ضهر

See also: ظهر and صهر

Arabic

Etymology

Belong to the root ض ه ر (ḍ h r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤahr/

Noun

ضَهْر • (ḍahr) m (plural ضَوَاهِر (ḍawāhir))

1. (obsolete) a mountaintop, a summit

   Synonyms: قِمَّة (qimma), سَمَاء (samāʔ)

2. (obsolete) a rock or spot in a mountain which has a different color
3. (obsolete) valley

   Synonym: وَادٍ (wādin)

4. (obsolete) turtle, tortoise

   Synonym: سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh)

Declension

Declension of noun ضَهْر (ḍahr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَهْر ḍahr	الضَّهْر aḍ-ḍahr	ضَهْر ḍahr
nominative	ضَهْرٌ ḍahrun	الضَّهْرُ aḍ-ḍahru	ضَهْرُ ḍahru
accusative	ضَهْرًا ḍahran	الضَّهْرَ aḍ-ḍahra	ضَهْرَ ḍahra
genitive	ضَهْرٍ ḍahrin	الضَّهْرِ aḍ-ḍahri	ضَهْرِ ḍahri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَهْرَيْن ḍahrayn	الضَّهْرَيْن aḍ-ḍahrayn	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
nominative	ضَهْرَانِ ḍahrāni	الضَّهْرَانِ aḍ-ḍahrāni	ضَهْرَا ḍahrā
accusative	ضَهْرَيْنِ ḍahrayni	الضَّهْرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍahrayni	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
genitive	ضَهْرَيْنِ ḍahrayni	الضَّهْرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍahrayni	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَوَاهِر ḍawāhir	الضَّوَاهِر aḍ-ḍawāhir	ضَوَاهِر ḍawāhir
nominative	ضَوَاهِرُ ḍawāhiru	الضَّوَاهِرُ aḍ-ḍawāhiru	ضَوَاهِرُ ḍawāhiru
accusative	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira	الضَّوَاهِرَ aḍ-ḍawāhira	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira
genitive	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira	الضَّوَاهِرِ aḍ-ḍawāhiri	ضَوَاهِرِ ḍawāhiri

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ض ه ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤhar/

Verb

ضهر • (ḍhar) I (non-past يضهر (yiḍhar))

1. to be visible
2. to think (to conceive of something or someone)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤhar/

Noun

ضهر • (ḍhar) m (plural ضهور (ḍhūr) or ضهورة (ḍhūra))

1. (anatomy) back

Etymology 3

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤuhr/, /dˤhur/

Noun

ضُهْر or ضْهُر • (ḍuhr or ḍhur) m (plural ضهور (ḍhūr) or ضهورة (ḍhūra))

1. noon

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara, “to appear, become visible”).

Verb

ضهر • (ḍahar) I (non-past يضهر (yiḍhar))

1. to go out; to go outside

   رح اضهر اتمشى شوي بالشارع.

   raḥ iḍhar itmašša šway bi-š-šēriʿ.

   I’m going out to take a walk in the street.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ضهر

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ضهرت (ḍahar(ᵊ)t)	ضهرت (ḍahar(ᵊ)t)	ضهر (ḍahar)		ضهرنا (ḍaharna)	ضهرتو (ḍahartu)	ضهرو (ḍaharu)
	f		ضهرتي (ḍaharti)	ضهرت (ḍaharit)
present	m	بضهر (biḍhar)	بتضهر (btiḍhar)	بيضهر (byiḍhar)		منضهر (mniḍhar)	بتضهرو (btiḍharu)	بيضهرو (byiḍharu)
	f		بتضهري (btiḍhari)	بتضهر (btiḍhar)
subjunctive	m	ضهر (ḍhar)	تضهر (tiḍhar)	يضهر (yiḍhar)		نضهر (niḍhar)	تضهرو (tiḍharu)	يضهرو (yiḍharu)
	f		تضهري (tiḍhari)	تضهر (tiḍhar)
imperative	m		ضهار (ḍhār)				ضهرو (ḍharu)
	f		ضهري (ḍhari)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤuhr/, [ˈdˤʊ.h(o)rˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

ضهر • (ḍuhr) m

1. noon

   بعد الضهر ― baʕd iḍ-ḍuhr ― afternoon

2. time, instance

   Synonym: مرّة (marra)

See also

times of day: أوقات النهار (ʔawʔāt in-nhār)edit

• فجر (fajr)
• صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye)
• صبح (ṣubḥ)
• نهار (nhār)
• ضهر (ḍuhr)
• عصر (ʕaṣr)
• مغرب (maḡreb)
• مسا (masa)
• ليل (lēl)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤahr/, [ˈdˤɑ.h(ɪ)rˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

ضهر • (ḍahr) m

1. back (of the body)