أكتر

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔak.tar/, [ˈʔak.tar]

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Adjective

أكتر • (ʔaktar)

1. elative degree of كتير (ktīr): more, most
2. more, -er; most, -est (used to form elatives of adjectives, that don't have one.)

   مجنون أكتر ― majnūn ʔaktar ― crazier

   أكتر واحد مجنون ― ʔaktar wāhad majnūn ― the craziest one

Derived terms

• أكترية (ʔaktariyye, “majority”)

See also

• أغلب (ʔaḡlab, “most of, the majority of”)

Adverb

أكتر • (ʔaktar)

1. elative degree of كتير (ktīr): more, most

   أكتر إشي حبيته ― ʔaktar ʔiši ḥabbēto ― the thing I liked the most