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زخر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زَخْرَةٌ ذ [ Fulness of the sea]. One says, رَأَيْتُ البِحَارَ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَغْلَبَ مِنْهُ زَخْرَةً وَالجِبَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَصْلَبَ مِنْهُ صَخْرَةً [ I have seen the seas, but I have not seen one more surpassing in fulness than he is in bountifulness; and the mountains, but I have not seen one more firm in rock than he is in heart]. (A.)

Derived headwords

زَخْرَةٌ
  1. 1.
البِحَارَ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَغْلَبَ مِنْهُ زَخْرَةً وَالجِبَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَصْلَبَ
مِنْهُ صَخْرَةً