أحرص

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of حَرِيص‎ (ḥarīṣ, “eager, greedy, covetous; careful, fearful, prudent; compassionate; torn”), from the root ح ر ص‎ (ḥ-r-ṣ).

Adjective

أَحْرَص • (ʾaḥraṣ) (feminine حُرْصَى‎ (ḥurṣā), masculine plural أَحَارِص‎ (ʾaḥāriṣ), feminine plural حُرْصَيَات‎ (ḥurṣayāt))

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 (ʾaḥraṣ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَص ʾaḥraṣ	الْأَحْرَص‎ al-ʾaḥraṣ	حُرْصى‎ ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى‎ al-ḥurṣā
Nominative	أَحْرَصُ ʾaḥraṣu	الْأَحْرَصُ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣu	حُرْصى‎ ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى‎ al-ḥurṣā
Accusative	أَحْرَصَ ʾaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصَ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣa	حُرْصى‎ ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى‎ al-ḥurṣā
Genitive	أَحْرَصَ ʾaḥraṣa	الْأَحْرَصِ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣi	حُرْصى‎ ḥurṣā	الْحُرْصى‎ al-ḥurṣā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَصَيْن‎ ʾaḥraṣayn	الْأَحْرَصَيْن‎ al-ʾaḥraṣayn	حُرْصَيَيْن‎ ḥurṣayayn	الْحُرْصَيَيْن‎ al-ḥurṣayayn
Nominative	أَحْرَصَانِ‎ ʾaḥraṣāni	الْأَحْرَصَانِ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣāni	حُرْصَيَانِ‎ ḥurṣayāni	الْحُرْصَيَانِ‎ al-ḥurṣayāni
Accusative	أَحْرَصَيْنِ‎ ʾaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ‎ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ‎ al-ḥurṣayayni
Genitive	أَحْرَصَيْنِ‎ ʾaḥraṣayni	الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥraṣayni	حُرْصَيَيْنِ‎ ḥurṣayayni	الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ‎ al-ḥurṣayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَارِص‎ ʾaḥāriṣ	الْأَحَارِص‎ al-ʾaḥāriṣ	حُرْصَيَات‎ ḥurṣayāt	الْحُرْصَيَات‎ al-ḥurṣayāt
Nominative	أَحَارِصُ‎ ʾaḥāriṣu	الْأَحَارِصُ‎ al-ʾaḥāriṣu	حُرْصَيَاتٌ‎ ḥurṣayātun	الْحُرْصَيَاتُ‎ al-ḥurṣayātu
Accusative	أَحَارِصَ‎ ʾaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصَ‎ al-ʾaḥāriṣa	حُرْصَيَاتٍ‎ ḥurṣayātin	الْحُرْصَيَاتِ‎ al-ḥurṣayāti
Genitive	أَحَارِصَ‎ ʾaḥāriṣa	الْأَحَارِصِ‎ al-ʾaḥāriṣi	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

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