أخشن

See also: أحسن and احسن

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔax.ʃan/

Etymology 1

Root
خ ش ن (ḵ-š-n)

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

Adjective

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

1. 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
	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))

1. 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
	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