خ ب ر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ب ر • (ḵ-b-r) inherited from Proto-Semitic, denoting being well associated or integrated with, to be fully involved with, to know a matter or a group inside and out, to be able to give information about them; cognates with Aramaic חבר (“to associate with, to join”) and Hebrew חָבַר (“to join, to be friends with, to associate with, to be acquainted”).

Root

خ ب ر • (ḵ-b-r)

1. to be fully aware, well-acquainted,
2. to be thoroughly informed or familiar with, to be an expert in or about
3. to be privy to inside or true information about
4. to have news, information, or the scoop about

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: خَبَرَ (ḵabara, “to try; to experience”)
  • Verbal noun: مَخْبُرَة (maḵbura), مَخْبَرَة (maḵbara), خُبْرَة (ḵubra), خِبْرَة (ḵibra), خُبْر (ḵubr), خِبْر (ḵibr)
  • Active participle: خَابِر (ḵābir)
  • Passive participle: مَخْبُور (maḵbūr)
• Form II: خَبَّرَ (ḵabbara, “to inform, to notify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخْبِير (taḵbīr)
  • Active participle: مُخَبِّر (muḵabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُخَبَّر (muḵabbar)
• Form III: خَابَرَ (ḵābara, “to write to, to negotiate”)
  • Verbal noun: مُخَابَرَة (muḵābara), خِبَار (ḵibār)
  • Active participle: مُخَابِر (muḵābir)
  • Passive participle: مُخَابَر (muḵābar)
• Form IV: أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara, “to inform, to notify; to communicate, to report”)
  • Verbal noun: إِخْبَار (ʔiḵbār)
  • Active participle: مُخْبِر (muḵbir)
  • Passive participle: مُخْبَر (muḵbar)
• Form V: تَخَبَّرَ (taḵabbara, “to inquire, to ask”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخَبُّر (taḵabbur)
  • Active participle: مُتَخَبِّر (mutaḵabbir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَخَبَّر (mutaḵabbar)
• Form VI: تَخَابَرَ (taḵābara, “to inform one another, to notify one another”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخَابُر (taḵābur)
  • Active participle: مُتَخَابِر (mutaḵābir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَخَابَر (mutaḵābar)
• Form VIII: اِخْتَبَرَ (iḵtabara, “to research; to explore; to examine”)
  • Verbal noun: اِخْتِبَار (iḵtibār)
  • Active participle: مُخْتَبِر (muḵtabir)
  • Passive participle: مُخْتَبَر (muḵtabar)
• Form X: اِسْتَخْبَرَ (istaḵbara)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِخْبَار (istiḵbār)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَخْبِر (mustaḵbir)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَخْبَر (mustaḵbar)

Nouns and adjectives

• خَبَر (ḵabar, “report, message, news”)
  • أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār, “news, informations, report”)
• خَبِير (ḵabīr, “experienced, well-informed”)
• مُخْتَبَر (muḵtabar, “laboratory”)

Proper Nouns

• اَلْخُبَر (al-ḵubar) — w:Khubar in Saudi Arabia