أخشن

See also: أحسن and احسن

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔax.ʃan/

Etymology 1

Root
خ ش ن (ḵ š n)
5 terms

Elative of خَشِن (ḵašin, “rough, rude”).

Adjective

أَخْشَن • (ʔaḵšan) (feminine خُشْنَى (ḵušnā), masculine plural أَخَاشِن (ʔaḵāšin), feminine plural خُشْنَيَات (ḵušnayāt))

elative degree of خَشِن (ḵašin):
1. rougher; roughest
2. cruder; crudest
3. coarser; coarsest
4. ruder; rudest
5. tougher (life); toughest (life)
6. hoarser; hoarsest

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَخْشَن** (ʔaḵšan)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَخْشَن ʔaḵšan	الْأَخْشَن al-ʔaḵšan	خُشْنى ḵušnā	الْخُشْنى al-ḵušnā
nominative	أَخْشَنُ ʔaḵšanu	الْأَخْشَنُ al-ʔaḵšanu	خُشْنى ḵušnā	الْخُشْنى al-ḵušnā
accusative	أَخْشَنَ ʔaḵšana	الْأَخْشَنَ al-ʔaḵšana	خُشْنى ḵušnā	الْخُشْنى al-ḵušnā
genitive	أَخْشَنَ ʔaḵšana	الْأَخْشَنِ al-ʔaḵšani	خُشْنى ḵušnā	الْخُشْنى al-ḵušnā
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَخْشَنَيْن ʔaḵšanayn	الْأَخْشَنَيْن al-ʔaḵšanayn	خُشْنَيَيْن ḵušnayayn	الْخُشْنَيَيْن al-ḵušnayayn
nominative	أَخْشَنَانِ ʔaḵšanāni	الْأَخْشَنَانِ al-ʔaḵšanāni	خُشْنَيَانِ ḵušnayāni	الْخُشْنَيَانِ al-ḵušnayāni
accusative	أَخْشَنَيْنِ ʔaḵšanayni	الْأَخْشَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḵšanayni	خُشْنَيَيْنِ ḵušnayayni	الْخُشْنَيَيْنِ al-ḵušnayayni
genitive	أَخْشَنَيْنِ ʔaḵšanayni	الْأَخْشَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḵšanayni	خُشْنَيَيْنِ ḵušnayayni	الْخُشْنَيَيْنِ al-ḵušnayayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَخَاشِن ʔaḵāšin	الْأَخَاشِن al-ʔaḵāšin	خُشْنَيَات ḵušnayāt	الْخُشْنَيَات al-ḵušnayāt
nominative	أَخَاشِنُ ʔaḵāšinu	الْأَخَاشِنُ al-ʔaḵāšinu	خُشْنَيَاتٌ ḵušnayātun	الْخُشْنَيَاتُ al-ḵušnayātu
accusative	أَخَاشِنَ ʔaḵāšina	الْأَخَاشِنَ al-ʔaḵāšina	خُشْنَيَاتٍ ḵušnayātin	الْخُشْنَيَاتِ al-ḵušnayāti
genitive	أَخَاشِنَ ʔaḵāšina	الْأَخَاشِنِ al-ʔaḵāšini	خُشْنَيَاتٍ ḵušnayātin	الْخُشْنَيَاتِ al-ḵušnayāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أخشن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “خشن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Color or defect adjective from the root خ ش ن (ḵ š n); compare خَشِن (ḵašin, “rough, rude”).

Adjective

أَخْشَن • (ʔaḵšan) (feminine خَشْنَاء (ḵašnāʔ), common plural خُشْن (ḵušn))

rough, harsh, rude

Declension

Declension of adjective **أَخْشَن** (ʔaḵšan)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَخْشَن ʔaḵšan	الْأَخْشَن al-ʔaḵšan	خَشْنَاء ḵašnāʔ	الْخَشْنَاء al-ḵašnāʔ
nominative	أَخْشَنُ ʔaḵšanu	الْأَخْشَنُ al-ʔaḵšanu	خَشْنَاءُ ḵašnāʔu	الْخَشْنَاءُ al-ḵašnāʔu
accusative	أَخْشَنَ ʔaḵšana	الْأَخْشَنَ al-ʔaḵšana	خَشْنَاءَ ḵašnāʔa	الْخَشْنَاءَ al-ḵašnāʔa
genitive	أَخْشَنَ ʔaḵšana	الْأَخْشَنِ al-ʔaḵšani	خَشْنَاءَ ḵašnāʔa	الْخَشْنَاءِ al-ḵašnāʔi
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَخْشَنَيْن ʔaḵšanayn	الْأَخْشَنَيْن al-ʔaḵšanayn	خَشْنَاوَيْن ḵašnāwayn	الْخَشْنَاوَيْن al-ḵašnāwayn
nominative	أَخْشَنَانِ ʔaḵšanāni	الْأَخْشَنَانِ al-ʔaḵšanāni	خَشْنَاوَانِ ḵašnāwāni	الْخَشْنَاوَانِ al-ḵašnāwāni
accusative	أَخْشَنَيْنِ ʔaḵšanayni	الْأَخْشَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḵšanayni	خَشْنَاوَيْنِ ḵašnāwayni	الْخَشْنَاوَيْنِ al-ḵašnāwayni
genitive	أَخْشَنَيْنِ ʔaḵšanayni	الْأَخْشَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḵšanayni	خَشْنَاوَيْنِ ḵašnāwayni	الْخَشْنَاوَيْنِ al-ḵašnāwayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خُشْن ḵušn	الْخُشْن al-ḵušn	خُشْن ḵušn	الْخُشْن al-ḵušn
nominative	خُشْنٌ ḵušnun	الْخُشْنُ al-ḵušnu	خُشْنٌ ḵušnun	الْخُشْنُ al-ḵušnu
accusative	خُشْنًا ḵušnan	الْخُشْنَ al-ḵušna	خُشْنًا ḵušnan	الْخُشْنَ al-ḵušna
genitive	خُشْنٍ ḵušnin	الْخُشْنِ al-ḵušni	خُشْنٍ ḵušnin	الْخُشْنِ al-ḵušni

References

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