بعر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns camels, specifically their designation and related terms. It also extends to the droppings of camels and sheep, and the act of defecation for these animals.

Derived headwords

بَعِيرnoun

1.
Camelboth
A camel, specifically a mature one, equivalent to a human in relation to people. It can refer to both a male camel (جمل) and a female camel (ناقة).
2.
My camelclassical
Used possessively, referring to one's own camel.

أَبْعِرَةnoun

1.
plural of ba'īrboth
plural of ba'īr

أَبَاعِرnoun

1.
plural of ba'īrboth
plural of ba'īr

بَعْرَانnoun

1.
plural of ba'īrboth
plural of ba'īr

بَعْرَةnoun

1.
Droppingboth
A single piece of dung from a camel or sheep.

بَعْرnoun

1.
the camel or sheep excreted (from the category of 'qaṭaʿa')both
the camel or sheep excreted (from the category of 'qaṭaʿa')

أَبْعَارnoun

1.
Dungboth
The collective droppings of camels and sheep.

بَعَرَverb

1.
the camel or sheep excreted (from the category of 'qaṭaʿa')both
the camel or sheep excreted (from the category of 'qaṭaʿa')

يَبْعُرُverb

1.
To defecateboth
Present tense of the verb meaning to defecate, used for camels and sheep.

Parallel reading

البعير من الإبل بمنزلة الإنسان من الناس

The camel is to the camels as the human is to people.

يقال للجمل بعير وللناقة بعير

A male camel is called a 'ba'eer' and a female camel is also called a 'ba'eer'.

صرعتني بعيرى

My camel threw me down.

شربت من لبن بعيرى

I drank from my camel's milk.

وإنما قال له بعير إذا أجذع

It is only called a 'ba'eer' when it has reached the age of being weaned (ajdha'a).

والجمع أبعرة، وأباعر، وبعران

And the plural are 'ab'irah', 'aba'ir', and 'ba'ran'.

والبعرة: واحدة البعر والأبعار

And a 'ba'rah' is one piece of dung from the droppings (ba'r and ab'ar).

وقد بعر البعير والشاة يبعر بعرا

And the camel and the sheep defecate, they defecate, the act of defecation.