أفخر

See also: أفجر, and افجر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
8 terms

Elative of فَاخِر (fāḵir, “proud, boastful, magnificent”) and فَخُور (faḵūr, “proud, boastful”).

Adjective

أَفْخَر • (ʔafḵar)

1. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir), elative degree of فَخُور (faḵūr):
   1. prouder, more boastful; proudest, most boastful
2. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir):
   1. more outstanding, more excellent, more magnificent; most outstanding, most excellent, most magnificent
   2. more precious, more costly; most precious, most costly
   3. more delightful, more delicious; most delightful, most delicious
   4. more luxurious; most luxurious

Declension

Declension of adjective أَفْخَر (ʔafḵar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَفْخَر ʔafḵar	الْأَفْخَر al-ʔafḵar	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَفْخَرُ ʔafḵaru	الْأَفْخَرُ al-ʔafḵaru	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَفْخَرَ ʔafḵara	الْأَفْخَرَ al-ʔafḵara	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَفْخَرَ ʔafḵara	الْأَفْخَرِ al-ʔafḵari	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَفْخَرَيْن ʔafḵarayn	الْأَفْخَرَيْن al-ʔafḵarayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَفْخَرَانِ ʔafḵarāni	الْأَفْخَرَانِ al-ʔafḵarāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَفْخَرَيْنِ ʔafḵarayni	الْأَفْخَرَيْنِ al-ʔafḵarayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَفْخَرَيْنِ ʔafḵarayni	الْأَفْخَرَيْنِ al-ʔafḵarayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فاخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN