ف خ ر

Arabic

Etymology

Owning the lack of Semitic cognates and the narrow meaning, probably denominal from فَخْر (faḵr, “boast”), the originally most common word in the root formula, borrowed from a descendant Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (“splendour, glory”), although it could stand in variation with ف ح ش (f-ḥ-š) as حَفَرَ (ḥafara) with حَفَشَ (ḥafaša).

Root

ف خ ر • (f-ḵ-r)

1. related to vainglory

Derived terms

• Form I: فَخَرَ (faḵara)
  • Verbal noun: فَخْر (faḵr), فَخَار (faḵār)
  • Active participle: فَاخِر (fāḵir)
• Form I: فَخِرَ (faḵira)
  • Verbal noun: فَخَر (faḵar)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: فَخَّرَ (faḵḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْخِير (tafḵīr)
  • Active participle: مُفَخِّر (mufaḵḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفَخَّر (mufaḵḵar)
• Form III: فَاخَرَ (fāḵara)
  • Verbal noun: مُفَاخَرَة (mufāḵara)
  • Active participle: مُفَاخِر (mufāḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفَاخَر (mufāḵar)
• Form IV: أَفْخَرَ (ʔafḵara)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْخَار (ʔifḵār)
  • Active participle: مُفْخِر (mufḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفْخَر (mufḵar)
• Form V: تَفَخَّرَ (tafaḵḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَخُّر (tafaḵḵur)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَخِّر (mutafaḵḵir)
• Form VI: تَفَاخَرَ (tafāḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَاخُر (tafāḵur)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَاخِر (mutafāḵir)
• Form VIII: اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara)
  • Verbal noun: اِفْتِخَار (iftiḵār)
  • Active participle: مُفْتَخِر (muftaḵir)
• Form X: اِسْتَفْخَرَ (istafḵara)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِفْخَار (istifḵār)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَفْخِر (mustafḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَفْخَر (mustafḵar)

• فَخُور (faḵūr, “great; proudful”)
• فِخْرَة (fiḵra, “manner of glorying”)
• فُخْر (fuḵr), فُخُر (fuḵur, “greatness”)
• فَخِير (faḵīr, “vying in glorying”)
• مَفْخَرَة (mafḵara, “object of pride”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “ف خ ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 321–322
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ف خ ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2349–2350