أحسن

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أحسن¹

  • /ʔaħ.sa.na/

Where it comes from

Causative to حَسُنَ (ḥasuna, “to be right”): to make something a good result.

verb أَحْسَنَ · ʔaḥsana · يُحْسِنُ · إِحْسَان · مُحْسِن

  1. intransitive to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ

    Opposite: أَسَاءَ

  2. transitive to do well, to do right; to know (how to do or how to use), to be able to, to have command of, to master, to be proficient in تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ

    Similar: أَجَادَ

أحسن²

  • /ʔaħ.san/

Where it comes from

Elative of حَسَن (ḥasan, “good”).

adjective أَحْسَن · ʔaḥsan · حُسْنَى · أَحْسَنُون · أَحَاسِن · حُسْنَيَات

  1. (loosely) better, best, nicer, nicest, more excellent, most excellent (for example, more suitable, most suitable, more befitting, most befitting; more beautiful, most beautiful, prettier, prettiest) وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

In English

  • better comparative of the adjectives good or well
  • master to learn to a high degree

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أحسن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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