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زخر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes abundance, fullness, and overflowing, often in a positive sense of flourishing or pride. It can apply to natural phenomena like seas and plants, as well as abstract concepts like boasting and speech.

Derived headwords

زَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to overflowboth

    The sea overflows and is full.

  2. 2.
    to surgeboth

    A valley surges and rises greatly.

  3. 3.
    to fillboth

    To fill something.

  4. 4.
    to surge (people)classical

    People surge for a call to arms or war.

  5. 5.
    to surge (pot/war)classical

    A pot or war surges.

  6. 6.
    to grow tallboth

    Plants grow tall.

  7. 7.
    to boastboth

    A person boasts about what they have.

  8. 8.
    to delightclassical

    To delight a person.

  9. 9.
    to fatten and adornclassical

    To fatten and adorn livestock and grass.

  10. 10.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter dust in the wind.

زَخْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    overflowingboth

    The state of being full or overflowing, especially of the sea.

زُخُورًاnoun
  1. 1.
    overflowingboth

    The state of being full or overflowing, especially of the sea.

تَزَخَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to overflowboth

    The sea overflows and is full.

  2. 2.
    to surgeboth

    A valley surges and rises greatly.

  3. 3.
    to fillboth

    To fill something.

  4. 4.
    to surge (people)classical

    People surge for a call to arms or war.

  5. 5.
    to surge (pot/war)classical

    A pot or war surges.

  6. 6.
    to grow tallboth

    Plants grow tall.

  7. 7.
    to boastboth

    A person boasts about what they have.

  8. 8.
    to delightclassical

    To delight a person.

  9. 9.
    to fatten and adornclassical

    To fatten and adorn livestock and grass.

  10. 10.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter dust in the wind.

تَزَخْوَرُverb
  1. 1.
    to boastboth

    A person boasts about what they have.

زَاخَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to compete in boastingclassical

    To compete with someone in boasting.

فَزَخَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make boastclassical

    To make someone boast or to surpass them in boasting.

نَبَاتٌ زَخُورٌadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantboth

    Plants that are abundant, lush, and dense.

زَخُورِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantboth

    Plants that are abundant, lush, and dense.

زَخَارِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantboth

    Plants that are abundant, lush, and dense.

الزَّاخِرُnoun
  1. 1.
    high honorclassical

    High honor and nobility.

  2. 2.
    joyfulclassical

    Joyful and exultant.

الزَّخْرِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall.

زَخَارِيُّ النَّبَاتِnoun
  1. 1.
    blossoms and freshnessboth

    The blossoms and freshness of plants.

عِرْقٌ زَاخِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nobleclassical

    Noble lineage that produces offspring.

كَلامٌ زَخُورِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    Speech that contains arrogance or pride.

Parallel reading

زخر البحر، كمنع، زخرا وزخورا وتزخر: طما وتملأ
The sea overflowed, like 'man'a', with zakhra and zukhur and tazakhkhar: it was full and complete.
والوادي: مد جدا، وارتفع
And the valley: it surged greatly and rose.
والشيء: ملأه
And a thing: to fill it.
والقوم: جاشوا لنفير أو حرب
And the people: they surged for a call to arms or war.
والقدر، و الحرب: جاشتا
And the pot, and the war: they surged.
والنبات: طال
And the plants: they grew tall.
والرجل بما عنده: فخر، كتزخور
And a man with what he has: he boasted, like tazakhoor.
والرجل: أطربه
And a man: to delight him.
والعشب المال: سمنه وزينه
And the grass and the livestock: to fatten and adorn them.
والدق: أذراه في الريح
And the dust: to scatter it in the wind.
وزاخره فزخره: فاخره ففخره
And he competed with him in boasting, so he surpassed him in boasting.
ونبات زخور وزخوري وزخاري: تام ريان ملتف
And plants are zakhur, zakhuri, and zakhari: complete, lush, and dense.
والزاخر: الشرف العالي، والجذلان
And al-zakhir: high honor, and joyfulness.
والزخري، ككردي: الطويل
And al-zakhri, like kurdi: tall.
وزخاري النبات: زهره ونضارته
And zakhari of plants: their blossoms and freshness.
وعرقه زاخر، أي: كريم ينمي
And his lineage is zakhir, meaning: noble and prolific.
وكلام زخوري: فيه تكبر
And zakhuri speech: it contains arrogance.