سخر

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of mockery, ridicule, and making fun of someone. It extends to the idea of commanding or compelling someone to work without pay, and by extension, subjugation or making something subservient. It can also refer to something being compliant or easy to manage.

Derived headwords

سَخِرَverb

1.
he mocked him (from the verb class of طرب)both
he mocked him (from the verb class of طرب)
2.
he mocked him (with 'minhu' or 'bihi')both
he mocked him (with 'minhu' or 'bihi')

سُخْرًاnoun

1.
with two dammahsboth
with two dammahs

مَسْخَرًاnoun

1.
mockeryclassical
The act of mocking or ridiculing.

سُخْرًاnoun

1.
with two dammahsboth
with two dammahs

سُخْرِيَةnoun

1.
mockeryboth
The act of mocking or ridiculing; ridicule.

سُخْرَىnoun

1.
with dammah on the sin and kasrah on itboth
with dammah on the sin and kasrah on it

سُخْرِيًّاnoun

1.
mockeryclassical
The act of mocking or ridiculing.
2.
subservienceclassical
The state of being compelled to work without pay.

سَخَّرَverb

1.
he mocked him (from the verb class of طرب)both
he mocked him (from the verb class of طرب)
2.
he mocked him (with 'minhu' or 'bihi')both
he mocked him (with 'minhu' or 'bihi')

تَسْخِيرًاnoun

1.
compelling to workboth
The act of forcing someone to work without pay.
2.
subjugationclassical
The act of making something subservient or obedient.

تَسَخَّرَverb

1.
to be compelled to workclassical
To be forced to perform labor without compensation.

تَسْخِيرnoun

1.
subjugationboth
subjugation

سَوَاخِرadjective

1.
compliantclassical
Describing ships whose sails are compliant and catch the wind favorably.

سُخْرَةnoun

1.
he made him work without payboth
he made him work without pay
2.
a man who is mockedboth
a man who is mocked
3.
like hamzah: he mocks peopleboth
like hamzah: he mocks people

سُخْرَةnoun

1.
he made him work without payboth
he made him work without pay
2.
a man who is mockedboth
a man who is mocked
3.
like hamzah: he mocks peopleboth
like hamzah: he mocks people

Parallel reading

سخرت منه أسخر سخرا بالتحريك، ومسخرا وسخرا بالضم

I mocked him, I mock, with mockery (sakhra), and maskhara and sukhra (with damma).

إني أتتني لسان لا أسر بها * من علو لا عجب منه (2) ولا سخر

Indeed, a tongue has come to me that I do not rejoice in, from a high place, no wonder, and no mockery.

وحكى أبو زيد: سخرت به، وهو أردأ اللغتين

Abu Zayd narrated: 'Sakhar-tu bihi', and it is the worse of the two linguistic usages.

وقال الاخفش: سخرت منه وسخرت به، وضحكت منه وضحكت به، وهزئت منه وهزئت به، كل ذلك يقال

Al-Akhfash said: 'Sakhar-tu minhu' and 'Sakhar-tu bihi', and 'dahik-tu minhu' and 'dahik-tu bihi', and 'hazi'tu minhu' and 'hazi'tu bihi', all of these are said.

والاسم السخرية والسخرى والسخري

And the noun is al-sukhriyah, al-sukhra, and al-sukhri.

ليتخذ بعضهم بعضا سخريا

So that some may take others in mockery.

وسخره تسخيرا: كلفه عملا بلا أجرة

And he compelled him to work (sakhkharahu tas-khiran): he tasked him with a job without pay.

والتسخير: التذليل

And tas-khir: subjugation.

وسفن سواخر، إذا أطاعت وطابت لها الريح

And compliant ships (sufun sawakhir), if they obeyed and the wind was favorable to them.

وفلان سخرة: يتسخر في العمل

And so-and-so is a sakhrah: he is compelled to work.

يقال خادمة سخرة

A servant girl who is compelled to work is called a sakhrah.

ورجل سخرة أيضا: يسخر منه

And a man is also a sakhrah: he is mocked.

وسخرة بفتح الخاء: يسخر من الناس

And sakhrah (with fatha on the kha): he mocks people.