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أَهْدَى
more rightly guided /ˈʔahdaː/
nounB1#2982 most common
Also: more guided, most rightly guided (in a path)
Example sentences
هو أهدى منها.
He is more rightly guided than she is.
نحن أهدى من الآخرين.
We are more rightly guided than the others.
مَن أهدى سبيلًا، أنتَ أم هو؟
Who is more rightly guided in the way, you or him?
قالت المعلّمة إنّ سارة أهدى الطالبات إلى الحلّ الصحيح.
The teacher said that Sarah is the most rightly guided of the students toward the correct solution.
فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَى سَبِيلًا.
Your Lord knows best who is more rightly guided in the way.
يزعم بعض الفلاسفة أنّ أهدى السبل إلى المعرفة هو الجمع بين التجربة والعقل الخالص.
Some philosophers claim that the most rightly guided path to knowledge is the union of experience and pure reason.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أهدى | أهدَوْن |
| Genitive | أهدى | أهدَيْن |
| Accusative | أهدى | أهدَيْن |
| Vocative | أهدى | أهدَوْن |
Word family
هُدىguidance
هادٍguide, one who leads rightly
هدايةguidance, the act of guiding
يهديhe guides
مُهتَدٍone who is rightly guided
Etymology
Aهدى comes from the Arabic triliteral root h-d-y, which carries the sense of guiding or leading someone rightly. The root gives the base verb hadā, meaning to guide, and this elative form adds the prefix a- to build a comparative or superlative, meaning more or most guided. Arabic grammar classifies this elative pattern, ism tafdil, as a subtype of noun rather than a separate word class, which is why it is tagged as a noun here.
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