إِصْخَار
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Highlights
Plural
صَخَرَات
Collective
صَخْر
Most common words from the same root
Noun
صَخْر
rocks
صَخْرَة in English
Noun · feminine
- boulder, rock
أَصَخْرَةٌ أَنَا مَا لِي لَا تُحَرِّكُنِي / هَٰذِي الْمُدَامُ وَلَا هٰذِي الْأَغَارِيدُAm I a rock? What is it with me, that I am not stirred by this liquor and these songs?a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbī, -
Word origin
Singulative of the collective noun صَخْر (ṣaḵr, “rocks”).
Words from the root ص-خ-ر
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صَخْرَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | صَخْرَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | صَخَرَات |
| Collective | صَخْر |
صَخْرَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
boulder
أَصَخْرَةٌ أَنَا مَا لِي لَا تُحَرِّكُنِي / هَٰذِي الْمُدَامُ وَلَا هٰذِي الْأَغَارِيدُAm I a rock? What is it with me, that I am not stirred by this liquor and these songs?a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbī, -
From a fully vowelled text
فَكَانَ الرَّبُّ لِي صَرْحًا، وَإِلهِي صَخْرَةَ مَلْجَإِي.But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.Psalms 94:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُمْسِكُ أَطْفَالَكِ وَيَضْرِبُ بِهِمُ الصَّخْرَةَ!Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.Psalms 137:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَخْرَجَ مَجَارِيَ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ، وَأَجْرَى مِيَاهًا كَالأَنْهَارِ.He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.Psalms 78:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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