فضيل
Arabic
Adjective
فَضِيل • (faḍīl) (feminine فَضِيلَة (faḍīla), masculine plural فُضَلَاء (fuḍalāʔ), elative أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal))
- excellent, superior
- Synonyms: مُتَعالٍ (mutaʕālin), فائِق (fāʔiq)
- virtuous
- Synonym: مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram)
- deserving, respectable
- Synonym: مُوَقَّر (muwaqqar)
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | فَضِيل faḍīl |
الْفَضِيل al-faḍīl |
فَضِيلَة faḍīla |
الْفَضِيلَة al-faḍīla |
| nominative | فَضِيلٌ faḍīlun |
الْفَضِيلُ al-faḍīlu |
فَضِيلَةٌ faḍīlatun |
الْفَضِيلَةُ al-faḍīlatu |
| accusative | فَضِيلًا faḍīlan |
الْفَضِيلَ al-faḍīla |
فَضِيلَةً faḍīlatan |
الْفَضِيلَةَ al-faḍīlata |
| genitive | فَضِيلٍ faḍīlin |
الْفَضِيلِ al-faḍīli |
فَضِيلَةٍ faḍīlatin |
الْفَضِيلَةِ al-faḍīlati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | فَضِيلَيْن faḍīlayn |
الْفَضِيلَيْن al-faḍīlayn |
فَضِيلَتَيْن faḍīlatayn |
الْفَضِيلَتَيْن al-faḍīlatayn |
| nominative | فَضِيلَانِ faḍīlāni |
الْفَضِيلَانِ al-faḍīlāni |
فَضِيلَتَانِ faḍīlatāni |
الْفَضِيلَتَانِ al-faḍīlatāni |
| accusative | فَضِيلَيْنِ faḍīlayni |
الْفَضِيلَيْنِ al-faḍīlayni |
فَضِيلَتَيْنِ faḍīlatayni |
الْفَضِيلَتَيْنِ al-faḍīlatayni |
| genitive | فَضِيلَيْنِ faḍīlayni |
الْفَضِيلَيْنِ al-faḍīlayni |
فَضِيلَتَيْنِ faḍīlatayni |
الْفَضِيلَتَيْنِ al-faḍīlatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | فُضَلَاء fuḍalāʔ |
الْفُضَلَاء al-fuḍalāʔ |
فَضِيلَات faḍīlāt |
الْفَضِيلَات al-faḍīlāt |
| nominative | فُضَلَاءُ fuḍalāʔu |
الْفُضَلَاءُ al-fuḍalāʔu |
فَضِيلَاتٌ faḍīlātun |
الْفَضِيلَاتُ al-faḍīlātu |
| accusative | فُضَلَاءَ fuḍalāʔa |
الْفُضَلَاءَ al-fuḍalāʔa |
فَضِيلَاتٍ faḍīlātin |
الْفَضِيلَاتِ al-faḍīlāti |
| genitive | فُضَلَاءَ fuḍalāʔa |
الْفُضَلَاءِ al-fuḍalāʔi |
فَضِيلَاتٍ faḍīlātin |
الْفَضِيلَاتِ al-faḍīlāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فضيل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen