عفر

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Arabic

Root
ع ف ر (ʕ f r)
5 terms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

عَفَر (ʕafarm (plural أَعْفَار (ʔaʕfār))

  1. dust, grime, ash
Declension

Verb

عَفَرَ (ʕafara) I (non-past يَعْفِرُ (yaʕfiru), verbal noun عَفْر (ʕafr))

  1. to cover with dust, to soot, to wallow in dust
Conjugation

Verb

عَفَّرَ (ʕaffara) II (non-past يُعَفِّرُ (yuʕaffiru), verbal noun تَعْفِير (taʕfīr))

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

Noun

عَفْر (ʕafrm

  1. verbal noun of عَفَرَ (ʕafara)
Declension

Noun

عِفْر (ʕifrm

  1. youngs of a sow, farrow
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

عَفَر (ʕafarm

  1. alternative form of عَفَار (ʕafār, Afar)
Declension