أحسن

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.sa.na/

أَحْسَنَ • (ʔaḥsana) IV, non-past يُحْسِنُ‎‎ (yuḥsinu)

1. (intransitive) to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good

   Antonym: أَسَاءَ‎ (ʔasāʔa, “to do wrong; to do evil, to offend”)

2. (transitive) to do well, to do right; to know (how to do or how to use), to be able to, to have command of, to master, to be proficient in

   Synonym: أَجَادَ‎ (ʔajāda, “to excel in”)

   ‏تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ‎

   tuḥsinu hiya l-luḡata l-ʕarabiyyata

   She masters the Arabic language.

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.san/

أَحْسَن • (ʔaḥsan) (feminine حُسْنَى‎ (ḥusnā), masculine plural أَحْسَنُونَ‎ (ʔaḥsanūna) or أَحَاسِن‎ (ʔaḥāsin), feminine plural حُسْنَيَات‎ (ḥusnayāt) or حُسَن‎ (ḥusan))

1. (elative degree of حَسَن‎ (ḥasan)) (broadly) better, best, nicer, nicest, more excellent, most excellent (for example, more suitable, most suitable, more befitting, most befitting; more beautiful, most beautiful, prettier, prettiest)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:

     ‏وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ‎

     wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā allaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun

     And the good deed does not equal the bad: repel by that which is better, whereupon he who is inimical to you will be as if he were a devoted friend.

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.su.nu/

أَحْسُنُ • (ʔaḥsunu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسُنَ‎ (ḥasuna)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.su.na/

أَحْسُنَ • (ʔaḥsuna) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسُنَ‎ (ḥasuna)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.sun/

أَحْسُنْ • (ʔaḥsun) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسُنَ‎ (ḥasuna)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.si.nu/

أُحَسِّنُ • (ʔuḥassinu) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.si.na/

أُحَسِّنَ • (ʔuḥassina) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.sin/

أُحَسِّنْ • (ʔuḥassin) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.sa.nu/

أُحَسَّنُ • (ʔuḥassanu) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.sa.na/

أُحَسَّنَ • (ʔuḥassana) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

Morphologically from the root ح س ن‎ (ḥ-s-n).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.ħas.san/

أُحَسَّنْ • (ʔuḥassan) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana)

From Arabic أَحْسَن‎ (ʔaḥsan), elative degree of حَسَن‎ (ḥasan).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.san/, [ˈʔaħ.san]

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أحسن • (ʔaḥsan)

1. elative degree of منيح‎ (mnīḥ): better, best
2. elative degree of كويس‎ (kwayyes): better, best

• أفضل‎ (ʔafḍal)