Arabic

Verb

دَبَرَ • ‎(dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎ (yadburu)

1. to be hindmost, to come behind, to follow

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

دَبَرَ • ‎(dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎ (yadburu)

1. to turn the back
2. to elapse, to pass (of time)
3. to grow old, to age
4. to veer to the west
5. to be turned backwards
6. to commemorate a deed or saying after one's death
7. to fall behind the aim
8. to take away

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

دَبَرَ • ‎(dabara) I, non-past يَدْبُرُ‎ (yadburu)

1. to write
2. to compose
3. to die

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Cognate with Hebrew דִּבֵּר ‎(“to speak”).

Verb

دَبَّرَ • ‎(dabbara) II, non-past يُدَبِّرُ‎ (yudabbiru)

1. to arrange, to dispose, to plan, to prepare, to organize
2. to set free
3. to hatch (a plot), to contrive
4. to direct, to manage, to regulate

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “دبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

دَبْر • ‎(dabr) m

1. verbal noun of دَبَرَ ‎(dabara) (form I)

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 4

Noun

دُبْر or دُبُر • ‎(dubr or dubur) m ‎(plural أَدْبَار ‎(ʾadbār))

1. back, back side, reverse
2. buttocks
3. rear part
4. end, tail

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “دبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4