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كبر

كبر

See also: كثر, گبر, ك ب ر, and ك ث ر

Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

  1. 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

Etymology 3

Verb

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

  1. to enlarge, to make something bigger.
  2. to say the takbir (اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʾakbar, God is greatest))
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

كَبْر (kabr) m

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

Etymology 5

Noun

كُبْر (kubr) m

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