קבר

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See also: קבֿר

Aramaic

Verb

קבר (qavar)

  1. to bury, to inter

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־ב־ר (q-b-r)

From the root ק־ב־ר (k-b-r). Compare Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ, grave), Arabic قَبْر (qabr, grave), قَبَرَ (qabara, to bury), and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, to bury).

Noun

קֶבֶר (kéverm (plural indefinite קְבָרִים, singular construct קֶבֶר־, plural construct קברי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A grave, a gravesite.
  2. (קֶבֶר־, kéver-) singular construct state form of קֶבֶר.

Usage notes

  • In addition to the regularly inflected plural form given above, the irregular form קברות (k'varót) is also attested historically, though in Modern Hebrew it occurs only in the phrase בית קברות (béit-k'varót, cemetery).[1]

Descendants

  • Yiddish: קבֿר (keyver)

Verb

קָבַר (kavár) (pa'al construction, future יקבור / יִקְבֹּר, passive participle קָבוּר, passive counterpart נִקְבַּר)

  1. (transitive) To bury, to inter.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ קברים או קברות”, safa-ivrit.org, accessed 2012 June 11.