قعر

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ع ر (q-ʕ-r)

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَعْر (qaʕrm

  1. depth
  2. bottom (the lowest part of a container)
    Synonym: قَاع (qāʕ)
    قَعْر البِئْر
    qaʕr al-biʔr
    The bottom of the well
  3. (figuratively) bottom, depth
    في قَعْر السُجُون
    in the depth of prison
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَعُرَ (qaʕura) I, non-past يَقْعُرُ‎ (yaqʕuru)

  1. to be hollow or hollowed out; to be deep; to be concave
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَعَّرَ (qaʕʕara) II, non-past يُقَعِّرُ‎ (yuqaʕʕiru)

  1. to deepen, to hollow out
Conjugation[edit]

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ع ر
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قَعْر (qaʕr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَعَر (gaʕarm (construct state قَعْر (gaʕr), plural قُعُور (guʕūr))

  1. ass, buttocks
    Synonym: (vulgar) طيز (ṭīz)
  2. depth
  3. bottom