عكروت

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Arabic

Etymology

Probably individualizing from عَكَارَة (ʕakāra, “dregs, settlings”) in a figurative sense of “what has settled on the bottom of society”, as in Armenian տականք (takankʻ), German Hefe, English riffraff, Russian подонок (podonok) etc., both a frequent Egyptian Arabic word.

Noun

عَكْرُوت • (ʕakrūt) m (plural عَكَارِيت (ʕakārīt)) (regional, derogatory)

  1. (Lebanon) pimp, philanderer
    Synonyms: قَوَّاد (qawwād), عَرْص (ʕarṣ)
  2. scoundrel, swindler, outcast

Declension

Declension of noun عَكْرُوت (ʕakrūt)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَكْرُوت
ʕakrūt 		الْعَكْرُوت
al-ʕakrūt 		عَكْرُوت
ʕakrūt
Nominative عَكْرُوتٌ
ʕakrūtun 		الْعَكْرُوتُ
al-ʕakrūtu 		عَكْرُوتُ
ʕakrūtu
Accusative عَكْرُوتًا
ʕakrūtan 		الْعَكْرُوتَ
al-ʕakrūta 		عَكْرُوتَ
ʕakrūta
Genitive عَكْرُوتٍ
ʕakrūtin 		الْعَكْرُوتِ
al-ʕakrūti 		عَكْرُوتِ
ʕakrūti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَكْرُوتَيْن
ʕakrūtayn 		الْعَكْرُوتَيْن
al-ʕakrūtayn 		عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
Nominative عَكْرُوتَانِ
ʕakrūtāni 		الْعَكْرُوتَانِ
al-ʕakrūtāni 		عَكْرُوتَا
ʕakrūtā
Accusative عَكْرُوتَيْنِ
ʕakrūtayni 		الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ
al-ʕakrūtayni 		عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
Genitive عَكْرُوتَيْنِ
ʕakrūtayni 		الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ
al-ʕakrūtayni 		عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَكَارِيت
ʕakārīt 		الْعَكَارِيت
al-ʕakārīt 		عَكَارِيت
ʕakārīt
Nominative عَكَارِيتُ
ʕakārītu 		الْعَكَارِيتُ
al-ʕakārītu 		عَكَارِيتُ
ʕakārītu
Accusative عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta 		الْعَكَارِيتَ
al-ʕakārīta 		عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta
Genitive عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta 		الْعَكَارِيتِ
al-ʕakārīti 		عَكَارِيتِ
ʕakārīti

Descendants

  • → Turkish: akrut (“crafty”) (Paphos, Cyprus)

References

  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey‎, London: Bickers & Son, page 150
  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey‎, London: Bickers & Son, page 211
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