*ʕyr: 'to disgrace; disgrace, shame'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕyr
Meaning'to disgrace; disgrace, shame'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʿār 'a disgrace; a shame; a thing that occasions one's being reviled' (Lane 2208); ʿayyara 'he upbraided him with such a thing; reproached him for it' (Lane 2208)Lane 2208
Jibbaliʿɔr (Rubin 2014 657)Rubin 2014 657gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿyr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 57)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 57gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ʿyr (SD 24) (Biella 363)SD 24; Biella 363gloss withheld
Geezʿayyara; taʿayyara; təʿəyyərt (LGz. 80)LGz. 80gloss withheld

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Notes

Safaitic ʿrr 'to disgrace' (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 55) is another root. Biella 363 also prints Mehri awêr, without a gloss. Not 1838 *ʕayr- 'donkey'.

Updated 25 October 2026

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