عقر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ق ر (ʕ q r)
3 terms

Cognate to Hebrew עקר (ʕ-q-r, “to pluck”, “to hamstring”).

Verb

عَقَرَ (ʕaqara) I (non-past يَعْقِرُ (yaʕqiru), verbal noun عَقْر (ʕaqr))

  1. to hamstring
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: għaqar

Verb

عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) I (non-past يَعْقُرُ (yaʕquru), verbal noun عَقَارَة (ʕaqāra) or عَقْر (ʕaqr) or عُقْر (ʕuqr))

  1. to be infertile
Conjugation

Noun

عَقْر (ʕaqrm

  1. verbal noun of عَقَرَ (ʕaqara) (form I)
Declension

Noun

عَقْر or عُقْر (ʕaqr or ʕuqrm

  1. verbal noun of عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) (form I)
    1. sterility, barrenness
Declension

Etymology 2

From Aramaic אַקְרָא / חַקְרָא / עַקְרָא (ʿaqrā, ḥaqrā, ʾaqrā), from Ancient Greek ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, farthest point, heart, end, extremity).

Noun

عَقْر (ʕaqrm

  1. the midst of the house
Declension

References

  • ˀqrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥqr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 233–234
  • الأعشى (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 115
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “عقر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2109
  • Vollers, Karl (1891) “Ueber die lautliche Steigerung bei Lehnwörtern im Arabischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 45, pages 352–353