Arabic

Verb

بَكَرَ • ‎(bakara) I, non-past يَبْكُرُ‎ (yabkuru)

1. to be early (إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) at)
2. to come early (إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) to)
3. to get up early

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بكر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

بَكَّرَ • ‎(bakkara) II, non-past يُبَكِّرُ‎ (yubakkiru)

1. to be early (إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) at)
2. to come early (إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) to)
3. to get up early
4. to do early or prematurely (with فِي ‎(fī) or بِ ‎(bi) + verbal noun)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

بُكَر • ‎(bukar) f pl

1. plural of بُكْرَة ‎(bukra)