أحسن

See also: احسن and أخشن

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ح س ن (ḥ s n)
14 terms

Causative to حَسُنَ (ḥasuna, “to be right”): to make something a good result.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.sa.na/

Verb

أَحْسَنَ • (ʔaḥsana) IV (non-past يُحْسِنُ (yuḥsinu), verbal noun إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān))

1. (intransitive) to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good

   Antonym: أَسَاءَ (ʔasāʔa, “to do wrong; to do evil, to offend”)

   أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ

   ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi

   Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly

2. (transitive) to do well, to do right; to know (how to do or how to use), to be able to, to have command of, to master, to be proficient in

   Synonym: أَجَادَ (ʔajāda, “to excel in”)

   تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ

   tuḥsinu hiya l-luḡata l-ʕarabiyyata

   She masters the Arabic language.

   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 156:

     سألتني إن كنت أُحسن الطبخ، فقلت لها: «لو لم أكن صحافياً لكنت طبّاخاً».

     She asked me whether I had proficiency in the art of cooking, and I said to her: “Were I not a journalist, I would be a cook!“

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أَحْسَنَ (IV, sound, full passive (?), verbal noun إِحْسَان)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِحْسَان ʔiḥsān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحْسِن muḥsin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُحْسَن muḥsan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَحْسَنْتُ ʔaḥsantu	أَحْسَنْتَ ʔaḥsanta	أَحْسَنَ ʔaḥsana		أَحْسَنْتُمَا ʔaḥsantumā	أَحْسَنَا ʔaḥsanā		أَحْسَنَّا ʔaḥsannā	أَحْسَنْتُمْ ʔaḥsantum	أَحْسَنُوا ʔaḥsanū
	f		أَحْسَنْتِ ʔaḥsanti	أَحْسَنَتْ ʔaḥsanat			أَحْسَنَتَا ʔaḥsanatā			أَحْسَنْتُنَّ ʔaḥsantunna	أَحْسَنَّ ʔaḥsanna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْسِنُ ʔuḥsinu	تُحْسِنُ tuḥsinu	يُحْسِنُ yuḥsinu		تُحْسِنَانِ tuḥsināni	يُحْسِنَانِ yuḥsināni		نُحْسِنُ nuḥsinu	تُحْسِنُونَ tuḥsinūna	يُحْسِنُونَ yuḥsinūna
	f		تُحْسِنِينَ tuḥsinīna	تُحْسِنُ tuḥsinu			تُحْسِنَانِ tuḥsināni			تُحْسِنَّ tuḥsinna	يُحْسِنَّ yuḥsinna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْسِنَ ʔuḥsina	تُحْسِنَ tuḥsina	يُحْسِنَ yuḥsina		تُحْسِنَا tuḥsinā	يُحْسِنَا yuḥsinā		نُحْسِنَ nuḥsina	تُحْسِنُوا tuḥsinū	يُحْسِنُوا yuḥsinū
	f		تُحْسِنِي tuḥsinī	تُحْسِنَ tuḥsina			تُحْسِنَا tuḥsinā			تُحْسِنَّ tuḥsinna	يُحْسِنَّ yuḥsinna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْسِنْ ʔuḥsin	تُحْسِنْ tuḥsin	يُحْسِنْ yuḥsin		تُحْسِنَا tuḥsinā	يُحْسِنَا yuḥsinā		نُحْسِنْ nuḥsin	تُحْسِنُوا tuḥsinū	يُحْسِنُوا yuḥsinū
	f		تُحْسِنِي tuḥsinī	تُحْسِنْ tuḥsin			تُحْسِنَا tuḥsinā			تُحْسِنَّ tuḥsinna	يُحْسِنَّ yuḥsinna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَحْسِنْ ʔaḥsin			أَحْسِنَا ʔaḥsinā				أَحْسِنُوا ʔaḥsinū
	f		أَحْسِنِي ʔaḥsinī							أَحْسِنَّ ʔaḥsinna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُحْسِنْتُ ʔuḥsintu	أُحْسِنْتَ ʔuḥsinta	أُحْسِنَ ʔuḥsina		أُحْسِنْتُمَا ʔuḥsintumā	أُحْسِنَا ʔuḥsinā		أُحْسِنَّا ʔuḥsinnā	أُحْسِنْتُمْ ʔuḥsintum	أُحْسِنُوا ʔuḥsinū
	f		أُحْسِنْتِ ʔuḥsinti	أُحْسِنَتْ ʔuḥsinat			أُحْسِنَتَا ʔuḥsinatā			أُحْسِنْتُنَّ ʔuḥsintunna	أُحْسِنَّ ʔuḥsinna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْسَنُ ʔuḥsanu	تُحْسَنُ tuḥsanu	يُحْسَنُ yuḥsanu		تُحْسَنَانِ tuḥsanāni	يُحْسَنَانِ yuḥsanāni		نُحْسَنُ nuḥsanu	تُحْسَنُونَ tuḥsanūna	يُحْسَنُونَ yuḥsanūna
	f		تُحْسَنِينَ tuḥsanīna	تُحْسَنُ tuḥsanu			تُحْسَنَانِ tuḥsanāni			تُحْسَنَّ tuḥsanna	يُحْسَنَّ yuḥsanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْسَنَ ʔuḥsana	تُحْسَنَ tuḥsana	يُحْسَنَ yuḥsana		تُحْسَنَا tuḥsanā	يُحْسَنَا yuḥsanā		نُحْسَنَ nuḥsana	تُحْسَنُوا tuḥsanū	يُحْسَنُوا yuḥsanū
	f		تُحْسَنِي tuḥsanī	تُحْسَنَ tuḥsana			تُحْسَنَا tuḥsanā			تُحْسَنَّ tuḥsanna	يُحْسَنَّ yuḥsanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْسَنْ ʔuḥsan	تُحْسَنْ tuḥsan	يُحْسَنْ yuḥsan		تُحْسَنَا tuḥsanā	يُحْسَنَا yuḥsanā		نُحْسَنْ nuḥsan	تُحْسَنُوا tuḥsanū	يُحْسَنُوا yuḥsanū
	f		تُحْسَنِي tuḥsanī	تُحْسَنْ tuḥsan			تُحْسَنَا tuḥsanā			تُحْسَنَّ tuḥsanna	يُحْسَنَّ yuḥsanna

Etymology 1.2

Root
ح س ن (ḥ s n)
14 terms

Elative of حَسَن (ḥasan, “good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.san/

Adjective

أَحْسَن • (ʔaḥsan) (feminine حُسْنَى (ḥusnā), masculine plural أَحْسَنُونَ (ʔaḥsanūna) or أَحَاسِن (ʔaḥāsin), feminine plural حُسْنَيَات (ḥusnayāt) or حُسَن (ḥusan))

1. (elative degree of حَسَن (ḥasan)) (broadly) better, best, nicer, nicest, more excellent, most excellent (for example, more suitable, most suitable, more befitting, most befitting; more beautiful, most beautiful, prettier, prettiest)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:

     وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

     wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā allaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun

     And the good deed does not equal the bad: repel by that which is better, whereupon he who is inimical to you will be as if he were a devoted friend.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْسَن (ʔaḥsan)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْسَن ʔaḥsan	الْأَحْسَن al-ʔaḥsan	حُسْنَى ḥusnā	الْحُسْنَى al-ḥusnā
Nominative	أَحْسَنُ ʔaḥsanu	الْأَحْسَنُ al-ʔaḥsanu	حُسْنَى ḥusnā	الْحُسْنَى al-ḥusnā
Accusative	أَحْسَنَ ʔaḥsana	الْأَحْسَنَ al-ʔaḥsana	حُسْنَى ḥusnā	الْحُسْنَى al-ḥusnā
Genitive	أَحْسَنَ ʔaḥsana	الْأَحْسَنِ al-ʔaḥsani	حُسْنَى ḥusnā	الْحُسْنَى al-ḥusnā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْسَنَيْن ʔaḥsanayn	الْأَحْسَنَيْن al-ʔaḥsanayn	حُسْنَيَيْن ḥusnayayn	الْحُسْنَيَيْن al-ḥusnayayn
Nominative	أَحْسَنَانِ ʔaḥsanāni	الْأَحْسَنَانِ al-ʔaḥsanāni	حُسْنَيَانِ ḥusnayāni	الْحُسْنَيَانِ al-ḥusnayāni
Accusative	أَحْسَنَيْنِ ʔaḥsanayni	الْأَحْسَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḥsanayni	حُسْنَيَيْنِ ḥusnayayni	الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ al-ḥusnayayni
Genitive	أَحْسَنَيْنِ ʔaḥsanayni	الْأَحْسَنَيْنِ al-ʔaḥsanayni	حُسْنَيَيْنِ ḥusnayayni	الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ al-ḥusnayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْسَنِين‎; أَحَاسِن ʔaḥsanīn‎; ʔaḥāsin	الْأَحْسَنِين‎; الْأَحَاسِن al-ʔaḥsanīn‎; al-ʔaḥāsin	حُسْنَيَات‎; حُسَن ḥusnayāt‎; ḥusan	الْحُسْنَيَات‎; الْحُسَن al-ḥusnayāt‎; al-ḥusan
Nominative	أَحْسَنُونَ‎; أَحَاسِنُ ʔaḥsanūna‎; ʔaḥāsinu	الْأَحْسَنُونَ‎; الْأَحَاسِنُ al-ʔaḥsanūna‎; al-ʔaḥāsinu	حُسْنَيَاتٌ‎; حُسَنٌ ḥusnayātun‎; ḥusanun	الْحُسْنَيَاتُ‎; الْحُسَنُ al-ḥusnayātu‎; al-ḥusanu
Accusative	أَحْسَنِينَ‎; أَحَاسِنَ ʔaḥsanīna‎; ʔaḥāsina	الْأَحْسَنِينَ‎; الْأَحَاسِنَ al-ʔaḥsanīna‎; al-ʔaḥāsina	حُسْنَيَاتٍ‎; حُسَنًا ḥusnayātin‎; ḥusanan	الْحُسْنَيَاتِ‎; الْحُسَنَ al-ḥusnayāti‎; al-ḥusana
Genitive	أَحْسَنِينَ‎; أَحَاسِنَ ʔaḥsanīna‎; ʔaḥāsina	الْأَحْسَنِينَ‎; الْأَحَاسِنِ al-ʔaḥsanīna‎; al-ʔaḥāsini	حُسْنَيَاتٍ‎; حُسَنٍ ḥusnayātin‎; ḥusanin	الْحُسْنَيَاتِ‎; الْحُسَنِ al-ḥusnayāti‎; al-ḥusani

Etymology 1.3

Verb

أحسن (form I)

1. أَحْسُنُ (ʔaḥsunu) /ʔaħ.su.nu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)
2. أَحْسُنَ (ʔaḥsuna) /ʔaħ.su.na/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)
3. أَحْسُنْ (ʔaḥsun) /ʔaħ.sun/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)

Etymology 1.4

Verb

أحسن (form II)

1. أُحَسِّنُ (ʔuḥassinu) /ʔu.ħas.si.nu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
2. أُحَسَّنُ (ʔuḥassanu) /ʔu.ħas.sa.nu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
3. أُحَسِّنَ (ʔuḥassina) /ʔu.ħas.si.na/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
4. أُحَسَّنَ (ʔuḥassana) /ʔu.ħas.sa.na/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
5. أُحَسِّنْ (ʔuḥassin) /ʔu.ħas.sin/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
6. أُحَسَّنْ (ʔuḥassan) /ʔu.ħas.san/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَحْسَن (ʔaḥsan), elative degree of حَسَن (ḥasan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.san/, [ˈʔaħ.san]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Adjective

أحسن • (ʔaḥsan)

1. elative degree of منيح (mnīḥ): better, best
2. elative degree of كويس (kwayyes): better, best

Synonyms

• أفضل (ʔafḍal)