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جخر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the concept of widening or expanding, specifically in the context of digging a well. It describes the state of being wide and the action of making something wider.

Derived headwords

الجَخْرnoun
  1. 1.
    widening of a wellclassical

    The state of being wide or expanded, specifically referring to the internal space of a well.

جَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wideclassical

    To possess wideness or expansion, used to describe the interior of a well.

تَجْخِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    widening a wellclassical

    The act or process of making a well wider or more expansive.

جَخَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    To make something wider or more expansive, particularly in the context of excavating a well.

Parallel reading

الجخر، بالتحريك الاتساع في البئر.
Al-jakhr, with harakah, is the wideness in a well.
يقال: جخر جوف البئر، بالكسر.
It is said: 'Jakhara the interior of the well,' with kasrah.
وتجخير البئر: توسيعها.
And tajkhir of the well means its widening.