أفضل

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See also: أفصل and افصل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ف ض ل (f ḍ l)
10 terms

Elative of فَضِيل (faḍīl, outstanding, very good).

Adjective

أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal) (feminine فُضْلَى (fuḍlā), masculine plural أَفْضَلُون (ʔafḍalūn) or أَفَاضِل (ʔafāḍil), feminine plural فُضْلَيَات (fuḍlayāt))

  1. elative degree of فَضِيل (faḍīl):
    1. better; best
    2. more outstanding; most outstanding
  2. preferable
Declension
Descendants
  • Bengali: আফজল (aphjol)
  • Indonesian: afdal
  • Kazakh: абзал (abzal)
References

Etymology 1.2

Verb

أَفْضَلَ (ʔafḍala) IV (non-past يُفْضِلُ (yufḍilu), verbal noun إِفْضَال (ʔifḍāl))

  1. to do a favor for, to oblige
  2. to present, to honor
  3. to grant, to award, to bestow
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Verb

أفضل (form II)

  1. أُفَضِّلُ (ʔufaḍḍilu) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤi.lu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
  2. أُفَضَّلُ (ʔufaḍḍalu) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤa.lu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
  3. أُفَضِّلَ (ʔufaḍḍila) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤi.la/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
  4. أُفَضَّلَ (ʔufaḍḍala) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤa.la/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
  5. أُفَضِّلْ (ʔufaḍḍil) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤil/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)
  6. أُفَضَّلْ (ʔufaḍḍal) /ʔu.fadˤ.dˤal/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal), elative degree of فَضِيل (faḍīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaf.dˤal/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Adjective

أفضل (ʔafḍal)

  1. better, best
    Synonym: أحسن (ʔaḥsan)
  2. preferable