عكروت

Arabic

Etymology

Probably individualizing from عَكَارَة (ʕakāra, dregs, settlings) in a figurative sense of “what has settled on the bottom of society”, as in Armenian տականք (takankʻ), German Hefe, English riffraff, Russian подонок (podonok) etc., both a frequent Egyptian Arabic word.

Noun

عَكْرُوت • (ʕakrūtm (plural عَكَارِيت (ʕakārīt)) (regional, derogatory)

  1. (Lebanon) pimp, philanderer
    Synonyms: قَوَّاد (qawwād), عَرْص (ʕarṣ)
  2. scoundrel, swindler, outcast

Declension

Declension of noun عَكْرُوت (ʕakrūt)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عَكْرُوت
ʕakrūt
الْعَكْرُوت
al-ʕakrūt
عَكْرُوت
ʕakrūt
nominative عَكْرُوتٌ
ʕakrūtun
الْعَكْرُوتُ
al-ʕakrūtu
عَكْرُوتُ
ʕakrūtu
accusative عَكْرُوتًا
ʕakrūtan
الْعَكْرُوتَ
al-ʕakrūta
عَكْرُوتَ
ʕakrūta
genitive عَكْرُوتٍ
ʕakrūtin
الْعَكْرُوتِ
al-ʕakrūti
عَكْرُوتِ
ʕakrūti
dual indefinite definite construct
informal عَكْرُوتَيْن
ʕakrūtayn
الْعَكْرُوتَيْن
al-ʕakrūtayn
عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
nominative عَكْرُوتَانِ
ʕakrūtāni
الْعَكْرُوتَانِ
al-ʕakrūtāni
عَكْرُوتَا
ʕakrūtā
accusative عَكْرُوتَيْنِ
ʕakrūtayni
الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ
al-ʕakrūtayni
عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
genitive عَكْرُوتَيْنِ
ʕakrūtayni
الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ
al-ʕakrūtayni
عَكْرُوتَيْ
ʕakrūtay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عَكَارِيت
ʕakārīt
الْعَكَارِيت
al-ʕakārīt
عَكَارِيت
ʕakārīt
nominative عَكَارِيتُ
ʕakārītu
الْعَكَارِيتُ
al-ʕakārītu
عَكَارِيتُ
ʕakārītu
accusative عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta
الْعَكَارِيتَ
al-ʕakārīta
عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta
genitive عَكَارِيتَ
ʕakārīta
الْعَكَارِيتِ
al-ʕakārīti
عَكَارِيتِ
ʕakārīti

Descendants

  • Turkish: akrut (crafty) (Paphos, Cyprus)

References

  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[1], London: Bickers & Son, page 150
  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[2], London: Bickers & Son, page 211