Rizwan Zubair

Root ع ب ر ʿ-b-r

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ع ب رʿ-b-r

(ن) عَبَرَ يَعْبُرُ عَبْرًاʿabara yaʿburu ʿabran: to pass from one place to another: (1) to cross a valley or river (2) to pass from an observed event to an unseen conclusion, to take a lesson (3) to pass from hearing a dream to its reality, to interpret it. ﴿اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُوْنَ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:43)

عَابِرٌʿābir (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who crosses, one who passes through. ﴿اِلَّا عَابِرِيْ سَبِيْلٍ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:43)

عِبْرَةٌʿibrah (noun, ism dhāt): lesson, admonition. ﴿اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّاُولِي الْاَبْصَارِ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:13)

Form II (tafʿīl) عَبَّرَ يُعَبِّرُ تَعْبِيْرًاʿabbara yuʿabbiru taʿbīran: to interpret a dream; to express one's thoughts in words (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِعْتَبَرَ يَعْتَبِرُ اِعْتِبَارًاiʿtabara yaʿtabiru iʿtibāran: to take a lesson with deliberate care. ﴿فَاعْتَبِرُوْا يٰٓاُولِي الْاَبْصَارِ﴾ (Al-Ḥashr 59:2)

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