عتر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ت ر (ʿ-t-r).

Verb

عَتَرَ (ʿatara) I, non-past يَعْتِرُ‎ (yaʿtiru)

  1. to slaughter for offering, to sacrifice (a عَتِيرَة (ʿatīra))
    • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 41:5:
      فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ «يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَتَائِرُ وَٱلْفَرَائِعُ؟‏» قَالَ ‏«‏مَنْ شَاءَ عَتَرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَعْتِرْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَرَّعَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُفَرِّعْ فِي الْغَنَمِ أُضْحِيَتُهَا»‏
      faqāla rajulun mina n-nāsi “yā rasūla l-lahi l-ʿatāʾiru wal-farāʾiʿu?” qāla “man šāʾa ʿatara waman šāʾa lam yaʿtir waman šāʾa farraʿa waman šāʾa lam yufarriʿ fī l-ḡanami ʾuḍḥiyatuhā”
      Then a man among the people said: “O Messenger of Allah, what about the goat slaughter and goat firstling slaughter?“ He said: Whoso wishes to offer a goat may do so, and whoso does not wish to may not. Whoso wishes to offer a firstling may do so, and whoso does not wish to may not. And with regard to sheep, a sacrifice should be made.”

Conjugation

Noun

عِتْر (ʿitr) m (collective, singulative عِتْرَة (ʿitra))

  1. original state, natural disposition
  2. penis
  3. Glossonema varians syn. Glossonema edule, the young fruits and leaves of which are eaten raw
  4. caper (Capparis gen. and especially Capparis spinosa, and especially the edible buds from it)
  5. idol offered to

Declension

Noun

عَتْر (ʿatr) m

  1. verbal noun of عَتَرَ (ʿatara) (form I)
  2. penis

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), عتر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 103
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), عتر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1946
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 114 and 282
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