أفخر

See also: أفجر and افجر

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)

  1. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir), elative degree of فَخُور (faḵūr):
    1. prouder, more boastful; proudest, most boastful
  2. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir):
    1. more outstanding, more excellent, more magnificent; most outstanding, most excellent, most magnificent
    2. more precious, more costly; most precious, most costly
    3. more delightful, more delicious; most delightful, most delicious
    4. more luxurious; most luxurious

Declension

Declension of adjective أَفْخَر (ʔafḵar)
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