دبر

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root دبر (d-b-r) primarily relates to the concept of 'behind', 'back', 'after', and 'consequence'. It extends to meanings of turning away, abandoning, considering the outcome of something, and managing affairs. It also encompasses geographical locations, personal names, and specific animal parts.

Derived headwords

دَبَرَverb

1.
to turn one's backboth
To turn one's back on someone, to turn away and abandon them.
2.
to be behindboth
To remain or come after someone or something.
3.
to perishclassical
To be destroyed or cease to exist.

أن يولي الرجل صاحبه دبره وقفاه، ويعرض عنه بوجهه ويهجره — for a man to turn his back and hindquarters to his companion, and turn his face away from him and forsake him

أيما مسلم خلف غازيا في دابـرته — any Muslim who leaves a warrior in his aftermath

أَدْبَرَverb

1.
to turn awayboth
To turn away from someone or something, to abandon.
2.
to turn one's backboth
To turn one's back in flight or abandonment.
3.
to declineclassical
To decrease in fortune or status.

أدبر القوم، إذا ولى أمرهم إلى آخره، فلم يبق منهم باقية — The people turned away, meaning their affair turned to its end, and none of them remained.

وَلَّوا دبرهم منهزمين — and they turned their backs, fleeing.

اسْتَدْبَرَverb

1.
to come from behindboth
To approach or attack from behind.
2.
to see the consequenceboth
To perceive the outcome or consequence of an affair, especially after it has happened.
3.
to hoardclassical
To keep something for oneself, to be selfish, especially in drinking.

استدبره فرماه، أي أتاه من ورائه — He came at him from behind, meaning he attacked him from behind.

استدبر الأمر: رأى في عاقبته ما لم ير في صدره — He saw the consequence of the affair: he saw in its outcome what he had not seen at its beginning.

دُبْرnoun

1.
back, rearboth
The back part of something, the rear.
2.
aftermath, consequenceboth
The result or consequence of an action or event.
3.
anusboth
The posterior opening of the digestive tract.

أن يولي الرجل صاحبه دبره وقفاه — for a man to turn his back and hindquarters to his companion

دَابِرadjective

1.
last, finalboth
The last one remaining, coming at the end.
2.
past, goneboth
Referring to a past time, especially yesterday.

دابر القوم: آخر من يبقى منهم ويجيء في آخرهم — The last of the people: the last of them to remain and come at their end.

أمس الدابر: الذاهب الماضي لا يرجع أبدا — The past yesterday: the gone, the past that never returns.

دَابِرَةnoun

1.
aftermathboth
The consequence or result of an event.
2.
hind toe (of a bird)both
The toe on the back of a bird's foot, used for striking.

دابرة الطائر: الإصبع التي من وراء رجله، وبها يضرب البازي — The hind toe of a bird: the toe behind its foot, with which the falcon strikes.

مُدْبِرparticiple

1.
turning awayboth
One who is turning away or abandoning.
2.
retreatingboth
One who is fleeing or retreating.

المدابر: المولي المعرض عن صاحبه — The one turning away: the one who turns away from his companion.

مُدَبِّرparticiple

1.
planner, managerboth
One who plans, manages, or arranges affairs.
2.
thinkingboth
One who is contemplating or considering.

فالمدبرات أمرا — those who arrange affairs (referring to angels)

تَدَبُّرnoun

1.
contemplationboth
Deep thought, reflection, and consideration.
2.
understandingboth
Comprehension and grasping the meaning of something.

التدبر هو التفكر والتفهم — Contemplation is thinking and understanding.

دَبِيرname

1.
a tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe originating from the Asad clan.
2.
a donkey's nameclassical
A name for a donkey.
3.
a place nameboth
A place name, including a city in Nishapur and a village in Iraq.

دبير كزبير: أبو قبيلة من أسد — Dabir (like Zubayr): the ancestor of a tribe from Asad.

دُبَيْرَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a town in Bahrain belonging to the Banu Abd al-Qays.

دبيرة، (بهاء: ة، بالبحرين) — Dubayrah (with ta' marbuta): a town in Bahrain.

ذَات الدَّبَرname

1.
a mountain passclassical
A specific mountain pass belonging to the tribe of Hudhayl.

بأسفل ذات الدبر أفرد خشفها — At the bottom of Dhat al-Dabr, a young gazelle was isolated.

دَبْرname

1.
a mountain nameclassical
A mountain located between Tayma and the mountains of Tayy.

دبر، بفتح فسكون: جبل بين تيماء وجبلى طيئ — Dabr (with fatha and sukun): a mountain between Tayma and the mountains of Tayy.

دُبَيْرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, specifically a town in Nishapur.

دبير كأمير: ة بنيسابور — Dabir (like Amir): a town in Nishapur.

دُبَيْرَاname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name in Iraq.

ودبيرا: ة بالعراق من سواده — And Dubayra: a town in Iraq, from its southern region.

دُبُرname

1.
a place nameboth
A town in Yemen, near Sana'a.

دبر كجبل. ة باليمن من قرى صنعاء — Dabr (like Jabal): a town in Yemen, from the villages of Sana'a.

الأَدْبَرname

1.
a nicknameclassical
A nickname given to Hujr ibn Adi al-Kindi, and possibly his father Adi.
2.
a nicknameclassical
A nickname given to Jublah ibn Qays al-Kindi, a companion.

والأدبر: لقب حجر بن عدي الكندي، نبز به لأن السلاح أدبرت ظهره — And Al-Adbar: the nickname of Hujr ibn Adi al-Kindi, so called because weapons turned his back.

دُبَيْرname

1.
a nicknameclassical
A nickname for Ka'b ibn Amr al-Asadi, who was known for carrying weapons.

دبير كزبير: لقب كعب ابن عمرو ... الأسدي لأنه دبر من حمل السلاح — Dabir (like Zubayr): the nickname of Ka'b ibn Amr ... al-Asadi because he was behind (weakened by) carrying weapons.

الأُدَيْبِرnoun

1.
a small creatureboth
A small crawling creature, or a type of snake.

والأديبر، مصغرا: دويبة، وقيل: ضرب من الحيات — And Al-Udair, in diminutive form: a small creature, and it is said: a type of snake.

دُبُّورِيَّةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A village near Tiberias.

ودبورية: د، قرب طبرية — And Dubbūriyah: a village, near Tiberias.

دَابِرَةnoun

1.
last partboth
The last part or end of something.

كالدابرة — like the last one.

دَابِرِيّadjective

1.
coming lastboth
Coming at the end, or being late.

وجاء دبريا، أي أخيراً — And he came last, meaning finally.

المُدَبَّرَةnoun

1.
turning awayboth
The act of turning away or abandoning.

المدبرة، بالفتح: الإدبار — Al-Mudabbara (with fatha): the turning away.

دَبُورnoun

1.
a village nameclassical
A village in Egypt.

وكفر دبور، كتنور: قرية بمصر — And Kafr Dabūr, like Tunūr: a village in Egypt.

الدَّيْبُورname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location mentioned in poetry.

والديبور: موضع في شعر أبي عباد — And Al-Daybūr: a place in the poetry of Abi Abbad.

دَبَرَةname

1.
a region nameclassical
A region in the Levant (Sham).

ودبرة، بفتح فسكون: ناحية شامية — And Dabara (with fatha and sukun): a region in the Levant.

Parallel reading

أأو ى أبو قيس بأن تتواصلوا وأوصى أبوكم ويحكم أن تدابروا

Abu Qays advised you to maintain ties, and your father commanded you, woe to you, to turn away from each other.

واستدبر: ضد استقبل

And 'istadbara': the opposite of 'istaqbala' (to face).

يقال استدبره فرماه، أي أتاه من ورائه

It is said, 'istadbarahu fa-ramahu', meaning he came at him from behind.

استدبر الأمر: رأى في عاقبته ما لم ير في صدره

He saw the consequence of the affair: he saw in its outcome what he had not seen at its beginning.

إن فلانا لو استقبل من أمره ما استدبره لهدي لوجهة أمره.

If so-and-so had seen from the beginning of his affair what he saw at its end, he would have been guided to the right course of his affair.

أي لو علم في بدء أمره ما علمه في آخره لاسترشد لأمره.

Meaning, if he had known at the beginning of his affair what he knew at its end, he would have sought guidance for his affair.

استأثر، وأنشد أبو عبيدة للأعشى يصف الخمر: تمززتها غير مستدبر على الشرب أو منكر ما علم

To hoard, and Abu Ubaydah recited for Al-A'sha describing wine: 'I sipped it, not hoarding it from the drinkers, nor denying what I knew.'

أي غير مستأثر، وإنما قيل للمستأثر مستدبر لأنه إذا استأثر بشربها استدبر عنهم ولم يستقبلهم، لأنه يشربها دونهم ويولي عنهم.

Meaning, not hoarding. And the one who hoards is called 'mustadbir' because when he hoards its drinking, he turns his back on them and does not face them, as he drinks it without them and turns away from them.

أفلم يدبروا القول

Have they not contemplated the saying

أي (المؤمنون: 68) ألم يتفهموا ما خوطبوا به في القرآن

Meaning (Al-Mu'minun: 68) Have they not understood what they were addressed with in the Quran

وكذالك قوله تعالى: {أفلا يتدبرون القرءان}

And likewise His saying, the Almighty: 'Do they not contemplate the Quran?'

أي أفلا يتفكرون فيعتبروا، فالتدبر هو التفكر والتفهم.

Meaning, do they not think and take heed? For contemplation is thinking and understanding.

فالمدبرات أمرا

Then those arranging affairs

يعني ملائكة موكلة بتدبير أمور.

Meaning angels assigned to manage affairs.

ودبير كزبير: أبو قبيلة من أسد

And Dabir (like Zubayr): the ancestor of a tribe from Asad.

وهو دبير بن مالك بن عمرو بن قعين ابن الحارث بن ثعلبة بن دودان بن أسد، واسمه كعب، وإليه يرجع كل دبيري، وفيهم كثرة.

And he is Dabir ibn Malik ibn Amr ibn Qayyin ibn Al-Harith ibn Tha'labah ibn Dūdan ibn Asad, and his name is Ka'b. All Dabiri trace their lineage to him, and they are numerous.

وذوات الدبر، بفتح فسكون: ثنية لهذيل

And Dhat al-Dabr (with fatha and sukun): a mountain pass of Hudhayl.

قال ابن الأعرابي، وقد صحفه الأصمعي فقال: ذات الدير.

Ibn Al-A'rabi said, and Al-Asma'i misread it and said: Dhat al-Dayr.

قال أبو ذؤيب: بأسفل ذات الدبر أفرد خشفها وقد طردت يومين فهي خلوج

Abu Dhu'ayb said: At the bottom of Dhat al-Dabr, its young gazelle was isolated, and it had been driven for two days, so it was a mother.

ودبر، بفتح فسكون: جبل بين تيماء وجبلى طيئ.

And Dabr (with fatha and sukun): a mountain between Tayma and the mountains of Tayy.

ودبير كأمير: ة بنيسابور

And Dabir (like Amir): a town in Nishapur.

والأدبر: لقب حجر بن عدي الكندي، نبز به لأن السلاح أدبرت ظهره.

And Al-Adbar: the nickname of Hujr ibn Adi al-Kindi, so called because weapons turned his back.

وقيل: لأنه طعن موليا، قاله أبو عمرو.

And it was said: because he was stabbed while turning away, said Abu Amr.

والأدبر أيضا: لقب جبلة بن قيس الكندي، قيل إنه، أي هاذا الأخير صحابي

And Al-Adbar also: the nickname of Jublah ibn Qays al-Kindi, it is said that he, meaning the latter, was a companion.

ودبير كزبير: لقب كعب ابن عمرو بن قعين بن الحارث بن ثعلبة بن دودان بن أسد الأسدي لأنه دبر من حمل السلاح.

And Dabir (like Zubayr): the nickname of Ka'b ibn Amr ibn Qayyin ibn Al-Harith ibn Tha'labah ibn Dūdan ibn Asad al-Asadi, because he was weakened by carrying weapons.

والأديبر، مصغرا: دويبة، وقيل: ضرب من الحيات

And Al-Udair, in diminutive form: a small creature, and it is said: a type of snake.

ويقال: ليس هو من شرج فلان ولا دبوره، أي من ضربه وزيه وشكله.

And it is said: 'He is not from so-and-so's type nor his 'dubur', meaning from his kind, his manner, and his form.

ودبورية: د، قرب طبرية

And Dubbūriyah: a village, near Tiberias.

دابر القوم: آخر من يبقى منهم ويجيء في آخرهم، كالدابرة.

The last of the people: the last of them to remain and come at their end, like 'al-dābirah'.

وفي الحديث: أيما مسلم خلف غازيا في دابرته أي من يبقى بعده.

And in the Hadith: 'Any Muslim who leaves a warrior in his aftermath', meaning who remains after him.

وعقب الرجل: دابره.

And a man's offspring: his 'dābir'.

ودبره: بقي بعده.

And his 'dabr': remained after him.

ودابرة الطائر: الإصبع التي من وراء رجله، وبها يضرب البازي.

And the hind toe of a bird: the toe behind its foot, with which the falcon strikes.

يقال: ضربه الجارح بدابرته، والجوارح بدوابرها.

It is said: the predator struck it with its hind toe, and the predators with their hind toes.

والدابرة للديك: أسفل من الصيصية يطأ بها.

And the 'dābirah' for a rooster: the part below the spur with which it treads.

وجاء دبريا، أي أخيراً.

And he came 'dabrīyan', meaning last.

والعلم قبلي وليس بالدبري.

And knowledge is from me, not from the one who comes last.

وتبعت صاحبي دبريا، إذا كنت معه فتخلفت عنه ثم تبعته وأنت تحذر أن يفوتك، كذا في المحكم.

And I followed my companion 'dabrīyan', meaning you were with him, then you fell behind him, then you followed him, fearing you would miss him, as stated in Al-Muhkam.

والمدبرة، بالفتح: الإدبار.

And Al-Mudabbara (with fatha): the turning away.

أنشد ثعلب: هاذا يصاديك إقبالا بمدبرة وذا يناديك إدبارا بإدبار

Tha'lab recited: This one confronts you with approach with turning away, and that one calls you with turning away, with turning away.

وأمس الدابر: الذاهب الماضي لا يرجع أبدا.

And the past yesterday: the gone, the past that never returns.

وقالوا: مضى أمس الدابر وأمس المدبر، وهاذا من التطوع المشام للتوكيد، لأن اليوم إذا قيل فيه أمس فمعلوم أنه دبر، لاكنه أكده بقوله: الدابر.

And they said: 'The past yesterday has passed, and the turned-away yesterday has passed.' And this is from the recommended emphasis, because when yesterday is mentioned today, it is known that it has passed, but he emphasized it by saying: 'al-dābir'.

وقال صخر بن عمرو بن الشريد السلمي: ولقد قتلتكم ثناء وموحدا وتركت مرة مثل أمس المدبر

And Sakhr ibn Amr ibn Al-Sharid Al-Sulami said: And indeed I have killed you in praise and in unity, and I left Murrah like the turned-away yesterday.

ورجل خاسر دابر، إتباع.

And a losing, trailing man, as a follower.

والمدابر: المولي المعرض عن صاحبه.

And 'al-mudābir': the one who turns away from his companion.

ويقال: قبح الله ما قبل منه وما دبر.

And it is said: 'May God curse what he brought forth and what he brought behind.'

والدلو بين قابل ودابر: بين من يقبل بها إلى البئر ومن يدبر بها إلى الحوض.

And the bucket between coming and going: between one who approaches it to the well and one who goes back with it to the basin.

ومالهم من مقبل ولا مدبر، أي من مذهب في إقبال ولا إدبار.

And they have no one approaching nor one retreating, meaning no way of approaching nor retreating.

وأمر فلان إلى إقبال وإلى إدبار.

And so-and-so's affair is towards approach and towards retreat.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: دبر: رد.

And from Ibn Al-A'rabi: 'dabar': to return.

ودبر: تأخر.

And 'dabar': to be late.

وقالوا: إذا رأيت الثريا تدبر فشهر نتاج وشهر مطر.

And they said: 'When you see the Pleiades setting, it is the month of calving and the month of rain.'

وفلان مستدبر المجد مستقبل، أي كريم أول مجده وآخره، وهو مجاز.

And so-and-so is 'mustadbir' of glory and 'mustaqbil', meaning noble in the beginning and end of his glory, and this is metaphorical.

ودابر رحمه: قطعها.

And 'dābara' his kinship: to cut it off.

والمدابر من المنازل خلافخ المقابل.

And 'al-mudābir' among the stations is the opposite of 'al-muqābil'.

وأدبر القوم، إذا ولى أمرهم إلى آخره، فلم يبق منهم باقية.

And the people 'adbara', meaning their affair turned to its end, and none of them remained.

ومن المجاز: جعله دبر أذنه إذا أعرض عنه.

And from metaphor: 'He made it behind his ear' if he turned away from him.

وولى دبره: انهزم.

And he turned his back: he fled.

وكانت الدبرة له: انهزم قرنه

And the 'dabra' was for him: his opponent was defeated.

وكانت الدبرة عليه: انهزم هو.

And the 'dabra' was against him: he was defeated.

وولوا دبرهم منهزمين.

And they turned their backs, fleeing.

ودبرعت له الريح بعد ما قبلت، ودبر بعد إقبال.

And the wind blew from the east for him after it blew from the west, and it blew from the east after approaching.

وتقول: عصفت دبوره، وسقطت عبوره، وكل ذالك مجاز.

And you say: 'Its east wind blew fiercely', and 'its west wind fell', and all of that is metaphorical.

وكفر دبور، كتنور: قرية بمصر.

And Kafr Dabūr, like Tunūr: a village in Egypt.

والديبور: موضع في شعر أبي عباد، ذكره البكري.

And Al-Daybūr: a place in the poetry of Abi Abbad, mentioned by Al-Bakri.

ودبرة، بفتح فسكون: ناحية شامية.

And Dabara, with fatha and sukun: a region in the Levant.