عفر

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ف ر (ʕ-f-r)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (dust, soil). Cognate with Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum) and Biblical Hebrew עָפָר (ʿɔp̄ɔr).

Noun[edit]

عَفَر (ʕafarm (plural أَعْفَار (ʔaʕfār))

  1. dust, grime, ash
Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَفَرَ (ʕafara) I, non-past يَعْفِرُ‎ (yaʕfiru)

  1. to cover with dust, to soot, to wallow in dust
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَفَّرَ (ʕaffara) II, non-past يُعَفِّرُ‎ (yuʕaffiru)

  1. synonym of عَفَرَ (ʕafara)
  2. to make ash-gray
  3. to pick together, to glean
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

عَفْر (ʕafrm

  1. verbal noun of عَفَرَ (ʕafara)
Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

عِفْر (ʕifrm

  1. youngs of a sow, farrow
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

عَفَر (ʕafarm

  1. alternative form of عَفَار (ʕafār, Afar)
Declension[edit]