متأخر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَأخَّرَ (to be late, to be last, to remain behind, to delay (intransitive)), from the root ء خ ر (ʾ-ḵ-r).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʾaḵḵir) (feminine مُتَأَخِّرَة (mutaʾaḵḵira), masculine plural مُتَأَخِّرُون (mutaʾaḵḵirūn), feminine plural مُتَأَخِّرَات (mutaʾaḵḵirāt))

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

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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 (mutaʾaḵḵir) m (plural مُتَأَخِّرُون (mutaʾaḵḵirūn))

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

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