أكثر

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See also: اكثر‎, أكبر‎, اكبر‎, اکثر, and اکبر

Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Elative of كَثِير(kaṯīr, much), from the root ك ث ر(k-ṯ-r).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar) (feminine كُثْرَى(kuṯrā), masculine plural أَكْثَرُونَ(ʔakṯarūna) or أَكَاثِر(ʔakāṯir), feminine plural كُثْرَيَات(kuṯrayāt))

  1. elative degree of كَثِير(kaṯīr):
    1. more; most
  2. most, the majority of, more than half of (with following genitive)
    Synonyms: أَغْلَب(ʔaḡlab), مُعْظَم(muʕẓam)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:243:
      أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اللَّهُ مُوتُوا ثُمَّ أَحْيَاهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

أَكْثَرَ (ʔakṯara) (adverbial accusative)

  1. more
  2. more often; more frequently

Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ك ث ر(k-ṯ-r); compare كَثِير(kaṯīr, many).

Verb[edit]

أَكْثَرَ (ʔakṯara) IV, non-past يُكْثِرُ‎‎ (yukṯiru)

  1. (transitive) to increase
Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mace, John (2007), “أكثر”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَكْثُرُ (ʔakṯuru) (form I)

  1. inflection of كَثُرَ(kaṯura):
    1. first-person singular non-past active indicative
    2. first-person singular non-past active indicative

Verb[edit]

أَكْثُرَ (ʔakṯura) (form I)

  1. inflection of كَثُرَ(kaṯura):
    1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive

Verb[edit]

أَكْثُرْ (ʔakṯur) (form I)

  1. inflection of كَثُرَ(kaṯura):
    1. first-person singular non-past active jussive
    2. first-person singular non-past active jussive

Verb[edit]

أُكْثَرُ (ʔukṯaru) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of كَثَرَ(kaṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكْثَرَ (ʔukṯara) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of كَثَرَ(kaṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكْثَرْ (ʔukṯar) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of كَثَرَ(kaṯara)

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

أُكَثِّرُ (ʔukaṯṯiru) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكَثِّرَ (ʔukaṯṯira) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكَثِّرْ (ʔukaṯṯir) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكَثَّرُ (ʔukaṯṯaru) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكَثَّرَ (ʔukaṯṯara) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)

Verb[edit]

أُكَثَّرْ (ʔukaṯṯar) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of كَثَّرَ(kaṯṯara)