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أَقْصَى
farthest, utmost /ˈʔaq.sˤaː/
nounB1#1687 most common
Also: the most extreme, the maximum, the far end
Example sentences
ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى.
We went to the al-Aqsa Mosque.
هَذَا هُوَ أَقْصَى مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ.
This is the most I can do.
وَصَلْنَا إِلَى أَقْصَى الشَّمَالِ.
We reached the far north.
بَذَلَ أَقْصَى جُهْدِهِ لِكَيْ يَنْجَحَ.
He made his utmost effort in order to succeed.
بَلَغَ التَّوَتُّرُ أَقْصَاهُ بَيْنَ البَلَدَيْنِ.
Tension reached its peak between the two countries.
فِي أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ، حَيْثُ تَنْتَهِي الطُّرُقُ، وَجَدَ السَّكِينَةَ.
At the far end of the earth, where the roads end, he found peace.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَقْصَى | أَقَاصٍ |
| Genitive | أَقْصَى | أَقَاصٍ |
| Accusative | أَقْصَى | أَقَاصِيَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَقْصَى | يَا أَقَاصِيَ |
Word family
قُصْوَىfarthest, maximum (feminine)
قَاصٍremote, far-off
قَصِيّdistant
أَقَاصٍthe farthest parts, extremities
قَصَاto be or become distant
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root q-ṣ-w, meaning to be far or distant. It is the elative form of قاصٍ (qāṣin), "remote," so it carries the sense of the farthest point. The name of the al-Aqsa Mosque uses this word, literally "the farthest mosque."
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