سخر

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See also: سحر, شجر, and ش ج ر

Arabic

Root
س خ ر (s ḵ r)
5 terms

Verb

سَخِرَ (saḵira) I (non-past يَسْخَرُ (yasḵaru), verbal noun سُخْرِيَّة (suḵriyya) or سَخَر (saḵar) or سَخْر (saḵr) or سُخُر (suḵur) or سُخْر (suḵr) or سُخْرَة (suḵra) or مَسْخَر (masḵar))

  1. to mock, to taunt, to ridicule
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212:
      زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡا۟ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ وَٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَاۤءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٍ
      zuyyina lillaḏīna kafarū l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wa-yasḵarūna mina llaḏīna ʾāmanū wāllaḏīna ttaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wal-lāhu yarzuqu man yašāʾu biḡayri ḥisābin
      Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.

Conjugation

Verb

سَخَّرَ (saḵḵara) II (non-past يُسَخِّرُ (yusaḵḵiru), verbal noun تَسْخِير (tasḵīr))

  1. to subject, make subservient (ه = s.o. s.th., ل = to or for the purpose of)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:65:
      أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِ
      ʔalam tara ʔanna l-laha saḵḵara lakum mmā fī l-ʔarḍi wal-fulka tajrī fī l-baḥri biʔamrihi
      Have you not seen that God has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships that sail through the sea by His command?
  2. to impose
  3. to make serviceable (ه = s.th., ل = to), employ, utilize, use, harness, turn to profitable account (ه = s.th., ل = for), make use (ه = of s.o. / s.th., ل = for)
  4. to exploit (ه = s.o. / s.th., ل = for)

Conjugation

Noun

سَخَر (saḵarm

  1. verbal noun of سَخِرَ (saḵira) (form I)

Declension

Noun

سَخْر or سُخْر or سُخُر (saḵr or suḵr or suḵurm

  1. (obsolete) verbal noun of سَخِرَ (saḵira) (form I)

Declension