عثر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ث ر (ʕ-ṯ-r).

Verb

عَثَرَ (ʕaṯara) I, non-past يَعْثُرُ or يَعْثِرُ‎ (yaʕṯuru or yaʕṯiru)

  1. to stumble, to trip
  2. to cause someone to stumble or trip
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ع ث ر (ʕ-ṯ-r).

Verb

عَثَرَ (ʕaṯara) I, non-past يَعْثُرُ‎ (yaʕṯuru)

  1. (with عَلَى or بِ) to stumble upon, to find, to encounter
    • 2017 October 20, “الاحتلال يزعم إحباط عمليتي دهس وطعن”, in AlQuds.com[1]:
      "ا‏لفلسطيني "أقدم الليلة الماضية على سرقة شاحنة من منطقة حولون، وجرت عملية بحث عنها حتى عثر عليها في بيت داغان" (…) زعمت شرطة الاحتلال أنها اعتقلت فلسطينيا "خطط لتنفيذ عملية طعن بالقدس، وانه عثر بحوزته على سكين.
      The Palestinian “undertook the theft of a truck from the Holon area last night, and an emprise of searching it has been carried out until it was stumbled upon in Bayt Dāġān” (…) The occupation police claimed that it has arrested a Palestinian who “projected to perform a stabbing operation in Al-Quds, and that a knife has been found in his possession.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From the root ع ث ر (ʕ-ṯ-r).

Verb

عَثَّرَ (ʕaṯṯara) II, non-past يُعَثِّرُ‎ (yuʕaṯṯiru)

  1. to cause someone to stumble or trip
Conjugation