ن خ ر

نَخِرٌ (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 (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 : see نُخْرَةٌ .

نَاخِرٌ 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 , مُنْخُرٌ and مِنْخِرٌ : see مَنْخِرٌ .

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 .]

مِنْخَارٌ 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 : see مَنْخِرٌ .

مِنْخِيرٌ : see مَنْخِرٌ .