متأخر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء خ ر (ʔ-ḵ-r)

Derived from the active participle of تَأخَّرَ (to be late, to be last, to remain behind, to delay (intransitive)).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

مُتَأَخِّر • (mutaʔaḵḵir) (feminine مُتَأَخِّرَة (mutaʔaḵḵira), masculine plural مُتَأَخِّرُونَ (mutaʔaḵḵirūna), feminine plural مُتَأَخِّرَات (mutaʔaḵḵirāt))

  1. late
  2. later (عَنْ (ʕan) than)
  3. lagging behind, delayed
  4. behind (in payments), in default
  5. underdeveloped
  6. modern, late-period

Declension

Antonyms

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متأخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

مُتَأَخِّر • (mutaʔaḵḵir) m (plural مُتَأَخِّرُون (mutaʔaḵḵirūn))

  1. one who defaults in payment
  2. modern or late-period author or other person

Declension

Antonyms

References

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Arabic مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʔaḵḵir).

Pronunciation

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /mɪt.ʔə.χːɪr/

Adverb

مِتْأَخِّر • (mɪtaxxɪr)

  1. late
    Antonym: مبچر (mbəccɪr)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء خ ر
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʔaḵḵir). Equivalent to the active participle of تأخّر (tʔaḵḵar, to be late) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mit.ʔax.xir/, [mɪtˈʔax.xɪr]
  • (file)

Adjective

متأخّر • (mitʔaḵḵer) (feminine متأخّرة (mitʔaḵḵre), common plural متأخّرين (mitʔaḵḵrīn))

  1. late
    Antonyms: (as adverb) بكير (bakkīr), بدري (badri)

Usage notes

  • Although متأخر (mitʔaḵḵer) is an adjective, it is also used as an adverb but still agrees in gender and number.

See also

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