متأخر

Derived from the active participle of تَأخَّرَ‎ (“to be late, to be last, to remain behind, to delay (intransitive)”), from the root ء خ ر‎ (ʾ-ḵ-r).

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مُتَأَخِّر • (mutaʾaḵḵir) (feminine مُتَأَخِّرَة‎ (mutaʾaḵḵira), masculine plural مُتَأَخِّرُون‎ (mutaʾaḵḵirūn), feminine plural مُتَأَخِّرَات‎ (mutaʾaḵḵirāt))

1. late
2. later (مِن‎ (min) than)
3. lagging behind, delayed
4. behind (in payments), in default
5. underdeveloped
6. modern, late-period

• (late): مُبَكِّر‎ (mubakkir), بَكِير‎ (bakīr), بَكُور‎ (bakūr), بَاكُور‎ (bākūr)
• (lagging behind): مُتَقَدِّم‎ (mutaqaddim)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “متأخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

مُتَأَخِّر • (mutaʾaḵḵir) m (plural مُتَأَخِّرُون‎ (mutaʾaḵḵirūn))

1. one who defaults in payment
2. modern or late-period author or other person

• (late-period author or person): مُتَقَدِّم‎ (mutaqaddim)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “أخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN