Arabic edit

Root
ع ف ر (ʕ-f-r)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (dust, soil). Cognate with Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum) and Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿɔp̄ɔr).

Noun edit

عَفَر (ʕafarm (plural أَعْفَار (ʔaʕfār))

  1. dust, grime, ash
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Verb edit

عَفَرَ (ʕafara) I, non-past يَعْفِرُ‎ (yaʕfiru)

  1. to cover with dust, to soot, to wallow in dust
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Verb edit

عَفَّرَ (ʕaffara) II, non-past يُعَفِّرُ‎ (yuʕaffiru)

  1. synonym of عَفَرَ (ʕafara)
  2. to make ash-gray
  3. to pick together, to glean
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

عَفْر (ʕafrm

  1. verbal noun of عَفَرَ (ʕafara)
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عِفْر (ʕifrm

  1. youngs of a sow, farrow
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

عَفَر (ʕafarm

  1. alternative form of عَفَار (ʕafār, Afar)
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