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الشخير

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds produced from the throat or nose, particularly snoring. It extends to the neighing of a horse and also describes physical actions like descending a mountain, tearing, or arranging date palm fronds.

Derived headwords

الشخيرnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringboth

    A sound from the throat or nose, specifically snoring.

  2. 2.
    neighingclassical

    The neighing of a horse, or its sound from its mouth.

  3. 3.
    descentclassical

    What is dislodged from a mountain by feet.

شخرverb
  1. 1.
    to snoreboth

    To make a snoring sound.

  2. 2.
    to neighclassical

    To neigh like a horse.

  3. 3.
    to descendclassical

    To dislodge something from a mountain by foot.

الشخرnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringboth

    A sound from the throat or nose, similar to snoring.

شخيرadjective
  1. 1.
    snoring heavilyboth

    One who snores a lot.

عبد الله بن الشخيرname
  1. 1.
    Abdullah bin Al-Shakhirboth

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

الأشخرnoun
  1. 1.
    Acacia treeclassical

    The Acacia tree (Shajar al-'ishr).

شخر الشبابnoun
  1. 1.
    prime of youthclassical

    The beginning or prime of youth.

شخر الرحلnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a saddleclassical

    The part of a saddle between the front and rear parts.

شخر الاستnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The anus, referring to its opening or split.

شخر البعير ما في الغرارةverb
  1. 1.
    to tear the bagclassical

    To tear and scatter the contents of a camel's bag.

التشخيرnoun
  1. 1.
    raising saddlebagsclassical

    Raising saddlebags so the rider can move forward.

  2. 2.
    arranging date frondsclassical

    Placing date palm fronds on the central stem to prevent breakage.

Parallel reading

صوت من الحلق أو الأنف
A sound from the throat or nose.
وصهيل الفرس، أو صوته من فمه
And the neighing of a horse, or its sound from its mouth.
وما تحات من الجبل بالأقدام
And what is dislodged from the mountain by feet.
وكثير الشخير
And one who snores a lot.
عبد الله بن الشخير: صحابي
Abdullah bin Al-Shakhir: a companion.
الأشخر: شجر العشر
Al-Ashkhar: the Acacia tree.
وشخر الشباب: أوله
And the prime of youth: its beginning.
ومن الرحل: ما بين القادمة والآخرة
And from the saddle: what is between the front and rear parts.
وشخر الاست: شقها
And the anus: its opening.
وشخر البعير ما في الغرارة: بددها وخرقها
And the camel tears what is in the bag: scattering and ripping it.
والتشخير: رفع الأحلاس حتى تستقدم الرحالة
And Al-Tashkhir: raising the saddlebags so the rider can move forward.
وفي النخل: وضع العذوق على الجريدة لئلا تنكسر
And in date palms: placing the fronds on the central stem to prevent breakage.