خرء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of defecation and its related concepts. It encompasses the physical act, the excrement itself, the place where one defecates, and the process of cleansing oneself afterward. The terms derived from this root often carry a vulgar or crude connotation.

Derived headwords

الخَرءnoun

1.
excrementboth
Refers to feces or dung.
2.
defecationclassical
The act of excreting waste from the body.

خرِئَverb

1.
to defecateboth
The act of passing feces.

خراءةnoun

1.
defecationboth
The act of defecating.

خروءةnoun

1.
defecationclassical
The act of defecating.
2.
gerbilclassical
A small rodent, possibly named for its droppings.
3.
dogclassical
A canine, possibly named for its droppings.

خرءاnoun

1.
defecationclassical
The act of defecating.

الخراءnoun

1.
excrementboth
Feces or dung.

الخراءةnoun

1.
defecationboth
The act of relieving oneself or sitting down to defecate.

خروءnoun

1.
excrementboth
Plural of الخرء, referring to feces or dung.

خرآنnoun

1.
excrementclassical
A plural form referring to feces or dung.

خرؤnoun

1.
excrementclassical
A plural form referring to feces or dung.

خروءةnoun

1.
lime (hair remover)classical
A substance used for depilation, possibly named for its unpleasant smell or appearance.
2.
beesclassical
A swarm of bees, possibly named for their buzzing or collective activity.
3.
fliesclassical
Insects, possibly named for their buzzing or association with waste.

المخرأةnoun

1.
latrineboth
A place for defecation.

المخرؤةnoun

1.
latrineboth
A place for defecation.
2.
anusclassical
The external opening of the rectum.

Parallel reading

الخرء، بالضم: العذرة.

Al-khara', with damma: excrement.

خرئ خراءة وخروءة وخرءا: سلح، مثل كره كراهة وكرها.

He defecated a khira'ah, a khuru'ah, and a khara': he passed feces, like karaha (disliked) from kariha (to dislike).

والاسم: الخراء، قال الأعشى: يا رخما قاظ على مطلوب، ... يعجل كف الخارئ المطيب وشعر الأستاه في الجبوب

And the noun is: al-khara'. Al-A'sha said: O vultures perched on a prey, ... hasten the hand of the perfumed one who defecates and the hair of the buttocks in the open ground.

وفي الحديث: أن الكفار قالوا لسلمان: إن محمدا يعلمكم كل شيء حتى الخراءة.

And in the Hadith: The disbelievers said to Salman: Muhammad teaches you everything, even defecation.

قال: أجل، أمرنا أن لا نكتفي بأقل من ثلاثة أحجار.

He said: Yes, we were commanded not to suffice with less than three stones.

ابن الأثير: الخراءة، بالكسر والمد: التخلي والقعود للحاجة؛

Ibn al-Athir: Al-khira'ah, with kasra and madd: relieving oneself and sitting for a need;

قال الخطابي: وأكثر الرواة يفتحون الخاء، قال: وقد يحتمل أن يكون بالفتح مصدرا وبالكسر اسما.

Al-Khattabi said: Most narrators pronounce the kha' with fatha. He said: It is possible that with fatha it is a masdar and with kasra it is a noun.

واسم السلح: الخرء.

And the name for defecation is: al-khara'.

والجمع خروء، فعول، مثل جند وجنود.

And the plural is khuru', fa'ul, like jund and junud.

قال جواس بن نعيم الضبي يهجو؛ وقد نسبه ابن القطاع لجواس بن القعطل وليس له: كأن خروء الطير فوق رؤوسهم، ... إذا اجتمعت قيس، معا، وتميم متى تسأل الضبي عن شر قومه، ... يقل لك: إن العائذي لئيم كأن خروء الطير فوق رؤوسهم أي من ذلهم.

Jawas bin Nu'aym al-Dabbi said, satirizing; and Ibn al-Qatta' attributed it to Jawas bin al-Qa'tal, but it is not his: As if the droppings of birds were above their heads, ... when Qays, Ma'an, and Tamim gathered. When you ask al-Dabbi about the worst of his people, ... he will tell you: Indeed, al-'A'idhi is ignoble. As if the droppings of birds were above their heads, meaning from their humiliation.

ومن جمعه أيضا: خرآن، وخرؤ، فعل، يقال: رموا بخروئهم وسلوحهم، ورمى بخرآنه وسلحانه.

And from its plurals also: khara'an, and kharu', fa'al. It is said: They threw their excrement and their dung, and he threw his excrement and his dung.

وخروءة: فعولة، وقد يقال ذلك للجرذ والكلب.

And khuru'ah: fa'ulah, and that may be said for a gerbil and a dog.

قال بعض العرب: طليت بشيء كأنه خرء الكلب؛

Some of the Arabs said: I was smeared with something that was like dog excrement;

وخروء: يعني النورة، وقد يكون ذلك للنحل والذباب.

And khuru': meaning lime (hair remover), and that may be for bees and flies.

والمخرأة والمخرؤة: موضع الخراءة.

And al-makhra'ah and al-makhru'ah: the place of defecation.

التهذيب: والمخرؤة: المكان الذي يتخلى فيه، ويقال للمخرج: مخرؤة ومخرأة.

Al-Tahdhib: And al-makhru'ah: the place where one relieves oneself, and the exit is called makhru'ah and makhra'ah.