أكثر

• اكثر

Elative of كَثِير (kaṯīr, “much”).

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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

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):
   1. more; most

• 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)