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ءخر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of being late, delayed, or remaining behind. It extends to notions of being last, inferior, or the final stage of something.

Derived headwords

أَخَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To cause something or someone to be late or to postpone an event.

  2. 2.
    to put offboth

    To defer an action or decision to a later time.

تَأَخَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be lateboth

    To arrive or happen after the expected or scheduled time.

  2. 2.
    to lag behindboth

    To fall behind others in progress or development.

مُتَأَخِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    lateboth

    Happening or arriving after the expected time.

  2. 2.
    delayedboth

    Caused to be late or happen later than scheduled.

أَخَرnoun
  1. 1.
    lastboth

    The final position or item in a series.

  2. 2.
    otherboth

    Different from one already mentioned or known; another.

آخِرnoun
  1. 1.
    endboth

    The final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

  2. 2.
    last oneboth

    The final item or person in a sequence.

مَأْخَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rearboth

    The back part of something.

  2. 2.
    hindquartersboth

    The rear part of the body of an animal.

مِئْخَارnoun
  1. 1.
    late-bearing palmclassical

    A date palm tree whose fruit remains on the tree until the end of the harvest season.

  2. 2.
    late-bearing palm (winter)classical

    A date palm tree whose fruit remains on the tree until the end of winter.

ترى الغضيض الموقر المئخارا — You see the heavy, laden, late-bearing palm.
أَخَرُadjective
  1. 1.
    inferiorclassical

    Of lower quality or status; less worthy.

  2. 2.
    most despisedclassical

    The lowest and most contemptible.

Parallel reading

ترى الغضيض الموقر المئخارا
You see the heavy, laden, late-bearing palm.
من وقعه، ينتثر انتثارا
From its falling, it scatters widely.
ويروى: ترى العضيد والعضيض.
And it is narrated: You see the strong, the strong.
المئخار التي يبقى حملها إلى آخر الشتاء
The late-bearing (palm) whose fruit remains until the end of winter.
المسألة أخر كسب المرء
Begging is the most despised gain of a person.
أي أرذله وأدناه
Meaning, its most base and lowest.
ويروى بالمد، أي أن السؤال آخر ما يكتسب به المرء عند العجز عن الكسب.
And it is narrated with the long vowel, meaning that asking is the last thing a person acquires when unable to earn.