إمر

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See also: امر, آمر, and أمر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic אִימְּרָא / אִמְּרָא (ʾimmərā) / ܐܶܡܪܳܐ (ʾemmərā, “lamb”), absolute state אִימַּר / אִמַּר (ʾimmar) / ܐܶܡܱܪ (ʾemmar), from Akkadian 𒇻 (immerum, “sheep”). Note also an Aramaic diminutive having been borrowed as Arabic عَمْرُوسَة (ʕamrūsa, “small lamb”), and the transferred semantics being mirrored in Old Armenian յիմար (yimar, “foolish”).

Noun

إِمَّر • (ʔimmar) m (obsolete)

  1. lamb
Declension
Declension of noun إِمَّر (ʔimmar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar 		إِمَّر
ʔimmar
Nominative إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru 		إِمَّرُ
ʔimmaru
Accusative إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara 		إِمَّرَ
ʔimmara
Genitive إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari 		إِمَّرِ
ʔimmari

Adjective

إِمَّر • (ʔimmar) (obsolete)

  1. simple-minded, stupid
    Synonyms: إِمَّع (ʔimmaʕ), إِمَّعَة (ʔimmaʕa)
Declension
Declension of adjective إِمَّر (ʔimmar)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar 		إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar
Nominative إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru 		إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru
Accusative إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara 		إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara
Genitive إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari 		إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar 		إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar
Nominative إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru 		إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru
Accusative إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara 		إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara
Genitive إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari 		إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural triptote basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar 		إِمَّر
ʔimmar 		الْإِمَّر
al-ʔimmar
Nominative إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru 		إِمَّرٌ
ʔimmarun 		الْإِمَّرُ
al-ʔimmaru
Accusative إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara 		إِمَّرًا
ʔimmaran 		الْإِمَّرَ
al-ʔimmara
Genitive إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari 		إِمَّرٍ
ʔimmarin 		الْإِمَّرِ
al-ʔimmari
Alternative forms

References

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  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 255–263, survey that the word survives in no dialect, shewing its peripheral origin.
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “إمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 58b
  • Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎ (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 237, declares it Aramaic due to the form and supposed lacking of the word in old sources.
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) “*ˀimmar-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7–9, Nr. 5, reconstruct with little extra-Semitic cognates Proto-Afroasiatic, themselves noting that Phoenician 𐤀𐤌𐤓 (ʾmr) occurs but in a text “showing a number of features often regarded as Aramaic”, and that Ugaritic 𐎛𐎎𐎗 (ỉmr) is “poetic”. Hebrew אׅמַּר (ʾimmar) or אׅמֵּר (ʾimmēr) referenced on a dozen of places in Koehler-Baumgartner with left-open vocalization may or may not occur, having a lot of homonyms, but the tendency of transmission to corrupt any occurrence would be evidence that it is another “poetic” word unknown to the Biblical Hebrew vernacular, i.e. an educated Aramaic borrowing into Hebrew. Lastly, the loan permeation may be illustrated by Basque umerri (“lamb”).
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1879) “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎ (in German), pages 1261–1262, declares it native due to a place-name إِمَّرَة (ʔimmara) and the occurrence in Imruʾ al-Qays (of whose poems lots of forgeries exist).
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 83
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 50

Etymology 2

Root
ء م ر (ʔ-m-r)

Adjective

إِمْر • (ʔimr)

  1. afflictive, grave, abominable
    Synonyms: نُكْر (nukr), إِدّ (ʔidd)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:71:
      لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا
      la-qad jiʔta šayʔan ʔimran
      You have done a grave thing!
Declension
Declension of adjective إِمْر (ʔimr)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr 		إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr
Nominative إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru 		إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru
Accusative إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra 		إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra
Genitive إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri 		إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr 		إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr
Nominative إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru 		إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru
Accusative إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra 		إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra
Genitive إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri 		إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural triptote basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr 		إِمْر
ʔimr 		الْإِمْر
al-ʔimr
Nominative إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru 		إِمْرٌ
ʔimrun 		الْإِمْرُ
al-ʔimru
Accusative إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra 		إِمْرًا
ʔimran 		الْإِمْرَ
al-ʔimra
Genitive إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri 		إِمْرٍ
ʔimrin 		الْإِمْرِ
al-ʔimri
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