أقصر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

أَقْصَرَ (ʔaqṣara) IV (non-past يُقْصِرُ (yuqṣiru), verbal noun إِقْصَار (ʔiqṣār))

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    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, “أقصر فلست بزائدي ودا”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1978 CE, →OCLC, pages 325–326:
      ١- أَقْصِرْ فَلَسْتَ بِزَائِدِي وُدًّا / بَلَغَ ٱلْمَدَى وَتَجَاوَزَ ٱلْحَدَّا
      ٢- أَرْسَلْتَهَا مَمْلُوءَةً كَرَمًا / فَرَدَدْتَهَا مَمْلُوءَةً حَمْدَا
      ٣- جَاءَتْكَ تَطْفَحُ وَهْيَ فَارِغَةٌ / مَثْنَى بِهِ وَتَظُنُّهَا فَرْدَا
      ٤- تَأْبَى خَلَائِقُكَ الَّتِي شَرُفَتْ / أَنْ لَا تَحِنُّ وَتَذْكُرُ الْعَهْدَا
      ٥- لَوْ كُنْتَ عَصْرًا مُنْبِتًا زَهَرًا / كُنْتَ الرَّبِيعَ وَكَانَتِ الْوَرْدَا
      1- ʔaqṣir falasta bizāʔidī wuddan / balaḡa l-madā watajāwaza l-ḥaddā
      2- ʔarsaltahā mamlūʔatan karaman / faradadtahā mamlūʔatan ḥamdā
      3- jāʔatka taṭfaḥu wahya fāriḡatun / maṯnā bihi wataẓunnuhā fardā
      4- taʔbā ḵalāʔiquka llatī šarufat / ʔan lā taḥinnu wataḏkuru l-ʕahdā
      5- law kunta ʕaṣran munbitan zaharan / kunta r-rabīʕa wakānati l-wardā
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Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ق ص ر (q ṣ r)
10 terms

Elative of قَصِير (qaṣīr, short).

Adjective

أَقْصَر (ʔaqṣar) (feminine قُصْرَى (quṣrā), masculine plural أَقْصَرُونَ (ʔaqṣarūna) or أَقَاصِر (ʔaqāṣir), feminine plural قُصْرَيَات (quṣrayāt))

  1. elative degree of قَصِير (qaṣīr):
    1. shorter; shortest
Declension
References

Etymology 3

Verb

أقصر (form II)

  1. أُقَصِّرُ (ʔuqaṣṣiru) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤi.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)
  2. أُقَصَّرُ (ʔuqaṣṣaru) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)
  3. أُقَصِّرَ (ʔuqaṣṣira) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤi.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)
  4. أُقَصَّرَ (ʔuqaṣṣara) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)
  5. أُقَصِّرْ (ʔuqaṣṣir) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)
  6. أُقَصَّرْ (ʔuqaṣṣar) /ʔu.qasˤ.sˤar/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara)