نخر

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See also: نجز, نجر, and ن ح ر

Arabic

Root
ن خ ر (n ḵ r)
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *naḫar-. In Arabic compare خَرْخَرَ (ḵarḵara, to snore), نَعَرَ (naʕara), نَعَقَ (naʕaqa).

Verb

نَخَرَ (naḵara) I (non-past يَنْخُرُ (yanḵuru) or يَنْخِرُ (yanḵiru), verbal noun نَخْر (naḵr) or نَخِير (naḵīr))

  1. (intransitive) to emit a sound through the nose, to snort, to grunt
  2. (transitive) to gnaw, to eat into, to consume
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: naħar (to snore)

Verb

نَخِرَ (naḵira) I (non-past يَنْخَرُ (yanḵaru), verbal noun نَخْر (naḵr) or نَخِير (naḵīr))

  1. (intransitive) to be gnawed, to be eaten away, to be rotten
Conjugation

Noun

نَخْر (naḵrm

  1. verbal noun of نَخَرَ (naḵara) (form I)
Declension

Noun

نَخَر (naḵarm

  1. verbal noun of نَخِرَ (naḵira) (form I)
Declension

Adjective

نَخِر (naḵir) (feminine نَخِرَة (naḵira))

  1. rotten, wasted, eaten away
Declension

References

  • نخر” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نخر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 254
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “نخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2777
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نخر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1254

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نخر (form I)

  1. نَخِرُّ (naḵirru) /na.xir.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. نَخُرُّ (naḵurru) /na.xur.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  3. نَخِرَّ (naḵirra) /na.xir.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  4. نَخُرَّ (naḵurra) /na.xur.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  5. نَخِرِّ (naḵirri) /na.xir.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  6. نَخُرِّ (naḵurri) /na.xur.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نخر (form I)

  1. نَخُرْ (naḵur) /na.xur/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)
  2. نَخِرْ (naḵir) /na.xir/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)
  3. نُخَرْ (nuḵar) /nu.xar/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)