أحرص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ)

Elative of حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ, “eager, greedy, covetous; careful, fearful, prudent; compassionate; torn”).

Adjective

أَحْرَص • (ʔaḥraṣ) (feminine حُرْصَى (ḥurṣā), masculine plural أَحَارِص (ʔaḥāriṣ), feminine plural حُرْصَيَات (ḥurṣayāt))

1. elative degree of حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ):
   1. more eager, greedier, more covetous; most eager, greediest, most covetous
   2. more careful, more fearful, more prudent; most careful, most fearful, most prudent
   3. more compassionate; most compassionate
   4. more torn; most torn

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْرَص (ʔaḥraṣ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَص ʔaḥraṣ	الْأَحْرَص al-ʔaḥraṣ	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
Nominative	أَحْرَصُ ʔaḥraṣu	الْأَحْرَصُ al-ʔaḥraṣu	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
Accusative	أَحْرَصَ ʔaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصَ al-ʔaḥraṣa	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
Genitive	أَحْرَصَ ʔaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصِ al-ʔaḥraṣi	حُرْصى ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى al-ḥurṣā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَصَيْن ʔaḥraṣayn	الْأَحْرَصَيْن al-ʔaḥraṣayn	حُرْصَيَيْن ḥurṣayayn	الْحُرْصَيَيْن al-ḥurṣayayn
Nominative	أَحْرَصَانِ ʔaḥraṣāni	الْأَحْرَصَانِ al-ʔaḥraṣāni	حُرْصَيَانِ ḥurṣayāni	الْحُرْصَيَانِ al-ḥurṣayāni
Accusative	أَحْرَصَيْنِ ʔaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ al-ḥurṣayayni
Genitive	أَحْرَصَيْنِ ʔaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ al-ḥurṣayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَارِص ʔaḥāriṣ	الْأَحَارِص al-ʔaḥāriṣ	حُرْصَيَات ḥurṣayāt	الْحُرْصَيَات al-ḥurṣayāt
Nominative	أَحَارِصُ ʔaḥāriṣu	الْأَحَارِصُ al-ʔaḥāriṣu	حُرْصَيَاتٌ ḥurṣayātun	الْحُرْصَيَاتُ al-ḥurṣayātu
Accusative	أَحَارِصَ ʔaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصَ al-ʔaḥāriṣa	حُرْصَيَاتٍ ḥurṣayātin	الْحُرْصَيَاتِ al-ḥurṣayāti
Genitive	أَحَارِصَ ʔaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصِ al-ʔaḥāriṣi	حُرْصَيَاتٍ ḥurṣayātin	الْحُرْصَيَاتِ al-ḥurṣayāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حرص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN