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زخر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زَاخِرٌ ذ A sea full, or flowing with much water, and rising high: (S, TA:) and a valley flowing with a copious and high tide of water: and ↓ زَخَّارٌ, also, is applied as an epithet to a sea [in a similar, but intensive, sense]. (TA.) [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ بَحْرٌ زَاخِرٌ وَبَدْرٌ زَاهِرٌ (assumed tropical:) [ Such a one is a full sea, meaning bountiful, and a shining full moon, meaning illustrious ]. (A, TA.) The saying of the Hudhalee, describing a woman, جَوَادٌ بِقُوتِ البَطْنِ وَالعِرْقُ زَاخِرُ means Liberal with the food of the belly in the time of hunger, when [ the vein is full, and] the blood and the tempers are excited: or it means, and her lineage is high; for the vein of the generous flows fully with generousness. (S, TA.) One says also عِرْقُهُ زَاخِرٌ meaning (assumed tropical:) He is generous, increasing [ in generosity ], or abounding [ therein ]. (AO, S, K, TA.) And زَاخِرٌ signifies High nobility. (AA, K.) ― -b2- See also زُخَارِىٌّ, last sentence. ― -b3- Also Rejoicing, joyful, glad, or happy. (A, K.)

Derived headwords

زَاخِرٌ
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فُلَانٌ بَحْرٌ زَاخِرٌ وَبَدْرٌ زَاهِرٌ
جَوَادٌ بِقُوتِ البَطْنِ وَالعِرْقُ زَاخِرُ
عِرْقُهُ زَاخِرٌ