أقصى

See also: أقضى, اقضي, and أقضي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ص و (q-ṣ-w)

Elative adjective from قَصِيّ (qaṣiyy, distant).

Adjective

أَقْصَى • (ʔaqṣā) (feminine قُصْوَى (quṣwā), masculine plural أَقْصَوْنَ (ʔaqṣawna) or أَقَاصٍ (ʔaqāṣin), feminine plural قُصْوَيَات (quṣwayāt))

  1. further, more distant; furthest, most distant
    Antonym: أَدْنَى (ʔadnā)
    الشَّرْق الْأَقْصَىaš-šarq al-ʔaqṣāthe Far East, as opposed to الشَّرْق الْأَدْنَى (aš-šarq al-ʔadnā)
  2. last
  3. extreme
Declension
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Root
ق ص و (q-ṣ-w)

Verb

أَقْصَى • (ʔaqṣā) IV, non-past يُقْصِي‎ (yuqṣī)

  1. to remove, send or take far away, drag away, drive away, dismiss
  2. to reach the utmost limit
Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص و
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaq.sˤa/, [ˈʔɑq.sˤɑ]
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Adjective

أقصى • (ʔaqṣa)

  1. farther, farthest, most distant
    Antonym: أدنى (ʔadna)
  2. maximal
    Synonym: أعلى (ʔaʕla)
    Antonym: أدنى (ʔadna)
    الحدّ الأقصىil-ḥadd il-ʔaqṣathe maximum

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