See also: نجز, نجر, and ن ح ر

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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *naḫar-. In Arabic compare خَرْخَرَ (ḵarḵara, to snore), نَعَرَ (naʕara), نَعَقَ (naʕaqa).

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نَخَرَ (naḵara) I, non-past يَنْخُرُ or يَنْخِرُ‎ (yanḵuru or yanḵiru)

  1. (intransitive) to emit a sound through the nose, to snort, to grunt
  2. (transitive) to gnaw, to eat into, to consume
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  • Maltese: naħar (to snore)

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نَخِرَ (naḵira) I, non-past يَنْخَرُ‎ (yanḵaru)

  1. (intransitive) to be gnawed, to be eaten away, to be rotten
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نَخْر (naḵrm

  1. verbal noun of نَخَرَ (naḵara) (form I)
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نَخَر (naḵarm

  1. verbal noun of نَخِرَ (naḵira) (form I)
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نَخِر (naḵir) (feminine نَخِرَة (naḵira))

  1. rotten, wasted, eaten away
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References edit

  • نخر” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نخر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 254
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “نخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2777
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نخر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1254

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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نَخِرُّ (naḵirru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

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نَخِرَّ (naḵirra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

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نَخِرِّ (naḵirri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

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نَخُرُّ (naḵurru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

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نَخُرَّ (naḵurra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

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نَخُرِّ (naḵurri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)