جير

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic גִיר / ܓܝܪ (gīr), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīrum, kiln), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, lime kiln).

Alternative forms

  • جَيَّار (jayyār)

Noun

جِير • (jīr) m

  1. chalk, lime
Declension
Derived terms
  • جِيرِيّ (jīriyy)

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of جِير (jīr, chalk, lime).

Verb

جَيَّرَ • (jayyara) II, non-past يُجَيِّرُ‎ (yujayyiru)

  1. to plaster with chalk or lime
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Denominal verb of جِيرُو (jīrō, endorsement) for Italian girare.

Verb

جَيَّرَ • (jayyara) II, non-past يُجَيِّرُ‎ (yujayyiru)

  1. (finance) to endorse, to make an assignment
Conjugation

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

جِيرَ • (jīra) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of جَارَ (jāra)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 9
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 493
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 221
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