nakhara

snort, gnaw, eat away at

نَخَرَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن خ ر

Forms

Present: يَنْخُرُ
Verbal nouns: نَخْر، نَخِير

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	نَخَرَ	يَنْخُرُ	—
she هِيَ	نَخَرَت	تَنْخُرُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	نَخَرا	يَنْخُرانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	نَخَرَتا	تَنْخُرانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	نَخَرُوا	يَنْخُرُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	نَخَرْنَ	يَنْخُرْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	نَخَرْتَ	تَنْخُرُ	اُنْخُرْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	نَخَرْتِ	تَنْخُرِينَ	اُنْخُرِي
you two أَنْتُما	نَخَرْتُما	تَنْخُرانِ	اُنْخُرَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	نَخَرْتُم	تَنْخُرُونَ	اُنْخُرُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	نَخَرْتُنَّ	تَنْخُرْنَ	اُنْخُرْنَ
I أَنا	نَخَرْتُ	أَنْخُرُ	—
we نَحْنُ	نَخَرْنا	نَنْخُرُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries

نَخَرَ Form I He snorted; and he snored

, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. (S, Msb, K) and , (S, K,) inf. n. نَخِيرٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and نَخْرٌ, (CK, but omitted in MS. copies of the K,) said of a horse, (As, TA,) and of an ass, (A, TA,) and of a man, (TA,) [He snorted; and he snored;] he made a sound, or noise, with the nose; (S;) he made a sound, or noise, from his nose; he prolonged the breath from the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]; (Msb;) he made a sound, or noise, from his خياشيم, as though it were a musical note issuing convulsively; (TA;) he uttered a prolonged sound, or noise, from his خياشيم: (A, K:) the sound which horses make, termed نَخِيرٌ, is from the nostrils; that termed شَخِيرٌ, from the mouth; and that termed كَرِيرٌ, from the chest. (As, in TA, art. شخر.) You also say of a woman نَخَرَتْ, aor. and , (L,) or , (so in the TA,) meaning, She made the same noise, [i. e., she snorted,] in the act of concubitus, as though she were possessed. (L, TA.) -A2- نَخِرَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. نَخَرٌ, (Msb,) It (a thing, S, or a bone, Msb, TA, and wood, TA) became old and wasted and crumbling; (S, Msb, K;) it became old and wasted and soft, crumbling when touched. (TA.)
نَخِرٌ old and wasted and crumbling

(S, Msb, K) and ↓ نَاخِرٌ (Msb, K) A bone, (S, Msb,) and wood, (TA,) old and wasted and crumbling; (S, Msb, K;) old and wasted and soft, crumbling when touched: (TA:) fem. of each with ة: (K:) or the former signifies a bone old and wasted: (K:) and the latter, a hollow bone, having a hole passing through it, (K, TA,) whence comes, when the wind blows, a sound like that which is termed نَخِيرٌ; [see نَخَرَ;] (TA;) a bone into which the wind enters and whence it then issues with the sound so termed; (S;) a bone, and wood, in which the wind makes the sound so termed. (A.) Of the two readings, in the Kur, [lxxix. 11,] عِظَامًا نَاخِرَةً and عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً, Fr prefers the former, as agreeable in form with the words ending the other verses; and he says that نَاخِرَةٌ and نَخِرَةٌ are the same in meaning, like طَامِعٌ and طَمِعٌ. (TA.)
نُخْرَةٌ A vehement blowing

(tropical:) A vehement blowing of the wind. (S, A, K.) -A2- Also, (S, A, K,) and ↓ نُخَرَةٌ, (S,) The fore part of the nose, (S, K,) i. e., the head thereof, [or the flexible part,] of a man, (TA,) and of a horse, and of an ass, and of a pig, (S,) and of a sheep or goat, and of a she-camel: (TA:) or the hole thereof; (K;) i. q. ↓ مَنْخِرٌ: (A:) or the part between the two nostrils: or the end, or tip, of the nose: (K:) or, as some say, the nose itself: (A, TA:) whence the saying, (TA,) هشم نُخْرَتَهُ He broke his nose. (S, TA.)
نُخَرَةٌ Open entry

: see نُخْرَةٌ.
نَاخِرٌ Making the sound termed نَخِيرٌ

Making the sound termed نَخِيرٌ: see 1. (TA.) ― -b2- مَا بِهَا نَاخِرٌ, (S, K,) i. e., بِالدَّارِ, (A,) (tropical:) There is not any one in it, (El-Báhilee, Yaakoob, S, K,) i. e., in the house. (A.) -A2- See also نَخِرٌ.
مَنْجَرٌ Open entry

, مُنْخُرٌ and مِنْخِرٌ: see مَنْخِرٌ.
مَنْخِرٌ place of the sound termed نَخِيرٌ

, [the most common form,] originally, The place of the sound termed نَخِيرٌ. See 1. (Msb.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb,) The hold of the nose; the nostril; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مِنْخِرٌ, (T, S, Msb, K,) with kesr to the م to agree with the vowel of the خ, like as they say مِنْتِنٌ [for مُنْتِنٌ], (S, Msb,) both of which words are extr., as مِفْعِلٌ is not one of the [regular] measures, (S,) and it is said that there is no word of this measure beside these two, (Msb,) or ↓ مِنْخِرٌ is for ↓ مِنْخِيرٌ, and in like manner مِنْتِنٌ is for مِنْتِينٌ, which is the original form, (T, TA,) and ↓ مِنْخَرٌ and ↓ مُنْخُرٌ (K) and ↓ مُنْخُورٌ, (S, Msb, K,) like عُصْفُورٌ (Msb) and مُلْمُولٌ, (K, [in the CK, erroneously, مَلْمُول]) which last is [said to be] of the dial. of Teiyi, (Msb,) and said to occur in a verse of Gheylán, but IB says that the right reading is مَنْحُور, with ح, syn. with نَحْرٌ: (Sgh, in art. نحر; and L, in the present art.) pl. مَنَاخِرُ and مَنَاخِيرُ; (Msb;) [the latter irreg., unless pl. of مِنْخِيرٌ or مُنْخُورٌ.]
مِنْخَارٌ who makes the sound termed نَخِيرٌ

A man who makes the sound termed نَخِيرٌ [see نَخَرَ] in the act of concubitus: (TA:) and a woman who does so in that act, as though she were possessed. (K.)
مُنْخُورٌ Open entry

: see مَنْخِرٌ.
مِنْخِيرٌ Open entry

: see مَنْخِرٌ.

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