عقر
العربية
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عقر¹
Where it comes from
Cognate to Hebrew עָקַר (ʿāqár, “to pluck, to hamstring”).
verb عَقَرَ · ʕaqara · يَعْقِرُ · عَقْر · عَاقِر
- to hamstring
verb عَقُرَ · ʕaqura · يَعْقُرُ · عَقَارَة · عَقْر · عُقْر
- to be infertile
noun عَقْر · ʕaqr · الْعَقْر · عَقْرٌ
- verbal noun of عَقَرَ (ʕaqara) (form I)
noun عَقْر · عُقْر · ʕaqr · ʕuqr
- verbal noun of عَقُرَ (ʕaqura) (form I)
- sterility, barrenness
عقر²
Where it comes from
Aramaic אַקְרָא / חַקְרָא / עַקְרָא (ʿaqrā, ḥaqrā, ʾaqrā)bor.
Arabic عقر
Borrowed from Aramaic אַקְרָא / חַקְרָא / עַקְרָא (ʿaqrā, ḥaqrā, ʾaqrā), from Ancient Greek ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, “farthest point, heart, end, extremity”).
noun عَقْر · ʕaqr · الْعَقْر · عَقْرٌ
- the midst of the house
In English
- hamstring to disable
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