دبر
d-b-r
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root دبر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root دبر (dbr) primarily means to turn one's back, retreat, or go backward. It can describe physical movement, the decline of affairs, or the ending of a period like day or prayer.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
d-b-r
Listen:
أَدْبَرَ
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Root letters:
د — ب — ر
Word Family Tree (24 forms)
All word forms derived from the root دبر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 32×
Verb 12×
Concordance — 44 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root دبر appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (32) · Verb (12)
Noun (32 verses — showing first 5)
Joseph 12:25
Noun
وَٱسۡتَبَقَا ٱلۡبَابَ وَقَدَّتۡ قَمِیصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرࣲ وَأَلۡفَیَا سَیِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلۡبَابِۚ قَالَتۡ مَا جَزَاۤءُ مَنۡ أَرَادَ بِأَهۡلِكَ سُوۤءًا إِلَّاۤ أَن یُسۡجَنَ أَوۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ٢٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
Joseph 12:27
Noun
وَإِن كَانَ قَمِیصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرࣲ فَكَذَبَتۡ وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."
Joseph 12:28
Noun
فَلَمَّا رَءَا قَمِیصَهُۥ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرࣲ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ مِن كَیۡدِكُنَّۖ إِنَّ كَیۡدَكُنَّ عَظِیمࣱ ٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So when her husband saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of the women's plan. Indeed, your plan is great
فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُوا۟ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ ٦٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning
Derived Forms (24)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مُدْبِرِينَ | mudbiriyna | Noun | 5× | |
| أَدْبَرَ | ʾaadbara | Verb | 4× | |
| يُدَبِّرُ | yudabiru | Verb | 4× | |
| ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ | lʾaadbara | Noun | 3× | |
| دَابِرَ | daābira | Noun | 3× | |
| دُبُرٍ | duburin | Noun | 3× | |
| وَأَدْبَٰرَهُمْ | waʾaadbarahum | Noun | 2× | |
| يَتَدَبَّرُونَ | yatadabaruwna | Verb | 2× | |
| مُدْبِرًا | mudbiranā | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلْأَدْبَارَ | lʾaadbaāra | Noun | 2× |