ساخر

See also: شاجر and ساحر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
س خ ر (s ḵ r)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb سَخِرَ (saḵira, “to mock, to scoff at”).

Adjective

سَاخِر • (sāḵir) (feminine سَاخِرَة (sāḵira), masculine plural سَاخِرُونَ (sāḵirūna), feminine plural سَاخِرَات (sāḵirāt))

1. mocking, sarcastic

Declension

Declension of adjective سَاخِر (sāḵir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَاخِر sāḵir	السَّاخِر as-sāḵir	سَاخِرَة sāḵira	السَّاخِرَة as-sāḵira
Nominative	سَاخِرٌ sāḵirun	السَّاخِرُ as-sāḵiru	سَاخِرَةٌ sāḵiratun	السَّاخِرَةُ as-sāḵiratu
Accusative	سَاخِرًا sāḵiran	السَّاخِرَ as-sāḵira	سَاخِرَةً sāḵiratan	السَّاخِرَةَ as-sāḵirata
Genitive	سَاخِرٍ sāḵirin	السَّاخِرِ as-sāḵiri	سَاخِرَةٍ sāḵiratin	السَّاخِرَةِ as-sāḵirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَاخِرَيْن sāḵirayn	السَّاخِرَيْن as-sāḵirayn	سَاخِرَتَيْن sāḵiratayn	السَّاخِرَتَيْن as-sāḵiratayn
Nominative	سَاخِرَانِ sāḵirāni	السَّاخِرَانِ as-sāḵirāni	سَاخِرَتَانِ sāḵiratāni	السَّاخِرَتَانِ as-sāḵiratāni
Accusative	سَاخِرَيْنِ sāḵirayni	السَّاخِرَيْنِ as-sāḵirayni	سَاخِرَتَيْنِ sāḵiratayni	السَّاخِرَتَيْنِ as-sāḵiratayni
Genitive	سَاخِرَيْنِ sāḵirayni	السَّاخِرَيْنِ as-sāḵirayni	سَاخِرَتَيْنِ sāḵiratayni	السَّاخِرَتَيْنِ as-sāḵiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَاخِرِين sāḵirīn	السَّاخِرِين as-sāḵirīn	سَاخِرَات sāḵirāt	السَّاخِرَات as-sāḵirāt
Nominative	سَاخِرُونَ sāḵirūna	السَّاخِرُونَ as-sāḵirūna	سَاخِرَاتٌ sāḵirātun	السَّاخِرَاتُ as-sāḵirātu
Accusative	سَاخِرِينَ sāḵirīna	السَّاخِرِينَ as-sāḵirīna	سَاخِرَاتٍ sāḵirātin	السَّاخِرَاتِ as-sāḵirāti
Genitive	سَاخِرِينَ sāḵirīna	السَّاخِرِينَ as-sāḵirīna	سَاخِرَاتٍ sāḵirātin	السَّاخِرَاتِ as-sāḵirāti

Noun

سَاخِر • (sāḵir) m (feminine سَاخِرَة (sāḵira))

1. one who mocks or scoffs
2. buffoon

Declension

Declension of noun سَاخِر (sāḵir)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاخِر sāḵir	السَّاخِر as-sāḵir	سَاخِر sāḵir
Nominative	سَاخِرٌ sāḵirun	السَّاخِرُ as-sāḵiru	سَاخِرُ sāḵiru
Accusative	سَاخِرًا sāḵiran	السَّاخِرَ as-sāḵira	سَاخِرَ sāḵira
Genitive	سَاخِرٍ sāḵirin	السَّاخِرِ as-sāḵiri	سَاخِرِ sāḵiri

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ساخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ساخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen