أغير

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative of غَيُور (ḡayūr, “jealous; zealous, eager”).

Adjective

أَغْيَر • (ʔaḡyar)

1. elative degree of غَيُور (ḡayūr):
   1. more jealous; most jealous
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 19:22:

        أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ غَيْرَةِ سَعْدٍ؟ فَوَٱللَّٰهِ لَأَنَا أَغْيَرُ مِنْهُ، وَٱللَّهُ أَغْيَرُ مِنِّي، مِنْ أَجْلِ غَيْرَةِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمِدْحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ.

        ʔataʕjabūna min ḡayrati saʕdin? fawal-lāhi laʔanā ʔaḡyaru minhu, wal-lahu ʔaḡyaru minnī, min ʔajli ḡayrati l-lahi ḥarrama l-fawāḥiša mā ẓahara minhā wamā baṭana, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḡyaru mina l-lahi, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-ʕuḏru mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika baʕaṯa l-lahu l-mursalīna mubašširīna wamunḏirīna, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-midḥatu mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika waʕada l-lahu l-jannata.

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   2. more zealous, more eager; most zealous, most eager

Declension

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غير:غَيُور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

أُغَيِّرُ • (ʔuḡayyiru) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)

Verb

أُغَيِّرَ • (ʔuḡayyira) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)

Verb

أُغَيِّرْ • (ʔuḡayyir) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)

Verb

أُغَيَّرُ • (ʔuḡayyaru) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)

Verb

أُغَيَّرَ • (ʔuḡayyara) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)

Verb

أُغَيَّرْ • (ʔuḡayyar) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara)