نخر

1 نَخَرَ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. نَخُرَ (S, Msb, K) and نَخِرَ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَخِيرٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and نَخْرٌ, (CK, but omitted in MS. copies of the K,) said of a horse, (As, TA,) and of an ass, (A, TA,) and of a man, (TA,) [ He snorted; and he snored; ] he made a sound, or noise, with the nose; (S;) he made a sound, or noise, from his nose; he prolonged the breath from the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose ]; (Msb;) he made a sound, or noise, from his خياشيم, as though it were a musical note issuing convulsively; (TA;) he uttered a prolonged sound, or noise, from his خياشيم: (A, K:) the sound which horses make, termed نَخِيرٌ, is from the nostrils; that termed شَخِيرٌ, from the mouth; and that termed كَرِيرٌ, from the chest. (As, in TA, art. شخر.) You also say of a woman نَخَرَتْ, aor. نَخُرَ and نَخِرَ , (L,) or نَخَرَ , (so in the TA,) meaning, She made the same noise, [i. e., she snorted, ] in the act of concubitus, as though she were possessed. (L, TA.) -A2- نَخِرَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. نَخَرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. نَخَرٌ, (Msb,) It (a thing, S, or a bone, Msb, TA, and wood, TA) became old and wasted and crumbling; (S, Msb, K;) it became old and wasted and soft, crumbling when touched. (TA.)