أحرص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ر ص (ḥ r ṣ)
4 terms

Elative of حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ, “eager, greedy, covetous; careful, fearful, prudent; compassionate; torn”).

Adjective

أَحْرَص • (ʔaḥraṣ) (feminine حُرْصَى (ḥurṣā), masculine plural أَحَارِص (ʔaḥāriṣ), feminine plural حُرْصَيَات (ḥurṣayāt))

elative degree of حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ):
1. more eager, greedier, more covetous; most eager, greediest, most covetous
2. more careful, more fearful, more prudent; most careful, most fearful, most prudent
3. more compassionate; most compassionate
4. more torn; most torn

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَحْرَص** (ʔaḥraṣ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَحْرَص ʔaḥraṣ	الْأَحْرَص al-ʔaḥraṣ	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
nominative	أَحْرَصُ ʔaḥraṣu	الْأَحْرَصُ al-ʔaḥraṣu	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
accusative	أَحْرَصَ ʔaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصَ al-ʔaḥraṣa	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
genitive	أَحْرَصَ ʔaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصِ al-ʔaḥraṣi	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَحْرَصَيْن ʔaḥraṣayn	الْأَحْرَصَيْن al-ʔaḥraṣayn	حُرْصَيَيْن ḥurṣayayn	الْحُرْصَيَيْن al-ḥurṣayayn
nominative	أَحْرَصَانِ ʔaḥraṣāni	الْأَحْرَصَانِ al-ʔaḥraṣāni	حُرْصَيَانِ ḥurṣayāni	الْحُرْصَيَانِ al-ḥurṣayāni
accusative	أَحْرَصَيْنِ ʔaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ al-ḥurṣayayni
genitive	أَحْرَصَيْنِ ʔaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ al-ḥurṣayayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَحَارِص ʔaḥāriṣ	الْأَحَارِص al-ʔaḥāriṣ	حُرْصَيَات ḥurṣayāt	الْحُرْصَيَات al-ḥurṣayāt
nominative	أَحَارِصُ ʔaḥāriṣu	الْأَحَارِصُ al-ʔaḥāriṣu	حُرْصَيَاتٌ ḥurṣayātun	الْحُرْصَيَاتُ al-ḥurṣayātu
accusative	أَحَارِصَ ʔaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصَ al-ʔaḥāriṣa	حُرْصَيَاتٍ ḥurṣayātin	الْحُرْصَيَاتِ al-ḥurṣayāti
genitive	أَحَارِصَ ʔaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصِ al-ʔaḥāriṣi	حُرْصَيَاتٍ ḥurṣayātin	الْحُرْصَيَاتِ al-ḥurṣayāti

References

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