تبرأ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ر ء‎ (b-r-ʾ).

Verb

تَبَرَّأَ • (tabarraʾa) V, non-past يَتَبَرَّأُ‎‎ (yatabarraʾu)

  1. to declare oneself innocent (+مِنْ‎ (min))
  2. to disown, to renounce, to disavow (+مِنْ‎ (min))
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:167:
      ‏وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا مِنَّا‎
      waqāla allaḏīna ttabaʿū law ʾanna lanā karratan fanatabarraʾa minhum kamā tabarraʾū minnā
      And those who were but followers will say: If a return were possible for us, we would disown them even as they have disowned us.

Conjugation

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