بربير
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Arabic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m
- obsolete form of بَرْدِيّ (bardiyy) “paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)”
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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
[edit]A modern dialect word, ultimately the same word as فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn), patterned like شَرْشِير (šaršīr) for شَرْشَر (šaršar, “puncture vine, Tribulus spp.”).
Noun
[edit]بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m
- common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- Synonyms: رِجْل (rijl), بَقْل (baql)
- Hypernym: فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)
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
[edit]- Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71
- Qaṭar e-Nature – بربير – Portulaca oleracea