Arabic word sheet
أَحْسَنُ
better, best
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ح س ن
Meaning and usage
Better, best
Says that a thing or a person has more quality than another, or more than all the others. Used to compare a piece of work, a choice, a way of acting or an object.
هَذَا الْكِتَابُ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
This book is better than that one.
More beautiful, most beautiful
Says that a person or a thing is more pleasing to look at than another, or the most beautiful of all. Said of a face, a place, an object.
هَذِهِ أَحْسَنُ حَدِيقَةٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ.
This is the most beautiful garden in the city.
Word family
What the root means ح س ن
The root carries the idea of what is good and pleasing, in looks as in quality. From it come being beautiful or good, beauty, what is beautiful, a beautiful woman and getting better.
to be beautiful, to be good
حَسُنَ
beautiful, good
beauty, goodness
حُسْنٌ
beautiful woman
حَسْنَاءُ
to improve, to become good
تَحَسَّنَ
Synonyms
better, superior
أَفْضَلُ
It ranks by merit or worth, whereas the headword first suggests what pleases and seems good.
more beautiful
أَجْمَلُ
Narrower: it concerns beauty only, whereas the headword also covers quality and conduct.
Opposites
worse
أَسْوَأُ
uglier
أَقْبَحُ