عير

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ي ر‎ (ʕ-y-r).

Verb

عَيَّرَ • (ʕayyara) II, non-past يُعَيِّرُ‎‎ (yuʕayyiru)

  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, المستنجد بالله (lyrics), ناظم الغزالي (music), “عيرتني بالشيب”:
      ‏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 • (ʕīr) m (collective, singulative عِيرَة‎ f (ʕīra), paucal عِيرَات‎ (ʕīrāt))

  1. (countable) a caravan
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-.

Noun

عَيْر • (ʕayr) m (plural أَعْيَار‎ (ʔaʕyār))

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ي ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَيَّرَ‎ (ʕayyara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaj.jar/, [ˈʕaj.jar]
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Verb

عيّر • (ʕayyar) (form 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)
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