أبار

See also: آبار, أثآر, أثار, آثار, اثأر, اتار, and أثأر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Occupational noun from the ء ب ر (ʔ-b-r) or إِبْرَة (ʔibra, “needle”)

Noun

أَبَّار • (ʔabbār) m (plural أَبَّارُون (ʔabbārūn))

1. needle-man, who makes or sells needles
2. one who digs wells

Declension

Declension of noun أَبَّار (ʔabbār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَّار ʔabbār	الْأَبَّار al-ʔabbār	أَبَّار ʔabbār
Nominative	أَبَّارٌ ʔabbārun	الْأَبَّارُ al-ʔabbāru	أَبَّارُ ʔabbāru
Accusative	أَبَّارًا ʔabbāran	الْأَبَّارَ al-ʔabbāra	أَبَّارَ ʔabbāra
Genitive	أَبَّارٍ ʔabbārin	الْأَبَّارِ al-ʔabbāri	أَبَّارِ ʔabbāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَّارَيْن ʔabbārayn	الْأَبَّارَيْن al-ʔabbārayn	أَبَّارَيْ ʔabbāray
Nominative	أَبَّارَانِ ʔabbārāni	الْأَبَّارَانِ al-ʔabbārāni	أَبَّارَا ʔabbārā
Accusative	أَبَّارَيْنِ ʔabbārayni	الْأَبَّارَيْنِ al-ʔabbārayni	أَبَّارَيْ ʔabbāray
Genitive	أَبَّارَيْنِ ʔabbārayni	الْأَبَّارَيْنِ al-ʔabbārayni	أَبَّارَيْ ʔabbāray
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَّارِين ʔabbārīn	الْأَبَّارِين al-ʔabbārīn	أَبَّارِي ʔabbārī
Nominative	أَبَّارُونَ ʔabbārūna	الْأَبَّارُونَ al-ʔabbārūna	أَبَّارُو ʔabbārū
Accusative	أَبَّارِينَ ʔabbārīna	الْأَبَّارِينَ al-ʔabbārīna	أَبَّارِي ʔabbārī
Genitive	أَبَّارِينَ ʔabbārīna	الْأَبَّارِينَ al-ʔabbārīna	أَبَّارِي ʔabbārī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic אֲבָרָא / ܐܰܒܳܪܳܐ (ăḇārā, “lead”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠abāru⁠/, “lead”), from Sumerian 𒀀𒈖 (A.GAR₅ /⁠agar⁠/, “lead”). Also Hebrew אֲבָר (ʾăḇār, “lead”), Persian آبار (âbâr, “lead”), and phonologically somewhat deviating Hebrew עֹפֶרֶת (ʿōp̄ereṯ, “lead”) and Old Armenian կապար (kapar, “lead”).

Noun

أَبَار • (ʔabār) m (obsolete)

1. lead, Pb

   Synonyms: رَصَاص (raṣāṣ), رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʔaswad), آنُك (ʔānuk), أُسْرُب (ʔusrub)

Declension

Declension of noun أَبَار (ʔabār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَار ʔabār	الْأَبَار al-ʔabār	أَبَار ʔabār
Nominative	أَبَارٌ ʔabārun	الْأَبَارُ al-ʔabāru	أَبَارُ ʔabāru
Accusative	أَبَارًا ʔabāran	الْأَبَارَ al-ʔabāra	أَبَارَ ʔabāra
Genitive	أَبَارٍ ʔabārin	الْأَبَارِ al-ʔabāri	أَبَارِ ʔabāri

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ապար (apar)
• → Medieval Latin: alabari, alahabar, alhabar

References

• “agar”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• “abāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964, pages 36–38
• “ˀbr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أبار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 2
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 152
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “أبار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 3
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 18
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 76
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 59

Etymology 3

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of بَارَى (bārā)

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of بَارَى (bārā)