عكار

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Arabic

Root
ع ك ر (ʕ k r)
5 terms

Noun

عَكَّار (ʕakkārm (plural عَكَّارُون (ʕakkārūn)) (Classical Arabic)

  1. persistent in attack, prone to backlash
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 15:171:
      فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ الفَرَّارُونَ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لَا بَل أَنْتُمُ العَكَّارُونَ
      faqulnā naḥnu l-farrārūna faʔaqbala ʔilaynā faqāla lā bal ʔantumu l-ʕakkārūna
      And we said: "We have run away!", and He approached us and said: "No, but you are the ones who return to fight."

Declension

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From older أَكَّار (ʔakkār, farmer) borrowed from Aramaic. May be conflated with Arabic root ع ك ر (ʕ k r), related to dregs, settlings.

Noun

عكّار (ʿakkārm (plural عكّارين (ʿakkārīn) or عكّارة (ʿakkāra))

  1. peasant, farmer
    ذا الحين ما تحصل عكارين واجدين لانهم يشتغلون في التجارة
    ḏalḥīn ma tḥaṣṣil ʿakkārīn wāydīn linhim yištaḡlūn fi-t-tijāra
    Now you won't find many peasants because they all deal in trade.