خطير

Arabic

Root
خ ط ر (ḵ-ṭ-r)

Adjective

خَطِير • (ḵaṭīr) (feminine خَطِيرَة (ḵaṭīra), elative أَخْطَر (ʔaḵṭar))

  1. great
  2. high
  3. powerful and respected
  4. of high rank
  5. important, weighty
    مَوْضُوعٌ خَطِيرٌ
    mawḍūʕun ḵaṭīrun
    Important subject
  6. dangerous, risky

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خطير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ ط ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَطِير (ḵaṭīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.tˤiːr/

Adjective

خطير • (ḵaṭīr) (feminine خطيرة (ḵaṭīra), common plural خطار (ḵṭār), masculine plural خطيرين (ḵaṭīrīn), feminine plural خطيرات, elative أخطر (ʔaḵṭar))

  1. dangerous, risky
  2. great
  3. amazing
  4. powerful
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