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خشر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of worthless, leftover, or inferior things. It extends to describing something as being of low quality or value, and the act of removing or purifying such undesirable elements.

Derived headwords

الخَشَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Leftovers, refuseboth

    What remains on the table that is worthless or of no good. It also refers to the inferior or bad part of anything.

  2. 2.
    Worthless peopleclassical

    Used to describe someone who is base, ignoble, or of low standing.

خَشَرْتُverb
  1. 1.
    To remove refuseclassical

    To remove the worthless or inferior part from something.

أَخْشَرُهُverb
  1. 1.
    To remove refuseclassical

    The present tense form of the verb, meaning to remove the worthless or inferior part from something.

خَشْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Removal of refuseclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of removing the worthless or inferior part from something.

الخَشَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Inferiority, basenessclassical

    A state or quality of being base, ignoble, or of low standing.

Parallel reading

الخَشَارَة: ما يبقى على المائدة مما لا خير فيه، وكذلك الردئ من كل شئ.
Al-khasharah: what remains on the table that is of no good, and likewise the inferior of everything.
يقال خَشَرْتُ الشئ أَخْشَرُهُ خَشْرًا، إذا نفيت منه خَشَارَتَهُ.
It is said, 'I removed the refuse from the thing, I remove it, a removal,' if you have expelled its worthless part.
وفلان من الخَشَارَة، إذا كان دوناً.
And so-and-so is from the khasharah, if he is base.
وباع بنيه بعضهم بخشارة
And some of his sons sold them for refuse