أخر

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ء خ ر (ʔ ḵ r)
8 terms

Cognate with Aramaic אחר and Hebrew אַחַר (achár).

Verb

أَخَّرَ (ʔaḵḵara) II (non-past يُؤَخِّرُ (yuʔaḵḵiru), verbal noun تَأْخِير (taʔḵīr))

  1. to postpone, to set back, to hold back, to put back, to delay
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5:
      إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاءُ ٱنْفَطَرَتْ
      وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ
      وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
      وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
      عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
      ʔiḏā s-samāʔu nfaṭarat
      wa-ʔiḏā l-kawākibu ntaṯarat
      wa-ʔiḏā l-biḥāru fujjirat
      wa-ʔiḏā l-qubūru buʕṯirat
      ʕalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-ʔaḵḵarat
      When the sky breaks apart,
      And when the stars commence to scatter,
      And when the seas gush forth,
      And when the graves are strewn,
      A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Swahili: ahiri

Etymology 1.2

Adjective

أَخِر (ʔaḵir)

  1. outcast, distant, remote
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Noun

أُخُر (ʔuḵurm

  1. back part, hinder part
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Adjective

أُخَر (ʔuḵarf pl

  1. feminine plural of آخَر (ʔāḵar)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أخر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 18–19
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 31
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أخر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 11–12

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أخر (form I)

  1. أَخِرُّ (ʔaḵirru) /ʔa.xir.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. أَخُرُّ (ʔaḵurru) /ʔa.xur.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  3. أَخِرَّ (ʔaḵirra) /ʔa.xir.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  4. أَخُرَّ (ʔaḵurra) /ʔa.xur.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  5. أَخِرِّ (ʔaḵirri) /ʔa.xir.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  6. أَخُرِّ (ʔaḵurri) /ʔa.xur.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أخر (form I)

  1. أَخِرُّ (ʔaḵirru) /ʔa.xir.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. أَخُرُّ (ʔaḵurru) /ʔa.xur.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  3. أَخِرَّ (ʔaḵirra) /ʔa.xir.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  4. أَخُرَّ (ʔaḵurra) /ʔa.xur.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  5. أَخِرِّ (ʔaḵirri) /ʔa.xir.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  6. أَخُرِّ (ʔaḵurri) /ʔa.xur.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)