ح ب ر

Arabic

Etymology

The ink sense is from Classical Syriac ܚܒܪܐ (ḥeḇrā, “ink”), and the scholar sense is from Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥaḇér, “comrade”)

Root

ح ب ر • (ḥ-b-r)

1. related to filling in various senses
2. related to joy, beauty, improvement
3. related to ink and variegated fabric

Derived terms

• Form I: حَبَرَ (ḥabara, “to fill, to improve”)
  • Verbal noun: حَبْر (ḥabr)
  • Active participle: حَابِر (ḥābir)
  • Passive participle: مَحْبُور (maḥbūr)
• Form I: حَبِرَ (ḥabira, “to be glad”)
  • Verbal noun: حُبُور (ḥubūr)
  • Active participle: ?
  • Passive participle: مَحْبُور (maḥbūr)
• Form II: حَبَّرَ (ḥabbara, “to ink, to fill, to beautify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْبِير (taḥbīr)
  • Active participle: مُحَبِّر (muḥabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُحَبَّر (muḥabbar)
• Form IV: أَحْبَرَ (ʔaḥbara, “to make glad, to cheer up”)
  • Verbal noun: إِحْبَار (ʔiḥbār)
  • Active participle: مُحْبِر (muḥbir)
  • Passive participle: مُحْبَر (muḥbar)
• Form V: تَحَبَّرَ (taḥabbara, “to adorn oneself”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَبُّر (taḥabbur)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَبِّر (mutaḥabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَبَّر (mutaḥabbar)
• حِبَار m (ḥibār, “trace, mark”), also حَبَار m (ḥabār)
• حِبْر m (ḥibr, “ink, mark, ornament, beauty”)
  • حِبْرِيّ m (ḥibriyy, “ink seller”)
• مِحْبَرَة f (miḥbara, “inkpot”)
• حَبَر m (ḥabar, “a type of variegated fabric”), also حَبِير m (ḥabīr)
• حَبَرَة f (ḥabara, “women's silk garment, shawl”), also حِبَرَة f (ḥibara)
• حَبِير (ḥabīr, “soft, delicate”)
• حَبْر m (ḥabr, “learned man, scholar, pontiff”) (borrowed from Hebrew, but influenced by the native root)
  • حَبْرَوِىّ (“pontifical”), also حِبْرِىّ, حَبْرِىّ
• حَبْرِيَّة f (ḥabriyya, “chasuble, robe”)
• حَبَّار m (ḥabbār, “squid, cuttlefish, sepia, sepiid”)
• حُبَارَى f (ḥubārā, “bustard”)
• حُبْرُج m (ḥubruj, “male of bustard”), also حُبَارِج m (ḥubārij), حُبْجُر m (ḥubjur)
• يَحْبُور m (yaḥbūr, “the young of a bustard”)