عِبَارَة
expression
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Also written عبر: عَبَرَ (to cross)
Highlights
Present tense
يَعْبُرُ
Verbal nouns
عَبْر، عِبَارَة
Active participle
عَابِر
Passive participle
مَعْبُور
Most common words from the same root
Noun
عُبُور
crossing
Noun
اِعْتِبَار
regard
Noun
عِبَارَة
expression
عَبَرَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to interpret transitive
يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّؤْيَا تَعْبُرُونَO people give me your opinion about my vision if you can see through it!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:43
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕabar-. Compare Hebrew עָבַר (ʿāḇar, “to cross”), Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩨𐩧 (ʿbr, “to transgress”), Akkadian 𒁄 (ebēru, “to cross”).
Words from the root ع-ب-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
عَبَرَ
· present يَعْبُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to interpret
عَبْر
عَابِر
crossing
عَابِر
passerby
مَعْبُور
مَعْبَر
crossing
عَبَرَ
· present يَعْبُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to cross, to traverse; to ford; to swim (something)
عُبُور
crossing
عَبْر
عَابِر
مَعْبُور
عَبَّرَ
· present يُعَبِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to get across; to interpret
اِعْتَبَرَ
· present يَعْتَبِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to take example, to take warning, to learn a lesson; to acknowledge, value, respect; to consider, to regard as
اِعْتِبَار
regard
مُعْتَبِر
مُعْتَبَر
acknowledged
عَبَّارَة
ferry
عَبْرَة
a sobbing
تَعْبِيرِيَّة
expressionism
عِبْرَة
example
اِعْتِبَارًا
from
عَبِير
a certain mixture of perfumes compounded with saffron
عَابِر جِنْسِيًّا
a transgender person
عَابِر جِنْسِيًّا
transgender
عَابِر جَنْدَرِيَّا
a transgender person
عَابِر جَنْدَرِيَّا
transgender
عُبُور جَنْدَرِيّ
gender transition
عُبُور جِنْسِيّ
sex transition
عَبَرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | عَبَرْتُ | أَعْبُرُ | أَعْبُرَ | أَعْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | عَبَرْتَ | تَعْبُرُ | تَعْبُرَ | تَعْبُرْ | اُعْبُرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | عَبَرْتِ | تَعْبُرِينَ | تَعْبُرِي | تَعْبُرِي | اُعْبُرِي |
| هُوَ he | عَبَرَ | يَعْبُرُ | يَعْبُرَ | يَعْبُرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | عَبَرَتْ | تَعْبُرُ | تَعْبُرَ | تَعْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | عَبَرْتُمَا | تَعْبُرَانِ | تَعْبُرَا | تَعْبُرَا | اُعْبُرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | عَبَرَا | يَعْبُرَانِ | يَعْبُرَا | يَعْبُرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | عَبَرَتَا | تَعْبُرَانِ | تَعْبُرَا | تَعْبُرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | عَبَرْنَا | نَعْبُرُ | نَعْبُرَ | نَعْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | عَبَرْتُمْ | تَعْبُرُونَ | تَعْبُرُوا | تَعْبُرُوا | اُعْبُرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | عَبَرْتُنَّ | تَعْبُرْنَ | تَعْبُرْنَ | تَعْبُرْنَ | اُعْبُرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | عَبَرُوا | يَعْبُرُونَ | يَعْبُرُوا | يَعْبُرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | عَبَرْنَ | يَعْبُرْنَ | يَعْبُرْنَ | يَعْبُرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | عَبْر، عِبَارَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | عَابِر |
| Passive participle | مَعْبُور |
عَبَرَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to interpret
يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّؤْيَا تَعْبُرُونَO people give me your opinion about my vision if you can see through it!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:43
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