَر (šaʕr or šaʕarm (plural أَشْعَار(ʔašʕār) or شُعُور(šuʕūr))

  1. hair
  2. bristles
  3. fur, pelt
  4. cracks, hairline cracks (in a vase)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Gulf Arabic: شعر(šaʕar)
  • Maltese: xagħar
  • Moroccan Arabic: شعر(šʕar), شعرة(šaʿra)

Etymology 3Edit

From the root ش ع ر(š-ʕ-r).

Compare Hebrew שיר(shir) and Hebrew שירה(shirá).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

شِعْر (šiʕrm (plural أَشْعَار(ʔašʕār))

  1. knowing, knowledge
    لَيْتَ شِعْرِي‎‎ ― layta šiʕrīI wish I knew
  2. noticing, perception, sensation
  3. poetry, poem, verses
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

شُعُر (šuʕurm pl

  1. plural of شِعَار(šiʕār)

ReferencesEdit

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “شعر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 426–427
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “شعر”, 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 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1236–1238
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شعر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 544
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “شعر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Arabic شَعْر(šaʕr).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

شعر (šʕarm (collective, singulative شعرة‎ f (šaʕra), plural شعور(šʕūr) or شعورات(šʕūrāt))

  1. hair
  2. bristles
  3. fur
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Arabic شِعْر(šiʕr).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

شعر (šiʕrm (plural أشعار(ʔašʕār))

  1. poetry

PersianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic شِعْر(šiʕr).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

Dari شعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шеър (šeʾr)

شعر (še'r) (plural شعرها(še'r-hâ) or اشعار(aš'âr))

  1. poem
  2. poetry

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South Levantine ArabicEdit

Root
ش ع ر

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic شَعْر(šaʕr).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʕr/, [ˈʃa.ʕ(ɪ)r]
  • (file)

NounEdit

شعر (šaʕrm

  1. hair

UrduEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Arabic شِعْر(šiʕr).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

شعر (śerm (plural اشعار, Hindi spelling शेर)

  1. couplet (of Urdu poetry)

DeclensionEdit

(Colloquial)

Declension of شعر
singular plural
direct شعر(śer) شعر(śer)
oblique شعر(śer) شعروں(śerō̃)
vocative شعر(śer) شعرو(śerō)

(Standard)

Declension of شعر
singular plural
direct شعر(śer) اشعار(aśār)
oblique شعر(śer) اشعار(aśār)
vocative شعر(śer) اشعار(aśār)