أفخر
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ف خ ر (f ḵ r) |
| 9 terms |
Elative of فَاخِر (fāḵir, “proud, boastful, magnificent”) and فَخُور (faḵūr, “proud, boastful”).
Adjective
أَفْخَر • (ʔafḵar)
- elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir), elative degree of فَخُور (faḵūr):
- elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir):
- more outstanding, more excellent, more magnificent; most outstanding, most excellent, most magnificent
- more precious, more costly; most precious, most costly
- more delightful, more delicious; most delightful, most delicious
- more luxurious; most luxurious
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular unknown | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَفْخَر ʔafḵar |
الْأَفْخَر al-ʔafḵar |
? | ? |
| nominative | أَفْخَرُ ʔafḵaru |
الْأَفْخَرُ al-ʔafḵaru |
? | ? |
| accusative | أَفْخَرَ ʔafḵara |
الْأَفْخَرَ al-ʔafḵara |
? | ? |
| genitive | أَفْخَرَ ʔafḵara |
الْأَفْخَرِ al-ʔafḵari |
? | ? |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَفْخَرَيْن ʔafḵarayn |
الْأَفْخَرَيْن al-ʔafḵarayn |
? | ? |
| nominative | أَفْخَرَانِ ʔafḵarāni |
الْأَفْخَرَانِ al-ʔafḵarāni |
? | ? |
| accusative | أَفْخَرَيْنِ ʔafḵarayni |
الْأَفْخَرَيْنِ al-ʔafḵarayni |
? | ? |
| genitive | أَفْخَرَيْنِ ʔafḵarayni |
الْأَفْخَرَيْنِ al-ʔafḵarayni |
? | ? |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| plural unknown | plural unknown | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| nominative | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| accusative | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| genitive | ? | ? | ? | ? |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فاخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “فخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN