نَخَرَ
1.
, (S, A, Msb, K,) aorist
نَخُرَ
(S, Msb, K) and
نَخِرَ
, (S, K,) verbal noun نَخِيرٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and نَخْرٌ, (CK, but omitted in MS. copies of the K,) said of a horse, (As, TA,) and of an ass, (A, TA,) and of a man, (TA,) [He snorted; and he snored;] he made a sound, or noise, with the nose; (S;) he made a sound, or noise, from his nose; he prolonged the breath from the
خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]; (Msb;) he made a sound, or noise, from his
خياشيم, as though it were a musical note issuing convulsively; (TA;) he uttered a prolonged sound, or noise, from his
خياشيم: (A, K:) the sound which horses make, termed نَخِيرٌ, is from the nostrils; that termed شَخِيرٌ, from the mouth; and that termed كَرِيرٌ, from the chest. (As, in TA, article شخر.) You also say of a woman نَخَرَتْ, aorist
نَخُرَ
and
نَخِرَ
, (L,) or
نَخَرَ
, (so in the TA,) meaning, She made the same noise, [i. e., she snorted,] in the act of concubitus, as though she were possessed. (L, TA.)