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المقبور

English translation: The deceased

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20:52 Nov 27, 2011

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Arabic term or phrase: المقبور

هذا التقرير أشار إلى مكان الحادث، إلا وهو .....والذي تشرف عليه الشرطة العسكرية بإشراف المقبول .....ومسؤولية إدارته كان يشرف عليه المقبور أيضا ..... ومعه أخرون
هذا نص ليبي.

hassan zekry KudoZ activity Questions: 11 (none open) Answers: 3648
Local time: 02:22

English translation:The deceased

Explanation:
I think this word is derived from "kabr" which is grave.

Selected response from:

Mouchira Mohammad
Saudi Arabia

Grading comment

thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

Former dictator

albermanil

3 +3

The deceased

Mouchira Mohammad

5 +1

Ggraved

Tamer Mekhimar

4 +2

buried

Ohan

dead/interred/entombed/tombed/buried

Ahmed Badawy

Summary of reference entries provided
Newspaper Lybia Mostaqbal	Spiridon

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

The deceased

Explanation:
I think this word is derived from "kabr" which is grave.

Mouchira Mohammad
Saudi Arabia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thank you.

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

buried

Explanation:
Another option

Ohan
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic

Notes to answerer

Asker: thank you!

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Ggraved

Explanation:
Graved

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-11-27 22:06:04 GMT)
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Grave: having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 02:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Notes to answerer

Asker: thank you very much

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Former dictator

Explanation:
It is common in Iraq to refer to the former president.

albermanil
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

4 hrs confidence:

dead/interred/entombed/tombed/buried

Explanation:
الشخص المقبور
all are suitable while i prefer "dead" or "interred"

Ahmed Badawy
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: thank you very much

Reference comments

12 hrs

Reference: Newspaper Lybia Mostaqbal

Reference information:
http://archive.libyaalmostakbal.net/articles0709/watani_100_...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-11-28 11:54:40 GMT)
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The original text is an article in a Lybian newspaper referring to a police report detailing the fact of `digging out a grave and finding a couple of buried bodies which are named in the text.

Example sentence(s):

The buried people are named in the original text in Arabic

Spiridon
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Note to reference poster

Asker: thank you!

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