أحرص

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ)

Elative of حَرِيص (ḥarīṣ, “eager, greedy, covetous; careful, fearful, prudent; compassionate; torn”).

Adjective

أَحْرَص • (ʔaḥraṣ) (feminine حُرْصَى (ḥurṣā), masculine plural أَحَارِص (ʔaḥāriṣ), feminine plural حُرْصَيَات (ḥurṣayāt))

  1. 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 (ʔaḥraṣ)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular diptote singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحْرَص
ʔaḥraṣ		 الْأَحْرَص
al-ʔaḥraṣ		 حُرْصى
ḥurṣā		 الْحُرْصى
al-ḥurṣā
Nominative أَحْرَصُ
ʔaḥraṣu		 الْأَحْرَصُ
al-ʔaḥraṣu		 حُرْصى
ḥurṣā		 الْحُرْصى
al-ḥurṣā
Accusative أَحْرَصَ
ʔaḥraṣa		 الْأَحْرَصَ
al-ʔaḥraṣa		 حُرْصى
ḥurṣā		 الْحُرْصى
al-ḥurṣā
Genitive أَحْرَصَ
ʔaḥraṣa		 الْأَحْرَصِ
al-ʔaḥraṣi		 حُرْصى
ḥurṣā		 الْحُرْصى
al-ḥurṣā
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحْرَصَيْن
ʔaḥraṣayn		 الْأَحْرَصَيْن
al-ʔaḥraṣayn		 حُرْصَيَيْن
ḥurṣayayn		 الْحُرْصَيَيْن
al-ḥurṣayayn
Nominative أَحْرَصَانِ
ʔaḥraṣāni		 الْأَحْرَصَانِ
al-ʔaḥraṣāni		 حُرْصَيَانِ
ḥurṣayāni		 الْحُرْصَيَانِ
al-ḥurṣayāni
Accusative أَحْرَصَيْنِ
ʔaḥraṣayni		 الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ
al-ʔaḥraṣayni		 حُرْصَيَيْنِ
ḥurṣayayni		 الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ
al-ḥurṣayayni
Genitive أَحْرَصَيْنِ
ʔaḥraṣayni		 الْأَحْرَصَيْنِ
al-ʔaḥraṣayni		 حُرْصَيَيْنِ
ḥurṣayayni		 الْحُرْصَيَيْنِ
al-ḥurṣayayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَحَارِص
ʔaḥāriṣ		 الْأَحَارِص
al-ʔaḥāriṣ		 حُرْصَيَات
ḥurṣayāt		 الْحُرْصَيَات
al-ḥurṣayāt
Nominative أَحَارِصُ
ʔaḥāriṣu		 الْأَحَارِصُ
al-ʔaḥāriṣu		 حُرْصَيَاتٌ
ḥurṣayātun		 الْحُرْصَيَاتُ
al-ḥurṣayātu
Accusative أَحَارِصَ
ʔaḥāriṣa		 الْأَحَارِصَ
al-ʔaḥāriṣa		 حُرْصَيَاتٍ
ḥurṣayātin		 الْحُرْصَيَاتِ
al-ḥurṣayāti
Genitive أَحَارِصَ
ʔaḥāriṣa		 الْأَحَارِصِ
al-ʔaḥāriṣi		 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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