أكار

Arabic
أَكَّارَانِ

Alternative forms
  • إِكَّار (ʔikkār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אִיכָּרָא / אִכָּרָא (ʾikkārā), ܐܱܟ݁ܳܪܴܐ (ʾakkārā, “farmer”), from Akkadian 𒀳 (ikkarum, “farmer”), from Sumerian 𒀳 (engar, “farmer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔak.kaːr/

Noun

أَكَّار • (ʔakkār) m (plural أَكَّارُون (ʔakkārūn) or أَكَرَة (ʔakara)) (obsolete)

  1. farmer, tiller, cultivator of land
    Synonyms: زَرَّاع (zarrāʕ), زَارِع (zāriʕ), حَرَّاث (ḥarrāṯ), فَلَّاح (fallāḥ), كَافِر (kāfir), بَرْدَزْبَة (bardazba)
    • a. 710, الأخطل [al-ʾaḵṭal], edited by Theodor Nöldeke and August Müller, Delectus veterum carminum arabicorum, Berlin: H. Reuther’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, published 1890, page 54:
      إِنَّ الفَوَارِسَ يَعْرِفُونَ ظُهُورَكُم، أَوْلَادَ كُلِّ مُقَبَّحٍ أَكّارِ!
      ʔinna l-fawārisa yaʕrifūna ẓuhūrakum, ʔawlāda kulli muqabbaḥin ʔakkāri!
      Indeed the nomads know your backs, children of every disdained boor!
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “قِصَّةُ ابْنِ العَقَدِيِّ [The Story of Ibn Al-Aqadiyy]”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Cairo, Egypt: Al Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah, published 2021, →ISBN, page 256:
      قَالَ: «يَشْتَرِي لَنَا أَرُزًّا بِقِشْرِهِ وَيَحْمِلُهُ مَعَهُ، لَيْسَ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ إِلَّا ذٰلِكَ الْأَرُزّ. فَإِذَا صِرْنَا إِلَى أَرْضِهِ كَلَّفَ أَكَّارَهُ أَنْ يَجُشَّهُ فِي مِجَشَّةٍ لَهُ، […] »
      qāla: “yaštarī lanā ʔaruzzan biqišrihi wayaḥmiluhu maʕahu, laysa maʕahu šayʔun mimmā ḵalaqa llāhu ʔillā ḏālika l-ʔaruzz. faʔiḏā ṣirnā ʔilā ʔarḍihi kallafa ʔakkārahu ʔan yajuššahu fī mijaššatin lahu, […] ”
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Declension
Declension of noun أَكَّار (ʔakkār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَكَّار
ʔakkār		 الْأَكَّار
al-ʔakkār		 أَكَّار
ʔakkār
Nominative أَكَّارٌ
ʔakkārun		 الْأَكَّارُ
al-ʔakkāru		 أَكَّارُ
ʔakkāru
Accusative أَكَّارًا
ʔakkāran		 الْأَكَّارَ
al-ʔakkāra		 أَكَّارَ
ʔakkāra
Genitive أَكَّارٍ
ʔakkārin		 الْأَكَّارِ
al-ʔakkāri		 أَكَّارِ
ʔakkāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَكَّارَيْن
ʔakkārayn		 الْأَكَّارَيْن
al-ʔakkārayn		 أَكَّارَيْ
ʔakkāray
Nominative أَكَّارَانِ
ʔakkārāni		 الْأَكَّارَانِ
al-ʔakkārāni		 أَكَّارَا
ʔakkārā
Accusative أَكَّارَيْنِ
ʔakkārayni		 الْأَكَّارَيْنِ
al-ʔakkārayni		 أَكَّارَيْ
ʔakkāray
Genitive أَكَّارَيْنِ
ʔakkārayni		 الْأَكَّارَيْنِ
al-ʔakkārayni		 أَكَّارَيْ
ʔakkāray
Plural sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَكَّارِين‎; أَكَرَة
ʔakkārīn‎; ʔakara		 الْأَكَّارِين‎; الْأَكَرَة
al-ʔakkārīn‎; al-ʔakara		 أَكَّارِي‎; أَكَرَة
ʔakkārī‎; ʔakarat
Nominative أَكَّارُونَ‎; أَكَرَةٌ
ʔakkārūna‎; ʔakaratun		 الْأَكَّارُونَ‎; الْأَكَرَةُ
al-ʔakkārūna‎; al-ʔakaratu		 أَكَّارُو‎; أَكَرَةُ
ʔakkārū‎; ʔakaratu
Accusative أَكَّارِينَ‎; أَكَرَةً
ʔakkārīna‎; ʔakaratan		 الْأَكَّارِينَ‎; الْأَكَرَةَ
al-ʔakkārīna‎; al-ʔakarata		 أَكَّارِي‎; أَكَرَةَ
ʔakkārī‎; ʔakarata
Genitive أَكَّارِينَ‎; أَكَرَةٍ
ʔakkārīna‎; ʔakaratin		 الْأَكَّارِينَ‎; الْأَكَرَةِ
al-ʔakkārīna‎; al-ʔakarati		 أَكَّارِي‎; أَكَرَةِ
ʔakkārī‎; ʔakarati

Derived terms
  • أَكَرَ (ʔakara, “to till, to dig up”), present يَأْكِرُ (yaʔkiru)

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 128–129
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أكار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 71
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أكار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 33
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