فاخر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of فَخَرَ (faḵara, “to glory in, to boast, to be proud”), from the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r).

Adjective

فَاخِر • (fāḵir) (feminine فَاخِرَة (fāḵira), elative أَفْخَر (ʔafḵar))

1. proud, boasting
2. outstanding, excellent, prime, superb, magnificent
3. precious, costly
4. delightful, delicious
5. luxurious

Declension

Declension of adjective فَاخِر (fāḵir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَاخِر fāḵir	الْفَاخِر al-fāḵir	فَاخِرَة fāḵira	الْفَاخِرَة al-fāḵira
Nominative	فَاخِرٌ fāḵirun	الْفَاخِرُ al-fāḵiru	فَاخِرَةٌ fāḵiratun	الْفَاخِرَةُ al-fāḵiratu
Accusative	فَاخِرًا fāḵiran	الْفَاخِرَ al-fāḵira	فَاخِرَةً fāḵiratan	الْفَاخِرَةَ al-fāḵirata
Genitive	فَاخِرٍ fāḵirin	الْفَاخِرِ al-fāḵiri	فَاخِرَةٍ fāḵiratin	الْفَاخِرَةِ al-fāḵirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَاخِرَيْن fāḵirayn	الْفَاخِرَيْن al-fāḵirayn	فَاخِرَتَيْن fāḵiratayn	الْفَاخِرَتَيْن al-fāḵiratayn
Nominative	فَاخِرَانِ fāḵirāni	الْفَاخِرَانِ al-fāḵirāni	فَاخِرَتَانِ fāḵiratāni	الْفَاخِرَتَانِ al-fāḵiratāni
Accusative	فَاخِرَيْنِ fāḵirayni	الْفَاخِرَيْنِ al-fāḵirayni	فَاخِرَتَيْنِ fāḵiratayni	الْفَاخِرَتَيْنِ al-fāḵiratayni
Genitive	فَاخِرَيْنِ fāḵirayni	الْفَاخِرَيْنِ al-fāḵirayni	فَاخِرَتَيْنِ fāḵiratayni	الْفَاخِرَتَيْنِ al-fāḵiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	فَاخِرَات fāḵirāt	الْفَاخِرَات al-fāḵirāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	فَاخِرَاتٌ fāḵirātun	الْفَاخِرَاتُ al-fāḵirātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	فَاخِرَاتٍ fāḵirātin	الْفَاخِرَاتِ al-fāḵirāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	فَاخِرَاتٍ fāḵirātin	الْفَاخِرَاتِ al-fāḵirāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فاخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN