أقصى

See also: أقضى‎, اقضي‎, and أقضي‎

Arabic

Etymology

Elative adjective from قَصِيّ‎ (qaṣiyy, “distant”), from the root ق ص و‎ (q-ṣ-w).

Adjective

أَقْصَى • (ʾaqṣā) (feminine قُصْوَى‎ (quṣwā), masculine plural أَقَاصٍ‎ (ʾaqāṣin))

more or most distant
Antonym: أَدْنَى‎ (ʾadnā)
last
extreme

Declension

Declension of adjective أَقْصَى (ʾaqṣā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْصَى ʾaqṣā	الْأَقْصَى‎ al-ʾaqṣā	قُصْوَى‎ quṣwā	الْقُصْوَى‎ al-quṣwā
Nominative	أَقْصَى ʾaqṣā	الْأَقْصَى‎ al-ʾaqṣā	قُصْوَى‎ quṣwā	الْقُصْوَى‎ al-quṣwā
Accusative	أَقْصَى ʾaqṣā	الْأَقْصَى‎ al-ʾaqṣā	قُصْوَى‎ quṣwā	الْقُصْوَى‎ al-quṣwā
Genitive	أَقْصَى ʾaqṣā	الْأَقْصَى‎ al-ʾaqṣā	قُصْوَى‎ quṣwā	الْقُصْوَى‎ al-quṣwā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقْصَيَيْن‎ ʾaqṣayayn	الْأَقْصَيَيْن‎ al-ʾaqṣayayn	قُصْوَيَيْن‎ quṣwayayn	الْقُصْوَيَيْن‎ al-quṣwayayn
Nominative	أَقْصَيَانِ‎ ʾaqṣayāni	الْأَقْصَيَانِ‎ al-ʾaqṣayāni	قُصْوَيَانِ‎ quṣwayāni	الْقُصْوَيَانِ‎ al-quṣwayāni
Accusative	أَقْصَيَيْنِ‎ ʾaqṣayayni	الْأَقْصَيَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaqṣayayni	قُصْوَيَيْنِ‎ quṣwayayni	الْقُصْوَيَيْنِ‎ al-quṣwayayni
Genitive	أَقْصَيَيْنِ‎ ʾaqṣayayni	الْأَقْصَيَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaqṣayayni	قُصْوَيَيْنِ‎ quṣwayayni	الْقُصْوَيَيْنِ‎ al-quṣwayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَاصِي‎ ʾaqāṣī	الْأَقَاصِي‎ al-ʾaqāṣī	قُصْوَيَات‎ quṣwayāt	الْقُصْوَيَات‎ al-quṣwayāt
Nominative	أَقَاصٍ‎ ʾaqāṣin	الْأَقَاصِي‎ al-ʾaqāṣī	قُصْوَيَاتٌ‎ quṣwayātun	الْقُصْوَيَاتُ‎ al-quṣwayātu
Accusative	أَقَاصِيَ‎ ʾaqāṣiya	الْأَقَاصِيَ‎ al-ʾaqāṣiya	قُصْوَيَاتٍ‎ quṣwayātin	الْقُصْوَيَاتِ‎ al-quṣwayāti
Genitive	أَقَاصٍ‎ ʾaqāṣin	الْأَقَاصِي‎ al-ʾaqāṣī	قُصْوَيَاتٍ‎ quṣwayātin	الْقُصْوَيَاتِ‎ al-quṣwayāti

Derived terms

الْمَسْجِد الْأَقْصَى‎ (al-masjid al-ʾaqṣā, “Al-Aqsa Mosque”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أقصى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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