دبر

See also: دتر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root د ب ر‎ (d-b-r); compare دُبْر‎ (dubr, “back”).

Verb

دَبَرَ • (dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎‎ (yadburu)

  1. to be hindmost, to come behind, to follow
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Verb

دَبَرَ • (dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎‎ (yadburu)

  1. to turn the back
  2. to elapse, to pass (of time)
  3. to grow old, to age
  4. to veer to the west
  5. to be turned backwards
  6. to commemorate a deed or saying after one's death
  7. to fall behind the aim
  8. to take away
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Verb

دَبَرَ • (dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎‎ (yadburu)

  1. to write
  2. to compose
  3. to die
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Etymology 2

Perhaps cognate with Hebrew דִּבֵּר‎ (“to speak”).

Verb

دَبَّرَ • (dabbara) II, non-past يُدَبِّرُ‎‎ (yudabbiru)

  1. to arrange, to dispose, to plan, to prepare, to organize
  2. to set free
  3. to hatch (a plot), to contrive
  4. to direct, to manage, to regulate
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Noun

دَبْر • (dabr) m

  1. verbal noun of دَبَرَ (dabara) (form I)
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Etymology 4

Noun

دُبْر or دُبُر • (dubr or dubur) m (plural أَدْبَار‎ (ʾadbār))

  1. back, back side, reverse
  2. buttocks
  3. rear part
  4. end, tail
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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