مطر

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Arabic

Root
م ط ر (m ṭ r)
7 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

مَطَرَ (maṭara) I (non-past يَمْطُرُ (yamṭuru), verbal noun مَطْر (maṭr) or مَطَر (maṭar))

  1. to rain (to have rain fall from the sky)
    السَّمَاءُ مَطَرَتْ بِغِزَارَةِ الْيَوْمِ.
    as-samāʔu maṭarat biḡizārati l-yawmi.
    The sky rained heavily today.
  2. to rain, to shower with rain
  3. to pour out, to shower, to douse
  4. to render, to do (e.g., a favor)
  5. to run swiftly (of a horse), to speed away
Conjugation

Noun

مَطْر (maṭrm

  1. verbal noun of مَطَرَ (maṭara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.2

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מָטָר (māṭā́r, rain), Classical Syriac ܡܛܪܐ (maṭar, rain) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎉𐎗 (mṭr). Compare also Akkadian 𒈪𒋫𒅈𒌑 (miṭarū, fields irrigated by rainwater) attested only in Ras Shamra, most likely borrowed from West Semitic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.tˤar/
  • máṭar:(file)

Noun

مَطَر (maṭarm (plural أَمْطَار (ʔamṭār))

  1. verbal noun of مَطَرَ (maṭara) (form I)
  2. rain
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Adjective

مَطِر (maṭir) (feminine مَطِرَة (maṭira))

  1. rainy
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

مَطَر (maṭarm (plural أَمْطَار (ʔamṭār))

  1. Alternative form of مَطَرَة (maṭara, waterskin)
Declension

References

  • Brown, John Pairman (2000) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 276), volume II, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 71
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مطر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 599–600
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مطر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مطر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1122
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مطر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1018
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1072

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Arabic مَطَر (maṭar).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُطَر (muṭarm (plural اَمْطار (amṭār))

  1. rain

Proper noun

مُطَر (muṭar)

  1. A Kuwaiti family name; Mutar; Matar

Verb

مَطَّر (maṭṭar)

  1. to rain

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَطَر (maṭar, rain).

Noun

مطر (matar) (plural امطار (amtar))

  1. rain, condensed water falling from a cloud
    Synonyms: باران (baran), یاغمور (yağmur)

Descendants

  • Turkish: matar

Further reading