عبر

See also: غبر‎ and غ ب ر‎

Arabic

Root
ع ب ر‎ (ʕ-b-r)

Etymology 1

From the root ع ب ر‎ (ʕ-b-r). Compare Hebrew עָבַר‎ (ʿāḇar, “to cross”), Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩨𐩧‎ (ʿbr, “to transgress”), Akkadian 𒁄 (ebēru, “to cross”).

Verb

عَبَرَ • (ʕabara) I, non-past يَعْبُرُ‎‎ (yaʕburu)

  1. to cross, to traverse
  2. to ford
  3. to swim (something)
  4. to pass over
Conjugation

Verb

عَبَرَ • (ʕabara) I, non-past يَعْبُرُ‎‎ (yaʕburu)

  1. (transitive) to interpret
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:43:
      ‏يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّؤْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ‎‎
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation

Noun

عَبْر • (ʕabr) m

  1. verbal noun of عَبَرَ (ʕabara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Adverbial accusative of عَبْر‎ (ʕabr, “crossing”). Compare Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩨𐩧‎ (ʿbr, “towards”).

Preposition

عَبْرَ • (ʕabra)

  1. across
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form عَبْرَ (ʕabra)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person عَبْرِي‎ (ʕabrī) عَبْرَنَا‎ (ʕabranā)
Second person عَبْرَكَ‎ (ʕabraka) عَبْرَكِ‎ (ʕabraki) عَبْرَكُمَا‎ (ʕabrakumā) عَبْرَكُمْ‎ (ʕabrakum) عَبْرَكُنَّ‎ (ʕabrakunna)
Third person عَبْرَهُ‎ (ʕabrahu) عَبْرَهَا‎ (ʕabrahā) عَبْرَهُمَا‎ (ʕabrahumā) عَبْرَهُمْ‎ (ʕabrahum) عَبْرَهُنَّ‎ (ʕabrahunna)

Etymology 4

From the root ع ب ر‎ (ʕ-b-r) and in the meanings of explaining, interpreting, expressing a semantic loan from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wtltn' /widārdan/, “to cause to pass”) = Classical Persian گذاردن‎ (guḏārdan, “to cause to pass; to clean, to purge; to put, to place”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wcʾltn' /wizārdan/, “to separate; to explain, to interpret, to express”) = گزاردن‎ (gozârdan, “to cause to pass; to draw the outline of a picture; to express”).

Verb

عَبَّرَ • (ʕabbara) II, non-past يُعَبِّرُ‎‎ (yuʕabbiru)

  1. (ditransitive) to get across
    1. (obsolete, literally) to make cross, to cause to pass over, to convey across [+ بِ‎ (object) = over what]
    2. (transferred) to express, to put into terms [+ عَنْ‎ (object)]
  2. (transitive) to interpret
Conjugation

References

  • “ebēru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 4, E, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1958, page 10
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1898), “Zum sporadischen Lautwandel in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), volume 3, pages 69–70

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ب ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَبَّرَ‎ (ʕabbara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕab.bar/, [ˈʕab.bar]
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Verb

عبّر • (ʕabbar) (form II, present بعبّر‎ (biʕabber))

  1. to express
  2. to consider, to care about

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عبّر (ʕabbar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عبّرت (ʕabbart) عبّرت (ʕabbart) عبّر (ʕabbar) عبّرنا (ʕabbarna) عبّرتو (ʕabbartu) عبّرو (ʕabbaru)
f عبّرتي (ʕabbarti) عبّرت (ʕabbarat)
present m بعبّر (baʕabber) بتعبّر (bitʕabber) بعبّر (biʕabber) منعبّر (minʕabber) بتعبّرو (bitʕabbru) بعبّرو (biʕabbru)
f بتعبّري (bitʕabbri) بتعبّر (bitʕabber)
subjunctive m اعبّر (aʕabber) تعبّر (tʕabber) يعبّر (yʕabber) نعبّر (nʕabber) تعبّرو (tʕabbru) يعبّرو (yʕabbru)
f تعبّري (tʕabbri) تعبّر (tʕabber)
imperative m عبّر (ʕabber) عبّرو (ʕabbru)
f عبّري (ʕabbri)
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