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فَخْر
pride /ˈfaxr/
nounB2#3915 most common
Also: glory, honor, boast
Example sentences
هذا فَخْر لي.
This is a pride for me.
الفَخْر شعور جميل.
Pride is a beautiful feeling.
شعرتُ بفَخْر كبير عندما نجح ابني.
I felt great pride when my son succeeded.
الفَخْر بالوطن يجمع الناس.
Pride in one's homeland brings people together.
كان الفَخْر واضحًا في عينيه وهو يتحدث عن إنجازاته.
Pride was plain in his eyes as he spoke of his achievements.
يُعدّ الفَخْر أحد أغراض الشعر العربي القديم، إذ يفتخر الشاعر بنفسه أو بقبيلته.
Fakhr is one of the themes of classical Arabic poetry, in which the poet boasts of himself or his tribe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَخْرٌ | فُخُورٌ |
| Genitive | فَخْرٍ | فُخُورٍ |
| Accusative | فَخْرًا | فُخُورًا |
| Vocative | يا فَخْرُ | يا فُخُورُ |
Word family
فَخَرَto boast, to take pride
فَخُورproud, boastfulافْتَخَرَto take pride in, to boast of
فَخْرِيّhonorary
مُفَاخَرَةa boasting match, a rivalry over who has more to be proud of
Etymology
Fakhr comes from the Semitic root f-kh-r, built around the core sense of boasting or taking pride. The word is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb fakhara, to boast or glory in something. In classical Arabic literary criticism, fakhr also names a whole poetic genre devoted to self-praise, standing alongside satire, elegy, and love poetry as one of the standard themes a poet could take up.
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