بربير

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar.biːr/

Noun

بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m

obsolete form of بَرْدِيّ (bardiyy) “paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)”

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْبِير barbīr	الْبَرْبِير al-barbīr	بَرْبِير barbīr
Nominative	بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun	الْبَرْبِيرُ al-barbīru	بَرْبِيرُ barbīru
Accusative	بَرْبِيرًا barbīran	الْبَرْبِيرَ al-barbīra	بَرْبِيرَ barbīra
Genitive	بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin	الْبَرْبِيرِ al-barbīri	بَرْبِيرِ barbīri

Etymology 2

A modern dialect word, ultimately the same word as فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn), patterned like شَرْشِير (šaršīr) for شَرْشَر (šaršar, “puncture vine, Tribulus spp.”).

Noun

بَرْبِير • (barbīr) m

common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Synonyms: رِجْل (rijl), بَقْل (baql)

Hypernym: فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْبِير (barbīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْبِير barbīr	الْبَرْبِير al-barbīr	بَرْبِير barbīr
Nominative	بَرْبِيرٌ barbīrun	الْبَرْبِيرُ al-barbīru	بَرْبِيرُ barbīru
Accusative	بَرْبِيرًا barbīran	الْبَرْبِيرَ al-barbīra	بَرْبِيرَ barbīra
Genitive	بَرْبِيرٍ barbīrin	الْبَرْبِيرِ al-barbīri	بَرْبِيرِ barbīri

References

Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71
Qaṭar e-Nature – بربير – Portulaca oleracea

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