كبر

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See also: كثر, گبر, ك ب ر, and ك ث ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ب ر (k-b-r).

Pronunciation

  • kabura:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ka.bu.ra/
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Verb

كَبُرَ (kabura) I, non-past يَكْبُرُ‎ (yakburu) (stative)

  1. to be or become big
  2. to grow, to grow up
  3. to become famous
  4. to become too great (for something)
  5. to disdain
  6. to become too oppressive
  7. to appear intolerable
  8. to become too difficult
Conjugation

Noun

كُبْر (kubrm

  1. verbal noun of كَبُرَ (kabura) (form I)
Declension

Verb

كَبَرَ (kabara) I, non-past يَكْبُرُ‎ (yakburu)

  1. (stative, transitive) to be older than
    • 1949, Naguib Mahfouz, The beginning and the end, Dar El-Shorouk, page 6:
      يَكْبُرُ أَخَاهُ بِعَامَيْنِ
      yakburu ʾaḵāhu bi-ʿāmayni
      He is two years older than his brother
Conjugation

Noun

كَبْر (kabrm

  1. verbal noun of كَبَرَ (kabara) (form I)
Declension

Verb

كَبَّرَ (kabbara) II, non-past يُكَبِّرُ‎ (yukabbiru)

  1. (transitive, causative) to enlarge, to make something bigger.
  2. (intransitive) to say اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar, God is greatest)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: kabbar

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

كُبَّر (kubbarf

  1. Kubbar, an uninhabited island in the Bay of Kuwait
Declension

Etymology 3

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From Classical Syriac ܩܦܪ (qappar, caper-bush) or Classical Syriac ܟܦܪ (kappār, kappar), considered from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis) of uncertain likely Asian or Pre-Greek origin.

Alternative forms

Noun

كَبَر (kabarm

  1. caper (Capparis gen. and especially Capparis spinosa, as well as the edible buds from it)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 3–4
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 322–331
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كبر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1081–1083