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حُسْن
beauty, goodness /ˈħusn/
nounA1#21 most common
Also: excellence, fineness, good quality, merit, handsomeness, prettiness
Example sentences
حُسْنُ الخُلُقِ مُهِمٌّ جِدًّا.
Good character is very important.
نُحِبُّ حُسْنَ الطَّبيعَةِ في الرَّبيعِ.
We love the beauty of nature in spring.
حُسْنُ النِّيَّةِ يُساعِدُ في حَلِّ المَشاكِلِ.
Good intention helps in solving problems.
تَمَيَّزَتْ بِحُسْنِ مُعامَلَتِها لِلضُّيوفِ.
She stood out for the good way she treated her guests.
إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِالآخَرينَ فَضيلَةٌ نادِرَةٌ.
Thinking well of others is a rare virtue.
لَقَدْ أُعْجِبَ الجَميعُ بِحُسْنِ تَدْبيرِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ في إِدارَةِ الأَزْمَةِ.
Everyone admired the excellence of his management and his wisdom in handling the crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُسْنٌ | مَحاسِنُ |
| Genitive | حُسْنٍ | مَحاسِنَ |
| Accusative | حُسْنًا | مَحاسِنَ |
| Vocative | يا حُسْنُ | يا مَحاسِنُ |
Word family
حَسَنgood, beautiful, handsome
حَسُنَto be good/beautiful
أَحْسَنَto do well, to be charitable
إِحْسانbenevolence, excellence
حُسْنىthe best, the most beautiful (fem.), as in الأسماء الحُسْنى
Etymology
حُسْن is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the verb حَسُنَ (ḥasuna), 'to be good/beautiful,' built on the triliteral Semitic root ح-س-ن (ḥ-s-n) conveying goodness, beauty, and excellence. The same root produces the common adjective حَسَن (ḥasan, 'good'), the abstract noun إِحْسان (iḥsān, 'benevolence'), and the personal names Ḥasan and Ḥusayn.
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