زير

See also: زیر and ریز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ز و ر (z w r)
10 terms

Noun

زِير • (zīr) m (plural أَزْوَار (ʔazwār))

1. women’s visitor, philanderer, womanizer
   • 2015 May 21, “ar: «غوبلز» زير النساء «الشهواني» ... وجه آخر لوزير دعاية هتلر”, in Ar-Rāy‎^[1]:

     وَٱلْآنَ، وَبِفَضْلِ سِيرَةٍ حَيَاتِيَّةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، أَصْبَحَ بِٱسْتِطَاعَتِنَا أَنْ نَرَى جَانِبًا آخَرَ مِنْ جَوَانِبَ شَخْصِيَّةٍ جوزيف غوبلز وَهِيَ ٱلسِّيرَةُ ٱلَّتِي لَا تَكْشِفُ فَقَطْ كَيْفَ كَانَ مَهْوُوسًا بِهتلر إِلَى دَرَجَةِ ٱلْجُنُونِ، وَلٰكِنَّهَا تَتَنَاوَلُ أَيْضًا لِلْمَرَّةِ ٱلْأُولَى تَفَاصِيلَ حَيَاتِهِ ٱلشَّخْصِيَّةِ ٱلْمُنْحَرِفَةِ كَمَا أَنَّهَا تُسَلِّطُ ٱلضَّوْءَ عَلَى دَوْرِهِ غَيْرِ ٱلْمُتَوَقَّعِ كَـ«كازانوفا» وَكَـ«زِيرِ نِسَاءٍ» نازي.

     Now, thanks to a new biography, it has become possible for us to see an other side of the personality of Joseph Goebbels, and the biography does not only show how fanatical he was into Hitler up to the point of insanity, but it also treats for the first time the details of his perverted private life as it sheds light on his unexpected role as “Casanova” and Nazi “women visitor”.

Declension

Declension of noun زِير (zīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زِير zīr	الزِّير az-zīr	زِير zīr
nominative	زِيرٌ zīrun	الزِّيرُ az-zīru	زِيرُ zīru
accusative	زِيرًا zīran	الزِّيرَ az-zīra	زِيرَ zīra
genitive	زِيرٍ zīrin	الزِّيرِ az-zīri	زِيرِ zīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زِيرَيْن zīrayn	الزِّيرَيْن az-zīrayn	زِيرَيْ zīray
nominative	زِيرَانِ zīrāni	الزِّيرَانِ az-zīrāni	زِيرَا zīrā
accusative	زِيرَيْنِ zīrayni	الزِّيرَيْنِ az-zīrayni	زِيرَيْ zīray
genitive	زِيرَيْنِ zīrayni	الزِّيرَيْنِ az-zīrayni	زِيرَيْ zīray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَزْوَار ʔazwār	الْأَزْوَار al-ʔazwār	أَزْوَار ʔazwār
nominative	أَزْوَارٌ ʔazwārun	الْأَزْوَارُ al-ʔazwāru	أَزْوَارُ ʔazwāru
accusative	أَزْوَارًا ʔazwāran	الْأَزْوَارَ al-ʔazwāra	أَزْوَارَ ʔazwāra
genitive	أَزْوَارٍ ʔazwārin	الْأَزْوَارِ al-ʔazwāri	أَزْوَارِ ʔazwāri

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲓⲣ (sir).

Noun

زِير • (zīr) m (plural أَزْيَار (ʔazyār) or زِيَار (ziyār))

1. cask, tub, vat, large jug

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Declension

Declension of noun زِير (zīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زِير zīr	الزِّير az-zīr	زِير zīr
nominative	زِيرٌ zīrun	الزِّيرُ az-zīru	زِيرُ zīru
accusative	زِيرًا zīran	الزِّيرَ az-zīra	زِيرَ zīra
genitive	زِيرٍ zīrin	الزِّيرِ az-zīri	زِيرِ zīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زِيرَيْن zīrayn	الزِّيرَيْن az-zīrayn	زِيرَيْ zīray
nominative	زِيرَانِ zīrāni	الزِّيرَانِ az-zīrāni	زِيرَا zīrā
accusative	زِيرَيْنِ zīrayni	الزِّيرَيْنِ az-zīrayni	زِيرَيْ zīray
genitive	زِيرَيْنِ zīrayni	الزِّيرَيْنِ az-zīrayni	زِيرَيْ zīray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَزْيَار; زِيَار ʔazyār; ziyār	الْأَزْيَار; الزِّيَار al-ʔazyār; az-ziyār	أَزْيَار; زِيَار ʔazyār; ziyār
nominative	أَزْيَارٌ; زِيَارٌ ʔazyārun; ziyārun	الْأَزْيَارُ; الزِّيَارُ al-ʔazyāru; az-ziyāru	أَزْيَارُ; زِيَارُ ʔazyāru; ziyāru
accusative	أَزْيَارًا; زِيَارًا ʔazyāran; ziyāran	الْأَزْيَارَ; الزِّيَارَ al-ʔazyāra; az-ziyāra	أَزْيَارَ; زِيَارَ ʔazyāra; ziyāra
genitive	أَزْيَارٍ; زِيَارٍ ʔazyārin; ziyārin	الْأَزْيَارِ; الزِّيَارِ al-ʔazyāri; az-ziyāri	أَزْيَارِ; زِيَارِ ʔazyāri; ziyāri

Descendants

• Maltese: żir
• → English: zir
• → Italian: ziro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

زِيرَ • (zīra) (form I) /ziː.ra/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of زَارَ (zāra)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2008), “Coptic loanwords of Egyptian Arabic in comparison with the parallel case of Romance loanwords in Andalusi Arabic, with the true Egyptian etymon of Al-Andalus”, in Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, volume 5, →DOI, page 84
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “زير”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “زير”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 270
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “زير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1269.
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “زير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1276–1277.
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 541
• Vollers, Karl (1896), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[6] (in German), volume 50, page 631

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲓⲣ (sir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːr/, [ziːɾ]

Noun

زير • (zīr) m (plural ازيار (azyār) or زيار (ziyār))

1. zir, large handle-less earthenware jars used for storing and filtering water.