أقصى

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See also: أقضى, اقضي, and أقضي

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ق ص و (q-ṣ-w)

Elative adjective from قَصِيّ (qaṣiyy, distant).

Adjective[edit]

أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā) (feminine قُصْوَى (quṣwā), masculine plural أَقْصَوْنَ (ʔaqṣawna) or أَقَاصٍ (ʔaqāṣin), feminine plural قُصْوَيَات (quṣwayāt))

  1. further, more distant; furthest, most distant
    Antonym: أَدْنَى (ʔadnā)
    الشَّرْق الْأَقْصَىaš-šarq al-ʔaqṣāthe Far East, as opposed to الشَّرْق الْأَدْنَى (aš-šarq al-ʔadnā)
  2. last
  3. extreme
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Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ق ص و (q-ṣ-w)

Verb[edit]

أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā) IV, non-past يُقْصِي‎ (yuqṣī)

  1. to remove, send or take far away, drag away, drive away, dismiss
  2. to reach the utmost limit
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South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ص و
1 term

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔaq.sˤa/, [ˈʔɑq.sˤɑ]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

أقصى (ʔaqṣa)

  1. farther, farthest, most distant
    Antonym: أدنى (ʔadna)
  2. maximal
    Synonym: أعلى (ʔaʕla)
    Antonym: أدنى (ʔadna)
    الحدّ الأقصىil-ḥadd il-ʔaqṣathe maximum

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