دبار

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ب ر (d-b-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.baːr/

Noun

دِبَار • (dibār) m

1. verbal noun of دَابَرَ (dābara, “to turn the back upon”) (form III)
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 2:203:

     «ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُمْ صَلَاةً مَنْ تَقَدَّمَ قَوْمًا وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ وَرَجُلٌ أَتَى الصَّلَاةَ دِبَارًا […] وَرَجُلٌ اِعْتَبَدَ مُحَرَّرَهُ»‏.‏

     “ṯalāṯatun lā yaqbalu llāhu minhum ṣalātan man taqaddama qawman wahum lahū kārihūna warajulun ʔatā ṣ-ṣalāta dibāran […] warajulun iʕtabada muḥarrarahū”.

     There are three kinds of people of which Allah does not accept the prayer, those who go in front of people whilst the latter hate this, those who lag behind, and those who take as slaves their freedmen.

Declension

Declension of noun دِبَار (dibār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِبَار dibār	الدِّبَار ad-dibār	دِبَار dibār
Nominative	دِبَارٌ dibārun	الدِّبَارُ ad-dibāru	دِبَارُ dibāru
Accusative	دِبَارًا dibāran	الدِّبَارَ ad-dibāra	دِبَارَ dibāra
Genitive	دِبَارٍ dibārin	الدِّبَارِ ad-dibāri	دِبَارِ dibāri

Etymology 2

Root
د ب ر (d-b-r)

The name of some god and then planet connected to the ideas of managing, arranging, trading within the root, as is also the Roman Mercury giving rise to Latin diēs Mercuriī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.baːr/

Proper noun

دُبَار • (dubār) m

1. (obsolete) Wednesday, the fourth day of the week

Declension

Declension of noun دُبَار (dubār)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	دُبَار dubār	—
Nominative	—	دُبَارُ dubāru	—
Accusative	—	دُبَارَ dubāra	—
Genitive	—	دُبَارَ dubāra	—

See also

• (Pre-Islamic days of the week) أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع السَّابِقَة لِلْإِسْلَام (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ as-sābiqa lilʔislām); أَوْل (ʔawl) ~ أَوَّل (ʔawwal), أَهْوَن (ʔahwan) ~ أَوْهَد (ʔawhad) ~ أَهْوَد (ʔahwad), جُبَار (jubār), دُبَار (dubār), مُؤْنِس (muʔnis), عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba), شِيَار (šiyār) ^{(Category: ar:Days of the week)}

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܒܪܐ (dḇārā, “way of driving; plowing; plowland”), from ܕܒܪ (dḇar, “to drive; to plough”).

Noun

دِبَار • (dibār) m (collective, singulative دِبَارَة f (dibāra) or دِبْرَة (dibra) or دَبْرَة (dabra))

1. (obsolete) plowland, a seedbed measure, a part of ground separated from others by ridges of earth thus retaining water for irrigation
   • a. 728, by جَرِير (jarīr)

     قَطْعُ الدِبَارِ وَأَبْرُ النَخْلِ عَادَتُهُم / قِدْمًا فَمَا جَاوَزَت هٰذَا مَسَاعِيهَا

     qaṭʕu d-dibāri waʔabru n-naḵli ʕādatuhum / qidman famā jāwazat hāḏā masāʕīhā

     The snithing the plowland and the seeding the palms goes according to their customs from yore, and it did not go beyond its efforts.

Declension

Declension of noun دِبَار (dibār)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِبَار dibār	الدِّبَار ad-dibār	دِبَار dibār
Nominative	دِبَارٌ dibārun	الدِّبَارُ ad-dibāru	دِبَارُ dibāru
Accusative	دِبَارًا dibāran	الدِّبَارَ ad-dibāra	دِبَارَ dibāra
Genitive	دِبَارٍ dibārin	الدِّبَارِ ad-dibāri	دِبَارِ dibāri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِبَارَة‎; دِبْرَة‎; دَبْرَة dibāra‎; dibra‎; dabra	الدِّبَارَة‎; الدِّبْرَة‎; الدَّبْرَة ad-dibāra‎; ad-dibra‎; ad-dabra	دِبَارَة‎; دِبْرَة‎; دَبْرَة dibārat‎; dibrat‎; dabrat
Nominative	دِبَارَةٌ‎; دِبْرَةٌ‎; دَبْرَةٌ dibāratun‎; dibratun‎; dabratun	الدِّبَارَةُ‎; الدِّبْرَةُ‎; الدَّبْرَةُ ad-dibāratu‎; ad-dibratu‎; ad-dabratu	دِبَارَةُ‎; دِبْرَةُ‎; دَبْرَةُ dibāratu‎; dibratu‎; dabratu
Accusative	دِبَارَةً‎; دِبْرَةً‎; دَبْرَةً dibāratan‎; dibratan‎; dabratan	الدِّبَارَةَ‎; الدِّبْرَةَ‎; الدَّبْرَةَ ad-dibārata‎; ad-dibrata‎; ad-dabrata	دِبَارَةَ‎; دِبْرَةَ‎; دَبْرَةَ dibārata‎; dibrata‎; dabrata
Genitive	دِبَارَةٍ‎; دِبْرَةٍ‎; دَبْرَةٍ dibāratin‎; dibratin‎; dabratin	الدِّبَارَةِ‎; الدِّبْرَةِ‎; الدَّبْرَةِ ad-dibārati‎; ad-dibrati‎; ad-dabrati	دِبَارَةِ‎; دِبْرَةِ‎; دَبْرَةِ dibārati‎; dibrati‎; dabrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِبَارَتَيْن‎; دِبْرَتَيْن‎; دَبْرَتَيْن dibāratayn‎; dibratayn‎; dabratayn	الدِّبَارَتَيْن‎; الدِّبْرَتَيْن‎; الدَّبْرَتَيْن ad-dibāratayn‎; ad-dibratayn‎; ad-dabratayn	دِبَارَتَيْ‎; دِبْرَتَيْ‎; دَبْرَتَيْ dibāratay‎; dibratay‎; dabratay
Nominative	دِبَارَتَانِ‎; دِبْرَتَانِ‎; دَبْرَتَانِ dibāratāni‎; dibratāni‎; dabratāni	الدِّبَارَتَانِ‎; الدِّبْرَتَانِ‎; الدَّبْرَتَانِ ad-dibāratāni‎; ad-dibratāni‎; ad-dabratāni	دِبَارَتَا‎; دِبْرَتَا‎; دَبْرَتَا dibāratā‎; dibratā‎; dabratā
Accusative	دِبَارَتَيْنِ‎; دِبْرَتَيْنِ‎; دَبْرَتَيْنِ dibāratayni‎; dibratayni‎; dabratayni	الدِّبَارَتَيْنِ‎; الدِّبْرَتَيْنِ‎; الدَّبْرَتَيْنِ ad-dibāratayni‎; ad-dibratayni‎; ad-dabratayni	دِبَارَتَيْ‎; دِبْرَتَيْ‎; دَبْرَتَيْ dibāratay‎; dibratay‎; dabratay
Genitive	دِبَارَتَيْنِ‎; دِبْرَتَيْنِ‎; دَبْرَتَيْنِ dibāratayni‎; dibratayni‎; dabratayni	الدِّبَارَتَيْنِ‎; الدِّبْرَتَيْنِ‎; الدَّبْرَتَيْنِ ad-dibāratayni‎; ad-dibratayni‎; ad-dabratayni	دِبَارَتَيْ‎; دِبْرَتَيْ‎; دَبْرَتَيْ dibāratay‎; dibratay‎; dabratay

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

دِبَار • (dibār) pl

1. plural of دِبْر (dibr, “swarm, drove”)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 129–130
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “دبار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 4-5
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دبار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 845
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دبار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 847
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• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “دبار”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 644