دبر

العربية

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دبر

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *dâb-. Compare دُبْر (dubr, “back”), perhaps cognate with Hebrew דִּבֵּר (“to speak”).

verb دَبَرَ · dabara · يَدْبُرُ · دُبُور · دَابِر

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

verb دَبَرَ · dabara · يَدْبُرُ · دَبْر · دُبُور

  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 fall behind the aim
  7. to take away

verb دَبِرَ · dabira · يَدْبَرُ · دَبَر · دَبِر

  1. to have galls in the back, to have sores in the back

verb دَبَّرَ · dabbara · يُدَبِّرُ · تَدْبِير · مُدَبِّر

  1. to arrange, to dispose, to plan, to prepare, to organize, to hatch, to contrive, to devise, to forecast يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
  2. to set free
  3. to direct, to manage, to regulate

noun دَبْر · dabr · الدَّبْر · دَبْرٌ

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

noun دَبَر · dabar · الدَّبَر · دَبَرٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of دَبِرَ (dabira) (form I)

noun دُبْر · دُبُر · dubr · dubur · أَدْبَار

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

noun دِبْر · dibr · دُبُور · دِبَار · الدِّبْر

  1. swarm, flock, drove
  2. great wealth, much property

adjective دَبِر · dabir · الدَّبِر · دَبِرَة · الدَّبِرَة

  1. having galls in the back

In English

  • buttock each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دبر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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