See also: نجز, نجر, and ن ح ر

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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نَخَرَ (naḵara) I (non-past يَنْخُرُ (yanḵuru) or يَنْخِرُ (yanḵiru), verbal noun نَخْر (naḵr) or نَخِير (naḵīr))

  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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Descendants
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  • Maltese: naħar (to snore)

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نَخِرَ (naḵira) I (non-past يَنْخَرُ (yanḵaru), verbal noun نَخْر (naḵr) or نَخِير (naḵīr))

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

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نَخْر (naḵrm

  1. verbal noun of نَخَرَ (naḵara) (form I)
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Noun

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نَخَر (naḵarm

  1. verbal noun of نَخِرَ (naḵira) (form I)
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Adjective

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نَخِر (naḵir) (feminine نَخِرَة (naḵira))

  1. rotten, wasted, eaten away
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References

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  • 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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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نخر (form I)

  1. نَخِرُّ (naḵirru) /na.xir.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  2. نَخُرُّ (naḵurru) /na.xur.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  3. نَخِرَّ (naḵirra) /na.xir.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  4. نَخُرَّ (naḵurra) /na.xur.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  5. نَخِرِّ (naḵirri) /na.xir.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)
  6. نَخُرِّ (naḵurri) /na.xur.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَرَّ (ḵarra)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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نخر (form I)

  1. نَخُرْ (naḵur) /na.xur/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)
  2. نَخِرْ (naḵir) /na.xir/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)
  3. نُخَرْ (nuḵar) /nu.xar/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of خَارَ (ḵāra)