شخر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root شخر (shakhara) primarily relates to the sound of snoring or heavy breathing, often associated with animals like horses and donkeys, but also applicable to humans. It can also refer to a rough or broken terrain, the beginning of youth, and a type of tree.

Derived headwords

شَخَرَverb

1.
to snoreboth
To make a snoring sound, typically during sleep, characterized by a rattling noise in the throat or nose.
2.
to make a loud sound (horse)classical
To make a loud, rough sound from the mouth, specifically attributed to a horse after neighing.
3.
to make a rough sound (donkey)classical
To make a rough, loud sound, as a donkey does.
4.
to break off and fall (mountain)classical
To break off and fall from a mountain, referring to debris dislodged by feet or hooves.
5.
to begin (youth)classical
To begin or emerge, used metaphorically for the onset of youth.

الشخيرnoun

1.
snoring soundboth
The sound of snoring, which can originate from the throat, nose, or mouth.
2.
horse's soundclassical
A specific sound made by a horse from its mouth, following its neigh.
3.
debris from a mountainclassical
Loose material that has broken off and fallen from a mountain, caused by feet and hooves.
4.
raising voice in roaringclassical
The act of raising one's voice in a roaring or loud, rough sound.

الشخير: صوت من الحلق، وقيل: من الأنف، وقيل: من الفم دون الأنف — Snoring: a sound from the throat, or it is said, from the nose, or it is said, from the mouth without the nose.

وشخير الفرس: صوته من فمه — And the horse's shakhīr: its sound from its mouth.

شَخِيرadjective

1.
snoring (person)both
Describing a person who snores loudly.
2.
loud-sounding (donkey)classical
Describing a donkey that makes a loud, rough sound.

ورجل شخير نخير — And a snoring, roaring man.

شَخْرnoun

1.
snoring soundclassical
A term for the sound of snoring, similar to 'nakhar' (snorting).
2.
rough terrainclassical
The space between the two humps of a camel's saddle, or a rough, uneven area.

وقيل: الشخر كالنخر — And it is said: Al-shakhr is like al-nakhr (snorting).

شَخِيرnoun

1.
snoring soundclassical
A noun referring to the sound of snoring.

شخر الحمار يشخر، بالكسر، شخيرا — The donkey snored, yashkhuru, with a kasra, shakhīran.

شَخْرnoun

1.
rough terrainclassical
The area between the two humps of a camel's saddle, or a rough, uneven ground.

يقال لما بين الكرين من الرحل شرخ وشخر — It is said for what is between the two humps of the saddle: sharakh and shakhr.

شَخْرًاnoun

1.
snoring (masdar)both
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of snoring.

شخر يشخر شخرا وشخيرا — He snored, he snores, shakhran and shakhīran.

شَخِيرًاnoun

1.
snoring (masdar)both
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of snoring.

شخر يشخر شخرا وشخيرا — He snored, he snores, shakhran and shakhīran.

شَخِيرnoun

1.
loud-sounding donkeyclassical
A donkey that makes a loud, rough sound.

وحمار شخير: مصوت — And a loud-sounding donkey: one that makes noise.

الأشخرnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A kind of tree.

والأشخر: ضرب من الشجر — And Al-Ashkhar: a type of tree.

الشخيرname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name, specifically mentioned as Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Shakhir.

ومطرف بن عبد الله بن الشخير، مثال الفسيق — And Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Shakhir, like al-fasīq.

Parallel reading

الشخير: صوت من الحلق، وقيل: من الأنف، وقيل: من الفم دون الأنف.

Snoring: a sound from the throat, or it is said, from the nose, or it is said, from the mouth without the nose.

وشخير الفرس: صوته من فمه، وقيل: هو من الفرس بعد الصهيل

And the horse's shakhīr: its sound from its mouth, or it is said: it is from the horse after neighing.

شخر يشخر شخرا وشخيرا

He snored, he snores, shakhran and shakhīran.

وقيل: الشخر كالنخر.

And it is said: Al-shakhr is like al-nakhr (snorting).

شخر الحمار يشخر، بالكسر، شخيرا.

The donkey snored, yashkhuru, with a kasra, shakhīran.

من أصوات الخيل الشخير والنخير والكرير، فالشخير من الفم، والنخير من المنخرين، والكرير من الصدر؛

Among the sounds of horses are al-shakhīr, al-nakhīr, and al-karīr; al-shakhīr is from the mouth, al-nakhīr from the nostrils, and al-karīr from the chest;

ورجل شخير نخير.

And a snoring, roaring man.

والشخير أيضا: رفع الصوت بالنخر.

And al-shakhīr also: raising the voice in roaring.

وحمار شخير: مصوت.

And a loud-sounding donkey: one that makes noise.

والشخير: ما تحات من الجبل بالأقدام والحوافر؛

And al-shakhīr: what breaks off from the mountain by feet and hooves;

بنطفة بارق في رأس نيق ... منيف، دونها منه شخير

In a pool of lightning on the peak of a high... summit, below which is debris from it.

يقال لما بين الكرين من الرحل شرخ وشخر، والكر: ما ضم الظلفتين؛

It is said for what is between the two humps of the saddle: sharakh and shakhr, and al-karr: what joins the two halves of the hoof;

إذا اثبجرا من سواد حدجا، ... وشخرا استنفاضة ونشجا

When they moved vigorously from the darkness of the saddle, ... and shook off debris with a rustling and a sighing sound.

وشخر الشباب: أوله وجدته كشرخه

And the beginning of youth: its start and its finding it like its early stage.

والأشخر: ضرب من الشجر.

And Al-Ashkhar: a type of tree.

ومطرف بن عبد الله بن الشخير، مثال الفسيق، لأنه ليس في كلام العرب فعيل ولا فعيل.

And Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Shakhir, like al-fasīq, because there is no fa'īl or fu'ayl in the speech of the Arabs.