صخر
2 تَصْخِيرٌ [inf. n. of صَخَّرَ] i, q. تَسْخِيرٌ. (K.) صَخْرٌ (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ صَخَرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) the latter on the authority of Yaakoob, (S,) thus sometimes pronounced, (Msb,) Rocks; or great masses of stone: (S:) or great masses of hard stone: (A, K:) and صَخْرَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) and صَخَرَةٌ (S, Msb, K) [are the ns. un., signifying] one thereof, (S, A, K,) or these have a more special signification [as meaning a rock and a mass of rock]: (Msb:) pl. صُخُورٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and صُخُورَةٌ (A, Sgh, L) and [of صَخْرَةٌ and صَخَرَةٌ] صَخَرَاتٌ. (Msb, K. [In the latter, صَخْرٌ and صَخَرٌ, as well as صُخُورٌ and صَخَرَاتٌ, are improperly termed pls. of صخرة.]) By صَخْرَة in the Kur xxxi. 15 is meant a صخرة that is beneath the ground. (Zj, TA.) And by the صَخْرَة mentioned in a trad. as being of, or from, Paradise is meant the صخرة [or rock] of Jerusalem [in the centre of the building now called “ the Dome of the Rock ”]. (TA.) صَخَرٌ; n. un. صَخَرَةٌ: see صَخْرٌ.صَخِرٌ A place abounding in rocks, or great masses of hard stone; as also ↓ مُصْخِرٌ. (K.) صَخِيرٌ A certain plant. (K.) [Golius explains this as meaning Great, applied to a rock, or mass of stone; and so مَصْخَرٌ; on the authority of J: but neither of these do I find in the S.]
صَخِيرَةٌ: see صَحِيرَةٌ.
صَاخِرٌ The sound of iron [striking] upon iron. (K.) صَاخِرَةٌ A kind of earthen vessel, (S, A, K,) out of which one drinks. (A.) أَصْخَرُ الوَجْهِ (tropical:) A hard-faced man; one having little shame. (A.) مُصْخِرٌ; see صَخِرٌ.
