أخلص
Arabic
Etymology
Elative of خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “sincere; pure; clear”) and خَلِيص (ḵalīṣ, “(same)”), from the root خ ل ص (ḵ-l-ṣ).
Adjective
أَخْلَص • (ʔaḵlaṣ) (feminine خُلْصَى (ḵulṣā), masculine plural أَخَالِص (ʔaḵāliṣ), feminine plural خُلْصَيَات (ḵulṣayāt))
- elative degree of خَالِص (ḵāliṣ), elative degree of خَلِيص (ḵalīṣ):
- sincerer; sincerest
- purer; purest
- clearer; clearest
Declension
Declension of adjective أَخْلَص (ʔaḵlaṣ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَخْلَص ʔaḵlaṣ | الْأَخْلَص al-ʔaḵlaṣ | خُلْصى ḵulṣā | الْخُلْصى al-ḵulṣā |
| Nominative | أَخْلَصُ ʔaḵlaṣu | الْأَخْلَصُ al-ʔaḵlaṣu | خُلْصى ḵulṣā | الْخُلْصى al-ḵulṣā |
| Accusative | أَخْلَصَ ʔaḵlaṣa | الْأَخْلَصَ al-ʔaḵlaṣa | خُلْصى ḵulṣā | الْخُلْصى al-ḵulṣā |
| Genitive | أَخْلَصَ ʔaḵlaṣa | الْأَخْلَصِ al-ʔaḵlaṣi | خُلْصى ḵulṣā | الْخُلْصى al-ḵulṣā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَخْلَصَيْن ʔaḵlaṣayn | الْأَخْلَصَيْن al-ʔaḵlaṣayn | خُلْصَيَيْن ḵulṣayayn | الْخُلْصَيَيْن al-ḵulṣayayn |
| Nominative | أَخْلَصَانِ ʔaḵlaṣāni | الْأَخْلَصَانِ al-ʔaḵlaṣāni | خُلْصَيَانِ ḵulṣayāni | الْخُلْصَيَانِ al-ḵulṣayāni |
| Accusative | أَخْلَصَيْنِ ʔaḵlaṣayni | الْأَخْلَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḵlaṣayni | خُلْصَيَيْنِ ḵulṣayayni | الْخُلْصَيَيْنِ al-ḵulṣayayni |
| Genitive | أَخْلَصَيْنِ ʔaḵlaṣayni | الْأَخْلَصَيْنِ al-ʔaḵlaṣayni | خُلْصَيَيْنِ ḵulṣayayni | الْخُلْصَيَيْنِ al-ḵulṣayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَخَالِص ʔaḵāliṣ | الْأَخَالِص al-ʔaḵāliṣ | خُلْصَيَات ḵulṣayāt | الْخُلْصَيَات al-ḵulṣayāt |
| Nominative | أَخَالِصُ ʔaḵāliṣu | الْأَخَالِصُ al-ʔaḵāliṣu | خُلْصَيَاتٌ ḵulṣayātun | الْخُلْصَيَاتُ al-ḵulṣayātu |
| Accusative | أَخَالِصَ ʔaḵāliṣa | الْأَخَالِصَ al-ʔaḵāliṣa | خُلْصَيَاتٍ ḵulṣayātin | الْخُلْصَيَاتِ al-ḵulṣayāti |
| Genitive | أَخَالِصَ ʔaḵāliṣa | الْأَخَالِصِ al-ʔaḵāliṣi | خُلْصَيَاتٍ ḵulṣayātin | الْخُلْصَيَاتِ al-ḵulṣayāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أخلص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen