أبار

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء ب ر (ʔ b r)
4 terms

Occupational noun from إِبْرَة (ʔibra, needle).

Noun

أَبَّار • (ʔabbārm (plural أَبَّارُون (ʔabbārūn))

  1. needle-man, who makes or sells needles
  2. one who digs wells
Declension
Declension of noun أَبَّار (ʔabbār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَبَّار
ʔabbār
الْأَبَّار
al-ʔabbār
أَبَّار
ʔabbār
nominative أَبَّارٌ
ʔabbārun
الْأَبَّارُ
al-ʔabbāru
أَبَّارُ
ʔabbāru
accusative أَبَّارًا
ʔabbāran
الْأَبَّارَ
al-ʔabbāra
أَبَّارَ
ʔabbāra
genitive أَبَّارٍ
ʔabbārin
الْأَبَّارِ
al-ʔabbāri
أَبَّارِ
ʔabbāri
dual indefinite definite construct
informal أَبَّارَيْن
ʔabbārayn
الْأَبَّارَيْن
al-ʔabbārayn
أَبَّارَيْ
ʔabbāray
nominative أَبَّارَانِ
ʔabbārāni
الْأَبَّارَانِ
al-ʔabbārāni
أَبَّارَا
ʔabbārā
accusative أَبَّارَيْنِ
ʔabbārayni
الْأَبَّارَيْنِ
al-ʔabbārayni
أَبَّارَيْ
ʔabbāray
genitive أَبَّارَيْنِ
ʔabbārayni
الْأَبَّارَيْنِ
al-ʔabbārayni
أَبَّارَيْ
ʔabbāray
plural sound masculine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal أَبَّارِين
ʔabbārīn
الْأَبَّارِين
al-ʔabbārīn
أَبَّارِي
ʔabbārī
nominative أَبَّارُونَ
ʔabbārūna
الْأَبَّارُونَ
al-ʔabbārūna
أَبَّارُو
ʔabbārū
accusative أَبَّارِينَ
ʔabbārīna
الْأَبَّارِينَ
al-ʔabbārīna
أَبَّارِي
ʔabbārī
genitive أَبَّارِينَ
ʔabbārīna
الْأَبَّارِينَ
al-ʔabbārīna
أَبَّارِي
ʔabbārī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic אֲבָרָא / ܐܰܒܳܪܳܐ (ăḇārā, lead), from Akkadian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠abāru⁠/, lead), from Sumerian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠agar⁠/, lead). Also Hebrew אֲבָר (ʾăḇār, lead), Persian آبار (âbâr, lead), and phonologically somewhat deviating Hebrew עֹפֶרֶת (ʿōp̄ereṯ, lead) and Old Armenian կապար (kapar, lead).

Noun

أَبَار • (ʔabārm (obsolete)

  1. lead, Pb
    Synonyms: رَصَاص (raṣāṣ), رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʔaswad), آنُك (ʔānuk), أُسْرُب (ʔusrub)
Declension
Declension of noun أَبَار (ʔabār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَبَار
ʔabār
الْأَبَار
al-ʔabār
أَبَار
ʔabār
nominative أَبَارٌ
ʔabārun
الْأَبَارُ
al-ʔabāru
أَبَارُ
ʔabāru
accusative أَبَارًا
ʔabāran
الْأَبَارَ
al-ʔabāra
أَبَارَ
ʔabāra
genitive أَبَارٍ
ʔabārin
الْأَبَارِ
al-ʔabāri
أَبَارِ
ʔabāri
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: ապար (apar)
  • Medieval Latin: alabari, alahabar, alhabar

References

  • “agar”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • “abāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964, pages 36–38
  • ˀbr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أبار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 2
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 152
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أبار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[4] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 3
  • Goltz, Dietlinde (1972) Studien zur Geschichte der Mineralnamen in Pharmazie, Chemie und Medizin von den Anfängen bis Paracelsus (Sudhoffs Archiv. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Beiheft 14), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 84
  • Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 18
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, →ISBN, page 76
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 59

Etymology 3

Verb

أبار (form III)

  1. أُبَارِ (ʔubāri) /ʔu.baː.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of بَارَى (bārā)
  2. أُبَارَ (ʔubāra) /ʔu.baː.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of بَارَى (bārā)