عير

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ع ي ر (ʕ-y-r)

Verb[edit]

عَيَّرَ (ʕayyara) II, non-past يُعَيِّرُ‎ (yuʕayyiru)

  1. (transitive + بِ (bi, for), ditransitive) to denounce (someone) as dishonorable or shameful for (something), to shame; to defame; to besmirch; to stigmatize
    • (Can we date this quote?), أبو المُثَلِّم الهُذَليّ, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      أَعَيَّرْتَنِي قُرَّ الحَلَاءَةِ شَاتِيًا / وَأَنْتَ بِأَرْضٍ قُرُّهَا غَيْرُ مُنْجِمِ
      ʔaʕayyartanī qurra l-ḥalāʔati šātiyan / waʔanta biʔarḍin qurruhā ḡayru munjimi
      Shaming me, you say that I am wintering in woodlands / while you yourself are in a land with an unceasing chill!
    • 1950s, “عيرتني بالشيب”, المستنجد بالله (lyrics), ناظم الغزالي (music):
      عَيَّرَتْنِي بِٱلشَّيْبِ وَهُوَ وَقَارُ / لَيْتَهَا عَيَّرَتْ بِمَا هُوَ عَارُ
      ʕayyaratnī bi-š-šaybi wahuwa waqāru / laytahā ʕayyarat bimā huwa ʕāru
      She shamed me for my age, yet eld is reverence. / Would I be shamed for what is truly shameable!
  2. (transitive, rare, obsolete) to measure according to a set standard
    Synonyms: عَايَرَ (ʕāyara), قَاسَ (qāsa)
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

عِير (ʕīrm (collective, singulative عِيرَة f (ʕīra), paucal عِيرَات (ʕīrāt))

  1. (countable) a caravan
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-.

Noun[edit]

عَيْر (ʕayrm (plural أَعْيَار (ʔaʕyār))

  1. (countable) a donkey; a wild ass; an onager
Declension[edit]

Iraqi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Arabic عير (wild ass) ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ʕeːɾ/

Noun[edit]

عَێرْ (ʿērm

  1. (vulgar) dick

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ي ر
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَيَّرَ (ʕayyara).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕaj.jar/, [ˈʕaj.jar]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

عيّر (ʕayyar) II (present بعيّر (biʕayyer))

  1. to shame, to disgrace, to humiliate

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of عيّر (ʕayyar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عيّرت (ʕayyart) عيّرت (ʕayyart) عيّر (ʕayyar) عيّرنا (ʕayyarna) عيّرتو (ʕayyartu) عيّرو (ʕayyaru)
f عيّرتي (ʕayyarti) عيّرت (ʕayyarat)
present m بعيّر (baʕayyer) بتعيّر (bitʕayyer) بعيّر (biʕayyer) منعيّر (minʕayyer) بتعيّرو (bitʕayyru) بعيّرو (biʕayyru)
f بتعيّري (bitʕayyri) بتعيّر (bitʕayyer)
subjunctive m اعيّر (aʕayyer) تعيّر (tʕayyer) يعيّر (yʕayyer) نعيّر (nʕayyer) تعيّرو (tʕayyru) يعيّرو (yʕayyru)
f تعيّري (tʕayyri) تعيّر (tʕayyer)
imperative m عيّر (ʕayyer) عيّرو (ʕayyru)
f عيّري (ʕayyri)