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فَخَّرَ see 4.

فَاْخَرَ ↓ فَاخَرَهُ فَفَخَرَهُ , (ISk, S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. of the former مُفَاخَرَةٌ (Msb, K) and فِخَارٌ , (K,) [and aor. of the latter فَخُرَ , or, accord. to some, فَخَرَ , (see 3 in art. خصم ,)] He vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in فَخْر [i. e. glorying, or boasting, &c., or in glory, or excellence, i. e. he emulated, or rivalled, him therein, and he surpassed him, or overcame him, therein; and, simply, he vied with him, and surpassed him]: (Msb, * K:) or he contended with him for superiority in generousness or nobleness of father and mother: (ISk, S:) and he surpassed him, or overcame him, therein. (ISk, S, Msb, K.)

افغرهُ عَلَيْهِ ; (ISk, S, O, K;) and ↓ فخّرهُ عليه , inf. n. تَفْخِيرٌ ; (ISk, S, O;) or عليه ↓ فَخَرَهُ , aor. فَخَرَ , (AZ, O, * K,) inf. n. فَخْرٌ ; (AZ, O, TA;) He judged him, or made him, to excel, or to have excelled, him in فَخْر [or glorying, or boasting, or glory, or excellence]. (ISk, S, O, K.) ― -b2- أَفْخَرَتْ She (a woman) brought forth none but such as was فَاخِر [or goodly, &c.]. (Lth, O.)

تفخّر (S, TA) and ↓ تفاخر (TA) He magnified himself; he was, or became, proud, haughty, or disdainful; syn. of the inf. n. of the former تَعَظُّمٌ , and تَكَبُّرٌ ; (S, TA;) and that of the latter تَعَاظُمٌ . (TA.)

تفاخروا [They vied, or competed, or contended for superiority, one with another, in فَخْر , i. e., glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excel-lence, i. e. they emulated, or rivalled, one another therein; and, simply, they vied, one with another;] they boasted together, one party against another. (S, * K.) تفاخروا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ They boasted among themselves of their several causes of boasting. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places; and 5.

اـِفْتَخَرَ see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- [Hence,] افتخرت زَوَاخِرُهُ (tropical:) [Its herbs] became tall. (A, TA.)

استفخرهُ He bought it فَاخِرًا [i. e. of a good, a goodly, or an excellent, quality], namely, a garment, or piece of cloth, (Lth, O,) or a thing. (K.) And in like manner the verb is used in relation to the giving [and app. the taking] in marriage. (O.)

فَخْرٌ [Glory: excellence: originally an inf. n.: as also فُخْرَةٌ .] You say عَلَيْهِمْ ↓ اـِنَّهُ لَذُو فُخْرَةٍ , i. e. فَخْرٍ [Verily he possesses glory, or excellence, above them: or perhaps the meaning of this phrase may be verily he has a disposition to boast himself against them]: and هٰذَا ↓ مَا لَكَ فُخْرَةُ , i. e. فَخْرُهُ [Thou hast not the glory, or excellence, of this]. (Lh, TA.)

فُخْرٌ and فُخُرٌ Thickness of an udder, with contractedness of the orifices of the teats, and with paucity of milk. (TA.)

فُخْرَةٌ : see فَخْرٌ , in two places.

فِخْرَةٌ [A manner of glorying, or boasting]. You say فَخَرَ فِخْرَةً حَسَنَةً [He gloried, or boasted, in a good manner]. (Lh, TA.)

فَخَارٌ [said in the Msb to be a simple subst.: see 1].

فَخُورٌ : see فَاخِرٌ . ― -b2- Also A she-camel great in the udder, contracted in the orifices of the teats: (As, S, O:) or great in the udder, having little milk; (K, TA;) and likewise applied to a ewe or she-goat: or that yields thee what she has of milk, and has nothing remaining thereof. (TA.) ― -b3- And A thick udder, contracted in the orifices of the teats, and having little milk: (K, TA:) erroneously repeated in the K among words ending with ز . (TA.) ― -b4- And A palm-tree great in the trunk, thick in the branches. (S, O, K.) ― -b5- Also, and ↓ فَيْخَرٌ , (O, K,) which is likewise with ز , (TA,) both applied to a horse, (O, K,) and the latter to a man also, (O,) Great in the yard, (O, K,) and long therein: (K:) and the latter, applied to a penis, great; mentioned by IDrd as with ز : (TA:) and the pl. is فَيَاخِرُ . (K, TA.)

فَخِيرٌ One who vies, or competes, or contends, with another in glorying, or boasting, &c., (O, K,) or for superiority in generousness or nobleness of father and mother; (S;) i. q. مُفَاخِرٌ ; (K;) like خَصِيمٌ (S, TA) in the sense of مُخَاصِمٌ . (TA.) You say جَا=ءَ فُلَانٌ فَخِيرً ثُمَّ رَجَعَ أَخِيرًا [Such a one came contending with others in glorying, or boasting, &c.: then returned last, or meanest]. (A.) ― -b2- Also Overcome in فَخْر [i. e. glorying, or boasting, &c.]. (K.)

فَخَّارٌ Baked pottery; baked vessels of clay: (Msb, voce خَزَفٌ :) or baked clay: before it is baked, it is called خَزَفٌ and صَلْصَالٌ : (Msb in the present art.:) or i. q. خَزَفٌ : (S, O, K:) or a kind of خَزَف of which earthen vessels, or jars, mugs, &c., are made: (TA:) or earthen vessels; vessels made of potters' clay: pl. of [or rather a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is] فَخَّارَةٌ . (K.)

فِخِّيرٌ : see the paragraph here following.

فِخِّيرَةٌ : see the paragraph here following.

فِخِّيرَا=ءُ : see the paragraph here following.

فَاخِرٌ an epithet from فَخَرَ in the first of the senses expl. above; as also ↓ فَخُورٌ : (K:) [the former signifies Glorying; boasting; &c.: and the latter, the same as] ↓ فَخِّيرٌ one who glories, or boasts, much; (S, O, TA;) as also ↓ فِخِّيرَا=ءُ : (O, TA:) and ↓ فِخِّيرَةٌ one who glories, or boasts, very much. (O, * TA.) ― -b2- A thing, (S, O, Msb,) or anything, (K,) [superb, grand; as though glorying, or boasting;] good; goodly; excellent; of excellent quality. (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Dates not yet ripe ( بُسْرٌ ) that grow large, and have no stones: (S, O, K:) as though they boasted against others. (TA.)

فَيْخَرٌ : see فَخُورٌ , last sentence.

فَاخُورٌ A species of sweet-smelling plants; (S, TA;) i. q. رَيْحَانُ الشُّيُوخِ ; (K, TA;) thus called by the people of El-Basrah; accord. to AHn, the مَرْو [or marum] having broad leaves; and said to be that of which there have come forth, in its midst, جَمَامِيح [pl. of جُمَّاحٌ , q. v.], like foxes' tails, with a red, sweet-smelling blossom in the middle thereof: the physicians assert that it cuts short the [sleep termed] سُبَات . (TA.) ― -b2- [A meaning assigned by Golius to this word belongs to فُنَاخِرَةٌ .]

مَفْخَرَةٌ and مَفْخُرَةٌ A thing in which one glories, or boasts himself; (K;) a cause of glorying or boasting; a generous quality or action, or a generous quality that is inherited by generation from generation; syn. مَأْثَرَةٌ : (S, O:) pl. مَفَاخِرُ . (Msb.)