أكثر

• اكثر‎

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

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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

     Have you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.

أَكْثَرَ • (ʔakṯara) (adverbial accusative)

1. more
2. more often; more frequently

• → Azerbaijani: əksər (“most”)
• → Bengali: আকসার (akśar)
• Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: अक्सर (aksar)
  • → Urdu: اکثر‎
    • → Phalura: aksár
• Maltese: aktar
• → Persian: اکثر‎
• → Swahili: akthari
• → Ottoman Turkish: اكثر‎‎
  • → Turkish: ekser
• → Uzbek: aksar

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

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

1. (transitive) to increase

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

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

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

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

أُكْثَرُ • (ʔukṯaru) (form I)

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

أُكْثَرَ • (ʔukṯara) (form I)

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

أُكْثَرْ • (ʔukṯar) (form I)

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

أُكَثِّرُ • (ʔukaṯṯiru) (form II)

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

أُكَثِّرَ • (ʔukaṯṯira) (form II)

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

أُكَثِّرْ • (ʔukaṯṯir) (form II)

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

أُكَثَّرُ • (ʔukaṯṯaru) (form II)

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

أُكَثَّرَ • (ʔukaṯṯara) (form II)

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

أُكَثَّرْ • (ʔukaṯṯar) (form II)

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

From Arabic أَكْثَر‎ (ʔakṯar).

• IPA^(key): /ʔak.tar/, /ʔak.θar/

أَكْثَر • (ʔaktar)

1. elative degree of كثير‎ (katīr): more

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.kat.tir/

أكثر • (ʔakattir)

1. first-person singular non-past passive of كَثَّر‎ (kattar)

أكثر • (ʔakattir)

1. first-person singular non-past active of كَثَّر‎ (kattar)