تكبر

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Arabic

Root
ك ب ر (k b r)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

تَكَبَّرَ (takabbara) V (non-past يَتَكَبَّرُ (yatakabbaru), verbal noun تَكَبُّر (takabbur))

  1. to be arrogant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:13:
      قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّاغِرِينَ
      qāla fahbiṭ minhā famā yakūnu laka ʔan tatakabbara fīhā faḵruj ʔinnaka mina ṣ-ṣāḡirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَكَبَّرَ (takabbara).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَكَبُّر (takabburm

  1. verbal noun of تَكَبَّرَ (takabbara) (form V):
    Antonym: تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ)
  2. arrogance, pride, vanity, hauteur, haughtiness
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

Verb

تكبر (form I)

  1. تَكْبُرُ (takburu) /tak.bu.ru/: inflection of كَبُرَ (kabura) and كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تَكْبُرَ (takbura) /tak.bu.ra/: inflection of كَبُرَ (kabura) and كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  3. تَكْبُرْ (takbur) /tak.bur/: inflection of كَبُرَ (kabura) and كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  4. تُكْبَرُ (tukbaru) /tuk.ba.ru/: inflection of كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  5. تُكْبَرَ (tukbara) /tuk.ba.ra/: inflection of كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  6. تُكْبَرْ (tukbar) /tuk.bar/: inflection of كَبَرَ (kabara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 4

Verb

تكبر (form II)

  1. تُكَبِّرُ (tukabbiru) /tu.kab.bi.ru/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُكَبَّرُ (tukabbaru) /tu.kab.ba.ru/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تُكَبِّرَ (tukabbira) /tu.kab.bi.ra/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  4. تُكَبَّرَ (tukabbara) /tu.kab.ba.ra/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  5. تُكَبِّرْ (tukabbir) /tu.kab.bir/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُكَبَّرْ (tukabbar) /tu.kab.bar/: inflection of كَبَّرَ (kabbara):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

تكبر (tekebbür)

  1. arrogance

Derived terms

Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ب ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَكَبَّرَ (takabbara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tkab.bar/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

تكبّر (tkabbar) V (present بتكبّر (bitkabbar))

  1. to be arrogant, to boast

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تكبّر (tkabbar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تكبّرت (tkabbart) تكبّرت (tkabbart) تكبّر (tkabbar) تكبّرنا (tkabbarna) تكبّرتو (tkabbartu) تكبّرو (tkabbaru)
f تكبّرتي (tkabbarti) تكبّرت (tkabbarat)
present m بتكبّر (batkabbar) بتتكبّر (btitkabbar) بتكبّر (bitkabbar) منتكبّر (mnitkabbar) بتتكبّرو (btitkabbaru) بتكبّرو (bitkabbaru)
f بتتكبّري (btitkabbari) بتتكبّر (btitkabbar)
subjunctive m اتكبّر (atkabbar) تتكبّر (titkabbar) يتكبّر (yitkabbar) نتكبّر (nitkabbar) تتكبّرو (titkabbaru) يتكبّرو (yitkabbaru)
f تتكبّري (titkabbari) تتكبّر (titkabbar)
imperative m تكبّر (tkabbar) تكبّرو (tkabbaru)
f تكبّري (tkabbari)