أحرص

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ر ص (ḥ r ṣ)
4 terms

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

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حرص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN