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أخشن

أخشن

See also: أحسن and احسن

Arabic

Adjective

أَخْشَن (ʾaḵšan) (feminine خُشْنَى (ḵušnā), masculine plural أَخَاشِن (ʾaḵāšin), feminine plural خُشْنَيَات (ḵušnayāt))

  1. elative degree of خَشِن (ḵašin):
    1. rougher; roughest
    2. cruder; crudest
    3. coarser; coarsest
    4. ruder; rudest
    5. tougher (life); toughest (life)
    6. hoarser; hoarsest
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), أخشن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خشن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Color/defect adjective from the root خ ش ن (ḵ-š-n); compare خَشِن (ḵašin, rough, rude).

Adjective

أَخْشَن (ʾaḵšan) (feminine خَشْنَاء (ḵašnāʾ), common plural خُشْن (ḵušn))

  1. rough, harsh, rude
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خشن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4