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شخر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound of snoring, particularly associated with animals like donkeys. It also appears in a proper name derived from this concept.

Derived headwords

شَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    the donkey snoredboth

    the donkey snored

شَخِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    raising the voice with snoringboth

    raising the voice with snoring

الشخيرnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringboth

    The act or sound of snoring, characterized by a loud noise.

الشخيرname
  1. 1.
    Muttarif ibn Abd Allah al-Shakhirclassical

    A proper name, referring to Muttarif ibn Abd Allah, whose surname is derived from the root 'shakhara'.

Parallel reading

الشخير: رفع الصوت بالنخر.
Al-shakhir: raising the voice with a snort/snore.
شخر الحمار يشخر بالكسر شخيرا.
The donkey snored, it snores (with kasra in the imperfect verb) a snoring sound.
ومطرف بن عبد الله بن الشخير، مثال الفسيق،
And Muttarif ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shakhir, like al-Fusiq,
لانه ليس في كلام العرب فعيل ولا فعيل
because it is not in the speech of the Arabs (a pattern like) fa'il nor fa'il.