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أَحْرَى
more worthy /ʔaħˈraː/
nounB2#3997 most common
Also: more deserving, more fitting, all the more so (a fortiori)
Example sentences
هذا الكتاب أحرى بالقراءة.
This book is more worth reading.
الصبر أحرى من الغضب.
Patience is more worthy than anger.
من الأحرى أن تدرس قبل الامتحان.
It would be more fitting for you to study before the exam.
هو أحرى الناس بهذا المنصب لخبرته الطويلة.
He is the most deserving person for this position, given his long experience.
إذا كان متشددا في الأمور البسيطة، فهو أحرى أن يكون متشددا في الأمور الكبيرة.
If he is strict about small matters, he is all the more likely to be strict about big ones.
بل أحرى أن نقول إن الأزمة نتجت عن سياسات متراكمة عبر عقود، لا عن قرار واحد.
Rather, it is more accurate to say the crisis resulted from policies accumulated over decades, not from a single decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَحْرَى | None |
| Genitive | أَحْرَى | None |
| Accusative | أَحْرَى | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
حَرِيّworthy, deserving, fitting
تَحَرَّىto investigate, verify, seek out diligently
تَحَرٍّinvestigation, inquiry
مُتَحَرٍّinvestigator, one who ascertains
Etymology
أحرى is the elative (comparative/superlative) form built on the pattern أفعل from the root ح ر ي, whose base sense is to be worthy, fitting, or deserving of something. The prefix أ- turns the root idea into a comparison, so أحرى literally means 'more worthy' or 'more fitting.' The same root gives تحرّى, to investigate or verify, in the sense of seeking out what is truly fitting or correct.
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