أخصب

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ص ب (ḵ ṣ b)
6 terms

Elative of خَصِيب (ḵaṣīb, “fertile; prolific”).

Adjective

أَخْصَب • (ʔaḵṣab) (feminine خُصْبَى (ḵuṣbā), masculine plural أَخَاصِب (ʔaḵāṣib), feminine plural خُصْبَيَات (ḵuṣbayāt))

1. elative degree of خَصِيب (ḵaṣīb):
   1. more fertile; most fertile
   2. more prolific; most prolific

Declension

Declension of adjective أَخْصَب (ʔaḵṣab)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَخْصَب ʔaḵṣab	الْأَخْصَب al-ʔaḵṣab	خُصْبى ḵuṣbā	الْخُصْبى al-ḵuṣbā
Nominative	أَخْصَبُ ʔaḵṣabu	الْأَخْصَبُ al-ʔaḵṣabu	خُصْبى ḵuṣbā	الْخُصْبى al-ḵuṣbā
Accusative	أَخْصَبَ ʔaḵṣaba	الْأَخْصَبَ al-ʔaḵṣaba	خُصْبى ḵuṣbā	الْخُصْبى al-ḵuṣbā
Genitive	أَخْصَبَ ʔaḵṣaba	الْأَخْصَبِ al-ʔaḵṣabi	خُصْبى ḵuṣbā	الْخُصْبى al-ḵuṣbā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَخْصَبَيْن ʔaḵṣabayn	الْأَخْصَبَيْن al-ʔaḵṣabayn	خُصْبَيَيْن ḵuṣbayayn	الْخُصْبَيَيْن al-ḵuṣbayayn
Nominative	أَخْصَبَانِ ʔaḵṣabāni	الْأَخْصَبَانِ al-ʔaḵṣabāni	خُصْبَيَانِ ḵuṣbayāni	الْخُصْبَيَانِ al-ḵuṣbayāni
Accusative	أَخْصَبَيْنِ ʔaḵṣabayni	الْأَخْصَبَيْنِ al-ʔaḵṣabayni	خُصْبَيَيْنِ ḵuṣbayayni	الْخُصْبَيَيْنِ al-ḵuṣbayayni
Genitive	أَخْصَبَيْنِ ʔaḵṣabayni	الْأَخْصَبَيْنِ al-ʔaḵṣabayni	خُصْبَيَيْنِ ḵuṣbayayni	الْخُصْبَيَيْنِ al-ḵuṣbayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَخَاصِب ʔaḵāṣib	الْأَخَاصِب al-ʔaḵāṣib	خُصْبَيَات ḵuṣbayāt	الْخُصْبَيَات al-ḵuṣbayāt
Nominative	أَخَاصِبُ ʔaḵāṣibu	الْأَخَاصِبُ al-ʔaḵāṣibu	خُصْبَيَاتٌ ḵuṣbayātun	الْخُصْبَيَاتُ al-ḵuṣbayātu
Accusative	أَخَاصِبَ ʔaḵāṣiba	الْأَخَاصِبَ al-ʔaḵāṣiba	خُصْبَيَاتٍ ḵuṣbayātin	الْخُصْبَيَاتِ al-ḵuṣbayāti
Genitive	أَخَاصِبَ ʔaḵāṣiba	الْأَخَاصِبِ al-ʔaḵāṣibi	خُصْبَيَاتٍ ḵuṣbayātin	الْخُصْبَيَاتِ al-ḵuṣbayāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خصب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate