خ ي ر

See also: خير, جير, چیز, خیز, خیر, and جيز

Arabic

Root

خ ي ر • (ḵ-y-r)

1. forms words related to goodness
2. forms words related to choice or selection

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: خَارَ (ḵāra)
  • Active participle: ?
  • Passive participle: مَخِير (maḵīr)
• Form II: خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara)
  • Verbal noun: تَخْيِير (taḵyīr)
  • Active participle: مُخَيِّر (muḵayyir)
  • Passive participle: مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar)
• Form III: خَايَرَ (ḵāyara)
  • Verbal noun: مُخَايَرَة (muḵāyara)
  • Active participle: مُخَايِر (muḵāyir)
  • Passive participle: مُخَايَر (muḵāyar)
• Form V: تَخَيَّرَ (taḵayyara)
  • Verbal noun: تَخَيُّر (taḵayyur)
  • Active participle: مُتَخَيِّر (mutaḵayyir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَخَيَّر (mutaḵayyar)
• Form VIII: اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra)
  • Verbal noun: اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār)
  • Active participle: مُخْتَار (muḵtār)
  • Passive participle: مُخْتَار (muḵtār)
• Form X: اِسْتَخَارَ (istaḵāra)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِخَارَة (istiḵāra)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَخِير (mustaḵīr)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَخَار (mustaḵār)

Nouns

• خَيْر (ḵayr)
  • خَيْرَة (ḵayra)
  • خَيْرِيّ (ḵayriyy)
  • خَيْرِيَّة (ḵayriyya)
• خَيِّر (ḵayyir)
• أَخْيَر (ʔaḵyar)
• خِيرَة (ḵīra), خِيَرَة (ḵiyara)
  • خِيرِيّ (ḵīriyy)
• خِيَارِيّ (ḵiyāriyy)
• اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “خار (خير)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN