decay, disintegrate

, (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.)

(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.)

(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.)

: see نُخْرَةٌ.

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.

, مُنْخُرٌ and مِنْخِرٌ: see مَنْخِرٌ.

, [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.]

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.)

: see مَنْخِرٌ.

: see مَنْخِرٌ.