بربير
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar.biːr/
Etymology 1
Noun
بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m
- obsolete form of بَرْدِيّ (bardiyy, “paper reed (Cyperus papyrus”)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْبِير barbīr |
الْبَرْبِير al-barbīr |
بَرْبِير barbīr |
| nominative | بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun |
الْبَرْبِيرُ al-barbīru |
بَرْبِيرُ barbīru |
| accusative | بَرْبِيرًا barbīran |
الْبَرْبِيرَ al-barbīra |
بَرْبِيرَ barbīra |
| genitive | بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin |
الْبَرْبِيرِ al-barbīri |
بَرْبِيرِ barbīri |
Etymology 2
A modern dialect word, ultimately the same word as فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn), patterned like شَرْشِير (šaršīr) for شَرْشَر (šaršar, “puncture vine, Tribulus spp.”).
Noun
بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m
- common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- Synonyms: رِجْل (rijl), بَقْل (baql)
- Hypernym: فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْبِير barbīr |
الْبَرْبِير al-barbīr |
بَرْبِير barbīr |
| nominative | بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun |
الْبَرْبِيرُ al-barbīru |
بَرْبِيرُ barbīru |
| accusative | بَرْبِيرًا barbīran |
الْبَرْبِيرَ al-barbīra |
بَرْبِيرَ barbīra |
| genitive | بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin |
الْبَرْبِيرِ al-barbīri |
بَرْبِيرِ barbīri |
References
- Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71
- Qaṭar e-Nature – بربير – Portulaca oleracea