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خرء

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns excrement, specifically feces, and the act of defecation. It extends to related concepts like the place of excretion and the general idea of waste or dung.

Derived headwords

الخَرْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    excrementboth

    excrement

خَرْءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fecesboth

    A general term for excrement or dung.

خُرُوءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of khur'both

    plural of khur'

خَرِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecateboth

    The act of expelling feces from the body.

خَرَاءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    defecationboth

    The act or process of defecating; an instance of excreting feces.

الخارِئِnoun
  1. 1.
    defecatorboth

    One who defecates; an animal or person that excretes feces.

مَخْرُؤَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place of excretionclassical

    The location where excrement is expelled or deposited.

مَخْرَأةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place of excretionclassical

    An alternative form for the place where excrement is expelled or deposited.

Parallel reading

الخرء بالضم: العذرة
Al-khar' (with dammah): feces.
والجمع: خروء، مثل جند وجنود
And the plural is khuru', like jund and junud.
كأن خروء الطير فوق رؤوسهم
As if the droppings of birds were upon their heads.
وقد خرئ خراءة
And he defecated a defecation.
مثل كره كراهة
Like karaha (to hate) and karahah (hatred).
يعجل كف الخارئ المطيب
The hand of the perfumed defecator hastens.
ويقال للمخرج: مخرؤة ومخرأة
And the place of excretion is called makhru'ah and makhra'ah.