ع م ر

ع م ر • (ʕ-m-r)

1. forming words related to the passing of time and the expansion of life

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَمَرَ‎ (ʕamara, “to be accustomed, to construct, to inhabit or frequent a place (with ه‎ (h))”)
  • Verbal noun: عَمْر‎ (ʕamr, “life, religion, veil”)
  • Active participle: عَامِر‎ (ʕāmir, “inhabited, cultivated, flourishing, prosperous”)
  • Passive participle: مَعْمُور‎ (maʕmūr, “the universe, all existing things, a populous place”)
• Form II: عَمَّرَ‎ (ʕammara, “to grant longevity, to aid in attaining longevity, to make prosper”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْمِير‎ (taʕmīr, “a building or the repair thereof”)
  • Active participle: مُعَمِّر‎ (muʕammir, “a colonist, a settler”)
  • Passive participle: مُعَمَّر‎ (muʕammar, “populated, flourishing, built, longlasting”)
• Form IV: أَعْمَرَ‎ (ʔaʕmara, “to find a place habitable or prosperous, to colonize or make habitable (with ه‎ (h))”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْمَار‎ (ʔiʕmār, “the cultivation of a place or the preparation which make it habitable”)
  • Active participle: مُعْمِر‎ (muʕmir)
  • Passive participle: مُعْمَر‎ (muʕmar)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَمَرَ‎ (iʕtamara, “to visit, to frequent a place”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِمَار‎ (iʕtimār, “the performance of the 'umra pilgrimage”)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَمِر‎ (muʕtamir)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَمَر‎ (muʕtamar)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْمَرَ‎ (istaʕmara, “to populate, to colonize”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْمَار‎ (istiʕmār, “cultivation, colonialism, imperialism”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْمِر‎ (mustaʕmir, “colonial, imperialistic”)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْمَر‎ (mustaʕmar, “colonist, settler, invader”)

Nouns and adjectives

• عُمُر‎ (ʕumur, “life, age”)
• عُمْرَة‎ (ʕumra, “a short pilgrimage, a 'umra, a visit”)
• عَمَار‎ (ʕamār, “salutation, friendship”)
• عَمَّار‎ (ʕammār, “builder”)
• عَمَارَة‎ (ʕamāra, “a big tribe, a salutation consisting of waving myrtle leaves, a flowery ornament, a fleet”)
• عِمَارَة‎ (ʕimāra, “a building, a tribe, a population, an estate or a landplot”)
• عَمِير‎ (ʕamīr, “cultivated, inhabited, oft visited”)
• عُمْرَان‎ (ʕumrān, “flourishing, acme, civilization”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ع م ر”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 803
• معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة لأحمد مختار عمر