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مخر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of moving through something, especially water or air, often with a sound. It extends to concepts of selection, choice, and specific types of clouds or long objects.

Derived headwords

مَخَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it (the ship) sailed, cutting through the water with a soundboth

    it (the ship) sailed, cutting through the water with a sound

تَمْخَرُverb
  1. 1.
    to cleave the waterclassical

    The ship cleaves the water, moving through it with a sound.

مَخْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cleaving the waterclassical

    The act of a ship cleaving the water with a sound.

مُخُورًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cleaving the waterclassical

    The act of a ship cleaving the water with a sound.

مَوَاخِرُnoun
  1. 1.
    ships cleaving waterclassical

    Ships that cleave the water, referring to those sailing.

مَخَرَتِ الْأَرْضُverb
  1. 1.
    to send water throughclassical

    The land sent water through it, implying irrigation or flooding.

بَنَاتُ مَخْرٍnoun
  1. 1.
    cloudsclassical

    Clouds that come before summer, described as upright and thin.

اسْتَمْخَرَتِ الرِّيحُverb
  1. 1.
    to face the windclassical

    The wind was faced with the nose, meaning it was encountered directly.

يَسْتَمْخِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to face the windclassical

    He faces the wind with his nose, especially when trying to detect something.

مَجْرَاهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    a masdar from 'ajraytu as-safīnah (I made the ship run)both

    a masdar from 'ajraytu as-safīnah (I made the ship run)

  2. 2.
    with fatḥ, from jarat as-safīnah (the ship ran)both

    with fatḥ, from jarat as-safīnah (the ship ran)

امْتَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to select the bestclassical

    To select the choicest and best of a group of people.

مُخْتَارُadjective
  1. 1.
    chosenboth

    Selected or chosen from a group, implying the best.

الْمُخْرَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    the chosen thingclassical

    That which is chosen or selected.

الْمُخَرَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    the chosen thingclassical

    That which is chosen or selected.

الْمَاخُورُnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering place of the wickedclassical

    A place where dissolute people gather.

الْيَمْخُورُadjective
  1. 1.
    longclassical

    Describing something that is long, such as a neck.

Parallel reading

مَخَرَتِ السَّفِينَةُ تَمْخَرُ وَتَمْخُرُ مَخْرًا وَمُخُورًا، إِذَا جَرَتْ تَشُقُّ الْمَاءَ مَعَ صَوْتٍ.
The ship cleaved, cleaves, a cleaving and a cleaving, when it ran, splitting the water with a sound.
وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ
And you see the ships cleaving through it.
وَيُقَالُ: مَخَرَتِ الْأَرْضُ، أَيْ أَرْسَلَتْ فِيهَا الْمَاءَ.
And it is said: the land sent water through it, meaning it sent water into it.
وَبَنَاتُ مَخْرٍ: سَحَائِبُ يَجِئْنَ قَبْلَ الصَّيْفِ مُنْتَصِبَاتٌ رِقَاقٌ.
And Banat Makhra: clouds that come before summer, upright and thin.
وَاسْتَمْخَرَتِ الرِّيحُ، إِذَا اسْتَقْبَلْتَهَا بَأَنْفِكَ.
And the wind was faced, if you faced it with your nose.
يَسْتَمْخِرُ الرِّيحَ إِذَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ
He faces the wind when he does not hear
إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ الْبَوْلَ فَلْيَتَمَخَّرِ الرِّيحَ.
If one of you wants to urinate, let him face the wind.
أَيْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ مِنْ أَيْنَ مَجْرَاهَا فَلَا يَسْتَقْبِلْهَا كَيْلَا تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْبَوْلَ.
Meaning, let him look from where its course is, and not face it, lest it turn the urine back on him.
وَامْتَخَرَ الْقَوْمَ: انْتَقَى خِيَارَهُمْ وَنَخَبَهُمْ
And he selected the people: he chose their best and picked them.
مِنْ نُخْبَةِ النَّاسِ الَّتِي كَانَ امْتَخَرَ
From the elite of the people whom he had selected
وَالْمُخْرَةُ وَالْمُخَرَّةُ، بِكَسْرِ الْمِيمِ وَضَمِّهَا: الشَّيْءُ الَّذِي تَخْتَارُهُ، عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ.
And al-Makhrah and al-Makhrah, with kasra and damma of the mim: the thing which you choose, from Abu Zayd.
وَالْمَاخُورُ: مَجْلِسُ الْفُسَّاقِ.
And al-Makhoor: the gathering place of the wicked.
وَالْيَمْخُورُ: الطَّوِيلُ.
And al-Yamkhor: the long one.
فِي شَعْشَعَانٍ عُنُقٍ يَمْخُورُ
In a shining neck, long