embar

English

Etymology

From Middle French embarrer, from barre (bar).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑː/

Verb

embar (third-person singular simple present embars, present participle embarring, simple past and past participle embarred)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).

Anagrams

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μφορεύς (ămphoreús, jar, amphora) and Latin amphora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕɛmˈbɑːɾ/, /ɛmˈbɑːɾ/

Noun

‘embar or embar m (Arabic spelling عەمبار or ئەمبار)

  1. storehouse, depository, depot, warehouse, storeroom

Declension

Declension of embar
definite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative embar embar
construct embarê embarên
oblique embarî embaran
demonstrative oblique embarî wan embaran
vocative embaro embarino
indefinite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative embarek embarin
construct embarekî embarine
oblique embarekî embarinan

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “‘embar”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 218