أبتر

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ب ت ر (b-t-r). Compare بَتَرَ (batara, to cut off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔab.tar/

Adjective

أَبْتَر (ʾabtar) (feminine بَتْرَاء (batrāʾ), common plural بُتْر (butr))

  1. tailless
  2. childless, offspringless
    • 7th Century CE, Quran, 108:3
      إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ
      ʾinna šāniʾaka huwa l-ʾabtaru
      Surely your antagonist is he who is without offspring.

Declension

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