عير

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ي ر (ʕ y r)
7 terms

Verb

عَيَّرَ (ʕayyara) II (non-past يُعَيِّرُ (yuʕayyiru), verbal noun تَعْيِير (taʕyīr))

  1. (transitive + بِ (bi, for), ditransitive) to denounce (someone) as dishonorable or shameful for (something), to shame; to defame; to besmirch; to stigmatize
    • (Can we date this quote?), أبو المُثَلِّم الهُذَليّ, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      أَعَيَّرْتَنِي قُرَّ الحَلَاءَةِ شَاتِيًا / وَأَنْتَ بِأَرْضٍ قُرُّهَا غَيْرُ مُنْجِمِ
      ʔaʕayyartanī qurra l-ḥalāʔati šātiyan / waʔanta biʔarḍin qurruhā ḡayru munjimi
      Shaming me, you say that I am wintering in woodlands / while you yourself are in a land with an unceasing chill!
    • 1950s, “عيرتني بالشيب”, المستنجد بالله (lyrics), ناظم الغزالي (music):
      عَيَّرَتْنِي بِٱلشَّيْبِ وَهُوَ وَقَارُ / لَيْتَهَا عَيَّرَتْ بِمَا هُوَ عَارُ
      ʕayyaratnī bi-š-šaybi wahuwa waqāru / laytahā ʕayyarat bimā huwa ʕāru
      She shamed me for my age, yet eld is reverence. / Would I be shamed for what is truly shameable!
  2. (transitive, rare, obsolete) to measure according to a set standard
    Synonyms: عَايَرَ (ʕāyara), قَاسَ (qāsa)
Conjugation

Noun

عِير (ʕīrm (collective, singulative عِيرَة f (ʕīra), paucal عِيرَات (ʕīrāt))

  1. (countable) a caravan
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-.

Noun

عَيْر (ʕayrm (plural أَعْيَار (ʔaʕyār))

  1. (countable) a donkey; a wild ass; an onager
Declension

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic عير (wild ass) ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʕeːɾ/

Noun

عَێرْ (ʿērm

  1. (vulgar) dick

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ي ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَيَّرَ (ʕayyara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaj.jar/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عيّر (ʕayyar) II (present بعيّر (biʕayyer))

  1. to shame, to disgrace, to humiliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عيّر (ʕayyar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عيّرت (ʕayyart) عيّرت (ʕayyart) عيّر (ʕayyar) عيّرنا (ʕayyarna) عيّرتو (ʕayyartu) عيّرو (ʕayyaru)
f عيّرتي (ʕayyarti) عيّرت (ʕayyarat)
present m بعيّر (baʕayyer) بتعيّر (bitʕayyer) بعيّر (biʕayyer) منعيّر (minʕayyer) بتعيّرو (bitʕayyru) بعيّرو (biʕayyru)
f بتعيّري (bitʕayyri) بتعيّر (bitʕayyer)
subjunctive m اعيّر (aʕayyer) تعيّر (tʕayyer) يعيّر (yʕayyer) نعيّر (nʕayyer) تعيّرو (tʕayyru) يعيّرو (yʕayyru)
f تعيّري (tʕayyri) تعيّر (tʕayyer)
imperative m عيّر (ʕayyer) عيّرو (ʕayyru)
f عيّري (ʕayyri)