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أَكْبَر
bigger; biggest /ˈʔak.bar/
adjectiveA1#401 most common
Also: greater; greatest, larger; largest, older; eldest (in age)
Example sentences
أَخِي أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي.
My brother is older than me.
هَذَا البَيْتُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ بَيْتِنَا.
This house is bigger than our house.
هِيَ أَكْبَرُ أُخْتٍ فِي العَائِلَةِ.
She is the eldest sister in the family.
القَاهِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ مَدِينَةٍ فِي مِصْرَ.
Cairo is the biggest city in Egypt.
يُعَدُّ هَذَا المَشْرُوعُ أَكْبَرَ اسْتِثْمَارٍ فِي تَارِيخِ الشَّرِكَةِ.
This project is considered the largest investment in the company's history.
إِنَّ اللهَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحِيطَ بِهِ العُقُولُ.
God is greater than minds can encompass.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَكْبَرُ | أَكَابِرُ |
| Genitive | أَكْبَرَ | أَكَابِرَ |
| Accusative | أَكْبَرَ | أَكَابِرَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَكْبَرُ | يَا أَكَابِرُ |
Word family
كَبِيرbig, large, great
كُبْرَىgreater, greatest (feminine elative)
كَبُرَto grow big, to become great
كِبَرold age; largeness
تَكْبِيرsaying 'Allāhu akbar'; magnification
Etymology
أَكْبَر is the elative form (the أَفْعَل pattern) built on the root ك-ب-ر, meaning to be big or great. It functions as both comparative (bigger) and superlative (biggest). The same root gives the common adjective كَبِير and the verb كَبُرَ, to grow large.
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