أفضل
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ف ض ل (f-ḍ-l) |
Elative of فَضِيل (faḍīl, “outstanding, very good”).
Adjective edit
أَفْضَل • (ʔafḍal) (feminine فُضْلَى (fuḍlā), masculine plural أَفْضَلُون (ʔafḍalūn) or أَفَاضِل (ʔafāḍil), feminine plural فُضْلَيَات (fuḍlayāt))
- elative degree of فَضِيل (faḍīl):
- better; best
- more outstanding; most outstanding
- preferable
Declension edit
Declension of adjective أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَفْضَل ʔafḍal |
الْأَفْضَل al-ʔafḍal |
فُضْلَى fuḍlā |
الْفُضْلَى al-fuḍlā |
Nominative | أَفْضَلُ ʔafḍalu |
الْأَفْضَلُ al-ʔafḍalu |
فُضْلَى fuḍlā |
الْفُضْلَى al-fuḍlā |
Accusative | أَفْضَلَ ʔafḍala |
الْأَفْضَلَ al-ʔafḍala |
فُضْلَى fuḍlā |
الْفُضْلَى al-fuḍlā |
Genitive | أَفْضَلَ ʔafḍala |
الْأَفْضَلِ al-ʔafḍali |
فُضْلَى fuḍlā |
الْفُضْلَى al-fuḍlā |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَفْضَلَيْن ʔafḍalayn |
الْأَفْضَلَيْن al-ʔafḍalayn |
فُضْلَيَيْن fuḍlayayn |
الْفُضْلَيَيْن al-fuḍlayayn |
Nominative | أَفْضَلَانِ ʔafḍalāni |
الْأَفْضَلَانِ al-ʔafḍalāni |
فُضْلَيَانِ fuḍlayāni |
الْفُضْلَيَانِ al-fuḍlayāni |
Accusative | أَفْضَلَيْنِ ʔafḍalayni |
الْأَفْضَلَيْنِ al-ʔafḍalayni |
فُضْلَيَيْنِ fuḍlayayni |
الْفُضْلَيَيْنِ al-fuḍlayayni |
Genitive | أَفْضَلَيْنِ ʔafḍalayni |
الْأَفْضَلَيْنِ al-ʔafḍalayni |
فُضْلَيَيْنِ fuḍlayayni |
الْفُضْلَيَيْنِ al-fuḍlayayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَفْضَلِين; أَفَاضِل ʔafḍalīn; ʔafāḍil |
الْأَفْضَلِين; الْأَفَاضِل al-ʔafḍalīn; al-ʔafāḍil |
فُضْلَيَات fuḍlayāt |
الْفُضْلَيَات al-fuḍlayāt |
Nominative | أَفْضَلُونَ; أَفَاضِلُ ʔafḍalūna; ʔafāḍilu |
الْأَفْضَلُونَ; الْأَفَاضِلُ al-ʔafḍalūna; al-ʔafāḍilu |
فُضْلَيَاتٌ fuḍlayātun |
الْفُضْلَيَاتُ al-fuḍlayātu |
Accusative | أَفْضَلِينَ; أَفَاضِلَ ʔafḍalīna; ʔafāḍila |
الْأَفْضَلِينَ; الْأَفَاضِلَ al-ʔafḍalīna; al-ʔafāḍila |
فُضْلَيَاتٍ fuḍlayātin |
الْفُضْلَيَاتِ al-fuḍlayāti |
Genitive | أَفْضَلِينَ; أَفَاضِلَ ʔafḍalīna; ʔafāḍila |
الْأَفْضَلِينَ; الْأَفَاضِلِ al-ʔafḍalīna; al-ʔafāḍili |
فُضْلَيَاتٍ fuḍlayātin |
الْفُضْلَيَاتِ al-fuḍlayāti |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أفضل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفضل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
أُفَضِّلُ • (ʔufaḍḍilu) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past active indicative of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
Verb edit
أُفَضِّلَ • (ʔufaḍḍila) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
Verb edit
أُفَضِّلْ • (ʔufaḍḍil) (form II)
Verb edit
أُفَضَّلُ • (ʔufaḍḍalu) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past passive indicative of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
Verb edit
أُفَضَّلَ • (ʔufaḍḍala) (form II)
- first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
Verb edit
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal), elative degree of فَضِيل (faḍīl).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
أفضل • (ʔafḍal)
- better, best
- Synonym: أحسن (ʔaḥsan)
- preferable