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 (1863-1893) “ساخر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ساخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen