Arabic word sheet
أَكْثَرُ
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- Type
- comparative adjective
- Root
- ك ث ر
Meaning and usage
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Compares two things and says that one exceeds the other in number or in amount: more people, more money, more water.
الطُّلَّابُ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الْكَرَاسِيِّ
The students are more numerous than the chairs.
Most, the greater part
Followed by the name of a whole, it names the larger part of it: most people, the bulk of a thing.
أَكْثَرُ الطُّلَّابِ فِي الْمَلْعَبِ
Most of the students are on the playground.
Word family
What the root means ك ث ر
The root carries the idea of large number and of increase, the opposite of scarcity. From it come the words for being many, abundance, multiplying, wanting much and vying in numbers.
to be many, to abound
كَثُرَ
many, much
large number, abundance
كَثْرَةٌ
to multiply, to increase
كَثَّرَ
to want much of
اِسْتَكْثَرَ
vying in numbers
تَكَاثُرٌ
Synonyms
the greater part
مُعْظَمٌ
Serves only to say "the greater part of", never to compare two things.
Opposites
less; least
أَقَلُّ