خير

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Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خير (ḵīrm

  1. goodness, good

Arabic

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r)

Pronunciation

Noun

خَيْر (ḵayrm (plural خِيَار (ḵiyār) or خُيُور (ḵuyūr) or أَخْيَار (ʔaḵyār))

  1. goodness, good
    بِخَيْرٍbiḵayrinwell
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:
      وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ
      wayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
      فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
      fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
      So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
  2. charity; welfare
  3. (archaic) wealth; money
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 100:8:
      وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
      waʔinnahu liḥubbi l-ḵayri lašadīdun
      And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

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Verb

خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara) II, non-past يُخَيِّرُ‎ (yuḵayyiru)

  1. to grant a choice, to let choose

Conjugation

Adjective

خَيْر (ḵayr)

  1. better; best

Derived terms

Adjective

خَيِّر (ḵayyir) (feminine خَيِّرَة (ḵayyira), common plural أَخْيَار (ʔaḵyār) or خِيَار (ḵiyār), masculine plural خَيِّرُونَ (ḵayyirūna), feminine plural خَيِّرَات (ḵayyirāt), elative خَيْر (ḵayr))

  1. beneficent, benevolent

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Hijazi Arabic

Root
خ ي ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خير (ḵērm (plural أَخْيَار (ʔaḵyār))

  1. goodness, good
  2. wealth

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara).

Pronunciation

Verb

خَيَّر (ḵayyar) II (non-past يِخَيِّر (yiḵayyir))

  1. to grant a choice, to let choose
Conjugation
    Conjugation of خير (ḵayyar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خيرت (ḵayyart) خيرت (ḵayyart) خير (ḵayyar) خيرنا (ḵayyarna) خيرتوا (ḵayyartu) خيروا (ḵayyaru)
f خيرتي (ḵayyarti) خيرت (ḵayyarat)
non-past m أخير (ʔaḵayyir) تخير (tiḵayyir) يخير (yiḵayyir) نخير (niḵayyir) تخيروا (tiḵayyiru) يخيروا (yiḵayyiru)
f تخيري (tiḵayyiri) تخير (tiḵayyir)
imperative m خير (ḵayyir) خيروا (ḵayyiru)
f خيري (ḵayyiri)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ي ر
3 terms

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaj.jar/,
  • (file)

Verb

خيّر (ḵayyar) II (present بخيّر (biḵayyir))

  1. to make (someone) choose, to give (someone) a choice
    إذا لا سمح الله ارتكبت جريمة كبيرة وخيّروك إنّه يحكموا عليك بالإعدام أو السجن المؤبد، إيش بتختار؟
    ʔiza la samaḥ ʔaḷḷa rtakabt jarīme kbīre w-ḵayyarūk ʔinno yoḥkomu ʕalēk bil-ʔiʕdām ʔaw is-sijn li-mʔabbad, ʔēš btiḵtār?
    If, God forbid, you committed a major crime and you had to choose (literally: they made you choose) them sentencing you to death or life imprisonment, what would you choose?
Conjugation
    Conjugation of خيّر (ḵayyar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خيّرت (ḵayyart) خيّرت (ḵayyart) خيّر (ḵayyar) خيّرنا (ḵayyarna) خيّرتو (ḵayyartu) خيّرو (ḵayyaru)
f خيّرتي (ḵayyarti) خيّرت (ḵayyarat)
present m بخيّر (baḵayyer) بتخيّر (bitḵayyer) بخيّر (biḵayyer) منخيّر (minḵayyer) بتخيّرو (bitḵayyru) بخيّرو (biḵayyru)
f بتخيّري (bitḵayyri) بتخيّر (bitḵayyer)
subjunctive m اخيّر (aḵayyer) تخيّر (tḵayyer) يخيّر (yḵayyer) نخيّر (nḵayyer) تخيّرو (tḵayyru) يخيّرو (yḵayyru)
f تخيّري (tḵayyri) تخيّر (tḵayyer)
imperative m خيّر (ḵayyer) خيّرو (ḵayyru)
f خيّري (ḵayyri)

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خير (ḵēr, ḵayrm

  1. goodness, good