الشيطان الأكبر

Arabic

Calque of Persian (šeytân-e bozorg). The Arabic term translates to "The Greatest Devil".

اَلشَّيْطَان اَلْأَكْبَر • (aš-šayṭān al-ʔakbar) m

(derogatory) The United States, particularly in regard to its perceived imperialistic actions and behaviour.
- 2019 April 23, حَسَنْ نَصْرُ الله [ḥasan naṣru llāh], “النص الكامل لكلمة سماحة السيد حسن نصر الله في ذكرى تأسيس جمعية كشافة المهدي (عج)”, in قناة المنار [Almanar Channel]‎^[1]:
  يَعْنِي مَا فَشِلُوا فِي إِنْجَازِهِ وَتَحْقِيقِهِ عَسْكَرِيًّا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَذْهَبُوا اِلَيْهِ بِالتَّجْوِيعِ وَالْحِصَارِ وَالْعُقُوبَاتِ، وَهٰذَا دَيْدَنُ الشَّيْطَانِ الْاَكْبَرِ وَالْمُسْتَكْبِرِ الْاَمِيرِكِيّ
  yaʕnī mā fašalū fī ʔinjāzihi wa-taḥqīqihi ʕaskariyyan yurīdūna ʔan yaḏhabū ilayhi bi-t-tajwīʕi wa-l-ḥiṣāri wa-l-ʕuqūbāti, wa-hāḏā daydanu š-šayṭāni l-akbari wa-l-mustakbiri l-amērikiyy
  ...meaning what they had failed to achieve militarily they want to seek by hungering, blockade, and sanctions, and this is the custom of the Greatest Satan and the American tyrant

Declension of noun الشَّيْطَان الْأَكْبَر (aš-šayṭān al-ʔakbar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الشَّيْطَان الْأَكْبَر aš-šayṭān al-ʔakbar	—
Nominative	—	الشَّيْطَانُ الْأَكْبَرُ aš-šayṭānu l-ʔakbaru	—
Accusative	—	الشَّيْطَانَ الْأَكْبَرَ aš-šayṭāna l-ʔakbara	—
Genitive	—	الشَّيْطَانِ الْأَكْبَرِ aš-šayṭāni l-ʔakbari	—