كبر
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كبر¹
- /ka.bu.ra/
- /ˈkɪbɐr/ Gulf Arabic
- /ˈkibir/ Hijazi Arabic
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *kabar- together with Hebrew כָּבַר (kāḇár, “to be great, to become great; to be many, to multiply”), Akkadian kabārum (“to be or become thick”) etc.
verb كَبُرَ · kabura · يَكْبُرُ · كِبَر · كُبْر · كَبَارَة
- to be or become big
- to grow, to grow up
- to become famous
- to become too great (for something)
- to be too proud, to snub, to disdain
- to become too oppressive, to appear intolerable, to become too difficult, to become troublesome وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِآيَةٍ
noun كُبْر · kubr · الْكُبْر · كُبْرٌ
- verbal noun of كَبُرَ (kabura) (form I)
verb كَبَرَ · kabara · يَكْبُرُ · كَبْر · كَابِر
- to be older than يَكْبُرُ أَخَاهُ بِعَامَيْنِ
noun كَبْر · kabr · الْكَبْر · كَبْرٌ
- verbal noun of كَبَرَ (kabara) (form I)
verb كَبَّرَ · kabbara · يُكَبِّرُ · تَكْبِير · مُكَبِّر
- to enlarge, to make something bigger
- to say اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar, “God is greatest”)
noun كُبَر · kubar · كُبْرَى · الْكُبَر
- great calamities إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
noun كِبَر · kibar · الْكِبَر · كِبَرٌ
- greatness, largeness
- magnificence, majesty
- old age أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ
كبر²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ge'ez ክብር (kəbr), see كِبْرِيَاء (kibriyāʔ).
noun كِبْر · kibr · الْكِبْر · كِبْرٌ
- majesty, glory, highness
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pride, presumptuosity, superciliousness, haughtiness, greed for glory
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِي ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَـٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ إِن فِي صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَـٰلِغِيهِ
Similar: كِبْرِيَاء, كِبْر, تَكَبُّر, غُرُور, أَنَفَة, خُيَلَاء, زَهْو, عُجْب, تَبَخْتُر, اِخْتِيَال, عَجْرَفَة, غَطْرَسَة
- leonine share, greatest deal, bulk إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنْكُمْ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَّكُم بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُم مَّا ٱكْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
كبر³
proper noun كُبَّر · kubbar · -
- Kubbar, an uninhabited island in the Bay of Kuwait
كبر⁴
Where it comes from
From Classical Syriac ܩܦܪ (qappar, qappār, “caper-bush”) or Classical Syriac ܟܦܪ (kappar, kappār), considered from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis) of uncertain likely Asian origin.
For the variation a ⇌ ā in Aramaisms, compare سُكَّر (sukkar), سُكَّار (sukkār, “bolt-lock”) and قُنْبَر (qunbar), قُنْبَار (qunbār), كُنْبَار (kunbār, “coir”).
كبر⁵
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ge'ez ከበሮ (käbäro, “drum, timbrel”).
noun كَبَر · kabar · كِبَار · أَكْبَار · الْكَبَر
- drum, timbrel
In English
- increase become larger
- zoom to change the focal length of a zoom lens
- grow (intransitive) to become bigger
- enlarge make larger
- caper pickled bud of Capparis spinosa
- exceed to be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable
- grow up to mature and become an adult
- greatness the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatnes
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title = {كبر},
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