أكرم

أَكْرَمَ • (ʔakrama) IV (non-past يُكْرِمُ (yukrimu), verbal noun إِكْرَام (ʔikrām))

1. to dignify, to honor, to ennoble
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:15:

     فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

     Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!.

   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi

     إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ / وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا

     ʔiḏā ʔanta ʔakramta al-karīma malaktahu / waʔin ʔanta ʔakramta al-laʔīma tamarradā

     Ennoble the noble: you will own him. / Ennoble the mean, and he will rebel.

   أَكْرَمَ وَالِدَيْهِ / ضَيْفَهُ

   ʔakrama wālidayhi / ḍayfahu

   He honored his parents/guest

Elative of كَرِيم (karīm, “generous; noble”).

أَكْرَمُ • (ʔakramu) (feminine كُرْمَى (kurmā), masculine plural أَكْرَمُونَ (ʔakramūna) or أَكَارِمُ (ʔakārimu), feminine plural كُرْمَيَاتٌ (kurmayātun))

1. elative degree of كَرِيم (karīm):
   1. more generous, more liberal; most generous, most liberal
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:3:

        اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

        Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous.

   2. more honorable; most honorable
   3. nobler; noblest
   4. more high-born; most high-born
   5. more excellent; most excellent
   6. more valuable, more precious; most valuable, most precious

أكرم (form I)

1. أَكْرُمُ (ʔakrumu) /ʔak.ru.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of كَرُمَ (karuma)
2. أَكْرُمَ (ʔakruma) /ʔak.ru.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of كَرُمَ (karuma)
3. أَكْرُمْ (ʔakrum) /ʔak.rum/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَرُمَ (karuma)

أكرم (form II)

1. أُكَرِّمُ (ʔukarrimu) /ʔu.kar.ri.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of كَرَّمَ (karrama)
2. أُكَرَّمُ (ʔukarramu) /ʔu.kar.ra.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of كَرَّمَ (karrama)
3. أُكَرِّمَ (ʔukarrima) /ʔu.kar.ri.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of كَرَّمَ (karrama)
4. أُكَرَّمَ (ʔukarrama) /ʔu.kar.ra.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of كَرَّمَ (karrama)
5. أُكَرِّمْ (ʔukarrim) /ʔu.kar.rim/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَرَّمَ (karrama)
6. أُكَرَّمْ (ʔukarram) /ʔu.kar.ram/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of كَرَّمَ (karrama)

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَكْرَمَ (ʔakrama).

• IPA^(key): /ʔak.ram/,

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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أكرم • (ʔakram) IV (present بكرم (bikrem))

1. to dignify, to honor

   Synonym: كرّم (karram)

2. (by extension) to be hospitable (to guests)