أغير

See also: أعير

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ي ر (ḡ y r)
14 terms

Elative of غَيُور (ḡayūr, “jealous; zealous, eager”).

Adjective

أَغْيَر • (ʔaḡyar)

1. elative degree of غَيُور (ḡayūr):
   1. more jealous; most jealous
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 19:22:

        أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ غَيْرَةِ سَعْدٍ؟ فَوَٱللَّٰهِ لَأَنَا أَغْيَرُ مِنْهُ، وَٱللَّهُ أَغْيَرُ مِنِّي، مِنْ أَجْلِ غَيْرَةِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمِدْحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ.

        ʔataʕjabūna min ḡayrati saʕdin? fawal-lāhi laʔanā ʔaḡyaru minhu, wal-lahu ʔaḡyaru minnī, min ʔajli ḡayrati l-lahi ḥarrama l-fawāḥiša mā ẓahara minhā wamā baṭana, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḡyaru mina l-lahi, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-ʕuḏru mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika baʕaṯa l-lahu l-mursalīna mubašširīna wamunḏirīna, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-midḥatu mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika waʕada l-lahu l-jannata.

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   2. more zealous, more eager; most zealous, most eager

Declension

Declension of adjective أَغْيَر (ʔaḡyar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْيَر ʔaḡyar	الْأَغْيَر al-ʔaḡyar	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَغْيَرُ ʔaḡyaru	الْأَغْيَرُ al-ʔaḡyaru	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَغْيَرَ ʔaḡyara	الْأَغْيَرَ al-ʔaḡyara	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَغْيَرَ ʔaḡyara	الْأَغْيَرِ al-ʔaḡyari	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْيَرَيْن ʔaḡyarayn	الْأَغْيَرَيْن al-ʔaḡyarayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَغْيَرَانِ ʔaḡyarāni	الْأَغْيَرَانِ al-ʔaḡyarāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَغْيَرَيْنِ ʔaḡyarayni	الْأَغْيَرَيْنِ al-ʔaḡyarayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَغْيَرَيْنِ ʔaḡyarayni	الْأَغْيَرَيْنِ al-ʔaḡyarayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْيَرِين ʔaḡyarīn	الْأَغْيَرِين al-ʔaḡyarīn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَغْيَرُونَ ʔaḡyarūna	الْأَغْيَرُونَ al-ʔaḡyarūna	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَغْيَرِينَ ʔaḡyarīna	الْأَغْيَرِينَ al-ʔaḡyarīna	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَغْيَرِينَ ʔaḡyarīna	الْأَغْيَرِينَ al-ʔaḡyarīna	? ?	? ?

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غير:غَيُور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أغير (form II)

1. أُغَيِّرُ (ʔuḡayyiru) /ʔu.ɣaj.ji.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)
2. أُغَيَّرُ (ʔuḡayyaru) /ʔu.ɣaj.ja.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)
3. أُغَيِّرَ (ʔuḡayyira) /ʔu.ɣaj.ji.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)
4. أُغَيَّرَ (ʔuḡayyara) /ʔu.ɣaj.ja.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)
5. أُغَيِّرْ (ʔuḡayyir) /ʔu.ɣaj.jir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)
6. أُغَيَّرْ (ʔuḡayyar) /ʔu.ɣaj.jar/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)