خير
Algerian Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiːr/
Arabic
Root |
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خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r) |
Pronunciation
Noun
خَيْر • (ḵayr) m (plural خِيَار (ḵiyār) or خُيُور (ḵuyūr) or أَخْيَار (ʔaḵyār))
- goodness, good
- بِخَيْرٍ ― biḵayrin ― well
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
- فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
- fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
- So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
- charity; welfare
- (archaic) wealth; money
Declension
Declension of noun خَيْر (ḵayr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خَيْر ḵayr |
الْخَيْر al-ḵayr |
خَيْر ḵayr |
Nominative | خَيْرٌ ḵayrun |
الْخَيْرُ al-ḵayru |
خَيْرُ ḵayru |
Accusative | خَيْرًا ḵayran |
الْخَيْرَ al-ḵayra |
خَيْرَ ḵayra |
Genitive | خَيْرٍ ḵayrin |
الْخَيْرِ al-ḵayri |
خَيْرِ ḵayri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | خَيْرَيْن ḵayrayn |
الْخَيْرَيْن al-ḵayrayn |
خَيْرَيْ ḵayray |
Nominative | خَيْرَانِ ḵayrāni |
الْخَيْرَانِ al-ḵayrāni |
خَيْرَا ḵayrā |
Accusative | خَيْرَيْنِ ḵayrayni |
الْخَيْرَيْنِ al-ḵayrayni |
خَيْرَيْ ḵayray |
Genitive | خَيْرَيْنِ ḵayrayni |
الْخَيْرَيْنِ al-ḵayrayni |
خَيْرَيْ ḵayray |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خِيَار; خُيُور; أَخْيَار ḵiyār; ḵuyūr; ʔaḵyār |
الْخِيَار; الْخُيُور; الْأَخْيَار al-ḵiyār; al-ḵuyūr; al-ʔaḵyār |
خِيَار; خُيُور; أَخْيَار ḵiyār; ḵuyūr; ʔaḵyār |
Nominative | خِيَارٌ; خُيُورٌ; أَخْيَارٌ ḵiyārun; ḵuyūrun; ʔaḵyārun |
الْخِيَارُ; الْخُيُورُ; الْأَخْيَارُ al-ḵiyāru; al-ḵuyūru; al-ʔaḵyāru |
خِيَارُ; خُيُورُ; أَخْيَارُ ḵiyāru; ḵuyūru; ʔaḵyāru |
Accusative | خِيَارًا; خُيُورًا; أَخْيَارًا ḵiyāran; ḵuyūran; ʔaḵyāran |
الْخِيَارَ; الْخُيُورَ; الْأَخْيَارَ al-ḵiyāra; al-ḵuyūra; al-ʔaḵyāra |
خِيَارَ; خُيُورَ; أَخْيَارَ ḵiyāra; ḵuyūra; ʔaḵyāra |
Genitive | خِيَارٍ; خُيُورٍ; أَخْيَارٍ ḵiyārin; ḵuyūrin; ʔaḵyārin |
الْخِيَارِ; الْخُيُورِ; الْأَخْيَارِ al-ḵiyāri; al-ḵuyūri; al-ʔaḵyāri |
خِيَارِ; خُيُورِ; أَخْيَارِ ḵiyāri; ḵuyūri; ʔaḵyāri |
Antonyms
- شَرّ (šarr)
Derived terms
- صَبَاحُ ٱلْخَيْرِ (ṣabāḥu l-ḵayri)
- تُصْبِحُ عَلَى خَيْرٍ (tuṣbiḥu ʕalā ḵayrin)
- بِخَيْرٍ (biḵayrin)
- مَسَاءُ ٱلْخَيْرِ (masāʔu l-ḵayri)
Descendants
Conjugation
Conjugation of
خَيَّرَ
(form-II sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
تَخْيِير taḵyīr | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muḵayyir | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muḵayyar | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | خَيَّرْتُ ḵayyartu |
خَيَّرْتَ ḵayyarta |
ḵayyara |
خَيَّرْتُمَا ḵayyartumā |
خَيَّرَا ḵayyarā |
خَيَّرْنَا ḵayyarnā |
خَيَّرْتُمْ ḵayyartum |
خَيَّرُوا ḵayyarū | |||
f | خَيَّرْتِ ḵayyarti |
خَيَّرَتْ ḵayyarat |
خَيَّرَتَا ḵayyaratā |
خَيَّرْتُنَّ ḵayyartunna |
ḵayyarna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuḵayyiru |
تُخَيِّرُ tuḵayyiru |
يُخَيِّرُ yuḵayyiru |
تُخَيِّرَانِ tuḵayyirāni |
يُخَيِّرَانِ yuḵayyirāni |
نُخَيِّرُ nuḵayyiru |
تُخَيِّرُونَ tuḵayyirūna |
يُخَيِّرُونَ yuḵayyirūna | |||
f | تُخَيِّرِينَ tuḵayyirīna |
تُخَيِّرُ tuḵayyiru |
تُخَيِّرَانِ tuḵayyirāni |
تُخَيِّرْنَ tuḵayyirna |
يُخَيِّرْنَ yuḵayyirna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuḵayyira |
تُخَيِّرَ tuḵayyira |
يُخَيِّرَ yuḵayyira |
تُخَيِّرَا tuḵayyirā |
يُخَيِّرَا yuḵayyirā |
نُخَيِّرَ nuḵayyira |
تُخَيِّرُوا tuḵayyirū |
يُخَيِّرُوا yuḵayyirū | |||
f | تُخَيِّرِي tuḵayyirī |
تُخَيِّرَ tuḵayyira |
تُخَيِّرَا tuḵayyirā |
تُخَيِّرْنَ tuḵayyirna |
يُخَيِّرْنَ yuḵayyirna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuḵayyir |
تُخَيِّرْ tuḵayyir |
يُخَيِّرْ yuḵayyir |
تُخَيِّرَا tuḵayyirā |
يُخَيِّرَا yuḵayyirā |
نُخَيِّرْ nuḵayyir |
تُخَيِّرُوا tuḵayyirū |
يُخَيِّرُوا yuḵayyirū | |||
f | تُخَيِّرِي tuḵayyirī |
تُخَيِّرْ tuḵayyir |
تُخَيِّرَا tuḵayyirā |
تُخَيِّرْنَ tuḵayyirna |
يُخَيِّرْنَ yuḵayyirna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ḵayyir |
خَيِّرَا ḵayyirā |
خَيِّرُوا ḵayyirū |
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f | ḵayyirī |
ḵayyirna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | خُيِّرْتُ ḵuyyirtu |
خُيِّرْتَ ḵuyyirta |
ḵuyyira |
خُيِّرْتُمَا ḵuyyirtumā |
خُيِّرَا ḵuyyirā |
خُيِّرْنَا ḵuyyirnā |
خُيِّرْتُمْ ḵuyyirtum |
خُيِّرُوا ḵuyyirū | |||
f | خُيِّرْتِ ḵuyyirti |
خُيِّرَتْ ḵuyyirat |
خُيِّرَتَا ḵuyyiratā |
خُيِّرْتُنَّ ḵuyyirtunna |
ḵuyyirna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuḵayyaru |
تُخَيَّرُ tuḵayyaru |
يُخَيَّرُ yuḵayyaru |
تُخَيَّرَانِ tuḵayyarāni |
يُخَيَّرَانِ yuḵayyarāni |
نُخَيَّرُ nuḵayyaru |
تُخَيَّرُونَ tuḵayyarūna |
يُخَيَّرُونَ yuḵayyarūna | |||
f | تُخَيَّرِينَ tuḵayyarīna |
تُخَيَّرُ tuḵayyaru |
تُخَيَّرَانِ tuḵayyarāni |
تُخَيَّرْنَ tuḵayyarna |
يُخَيَّرْنَ yuḵayyarna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuḵayyara |
تُخَيَّرَ tuḵayyara |
يُخَيَّرَ yuḵayyara |
تُخَيَّرَا tuḵayyarā |
يُخَيَّرَا yuḵayyarā |
نُخَيَّرَ nuḵayyara |
تُخَيَّرُوا tuḵayyarū |
يُخَيَّرُوا yuḵayyarū | |||
f | تُخَيَّرِي tuḵayyarī |
تُخَيَّرَ tuḵayyara |
تُخَيَّرَا tuḵayyarā |
تُخَيَّرْنَ tuḵayyarna |
يُخَيَّرْنَ yuḵayyarna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuḵayyar |
تُخَيَّرْ tuḵayyar |
يُخَيَّرْ yuḵayyar |
تُخَيَّرَا tuḵayyarā |
يُخَيَّرَا yuḵayyarā |
نُخَيَّرْ nuḵayyar |
تُخَيَّرُوا tuḵayyarū |
يُخَيَّرُوا yuḵayyarū | |||
f | تُخَيَّرِي tuḵayyarī |
تُخَيَّرْ tuḵayyar |
تُخَيَّرَا tuḵayyarā |
تُخَيَّرْنَ tuḵayyarna |
يُخَيَّرْنَ yuḵayyarna |
Derived terms
- رَهَبُوتٌ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ رَحَمُوتٍ (rahabūtun ḵayrun laka min raḥamūtin)
Adjective
خَيِّر • (ḵayyir) (feminine خَيِّرَة (ḵayyira), common plural أَخْيَار (ʔaḵyār) or خِيَار (ḵiyār), masculine plural خَيِّرُونَ (ḵayyirūna), feminine plural خَيِّرَات (ḵayyirāt), elative خَيْر (ḵayr))
Declension
Declension of adjective خَيِّر (ḵayyir)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | خَيِّر ḵayyir |
الْخَيِّر al-ḵayyir |
خَيِّرَة ḵayyira |
الْخَيِّرَة al-ḵayyira |
Nominative | خَيِّرٌ ḵayyirun |
الْخَيِّرُ al-ḵayyiru |
خَيِّرَةٌ ḵayyiratun |
الْخَيِّرَةُ al-ḵayyiratu |
Accusative | خَيِّرًا ḵayyiran |
الْخَيِّرَ al-ḵayyira |
خَيِّرَةً ḵayyiratan |
الْخَيِّرَةَ al-ḵayyirata |
Genitive | خَيِّرٍ ḵayyirin |
الْخَيِّرِ al-ḵayyiri |
خَيِّرَةٍ ḵayyiratin |
الْخَيِّرَةِ al-ḵayyirati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | خَيِّرَيْن ḵayyirayn |
الْخَيِّرَيْن al-ḵayyirayn |
خَيِّرَتَيْن ḵayyiratayn |
الْخَيِّرَتَيْن al-ḵayyiratayn |
Nominative | خَيِّرَانِ ḵayyirāni |
الْخَيِّرَانِ al-ḵayyirāni |
خَيِّرَتَانِ ḵayyiratāni |
الْخَيِّرَتَانِ al-ḵayyiratāni |
Accusative | خَيِّرَيْنِ ḵayyirayni |
الْخَيِّرَيْنِ al-ḵayyirayni |
خَيِّرَتَيْنِ ḵayyiratayni |
الْخَيِّرَتَيْنِ al-ḵayyiratayni |
Genitive | خَيِّرَيْنِ ḵayyirayni |
الْخَيِّرَيْنِ al-ḵayyirayni |
خَيِّرَتَيْنِ ḵayyiratayni |
الْخَيِّرَتَيْنِ al-ḵayyiratayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَخْيَار; خِيَار ʔaḵyār; ḵiyār |
الْأَخْيَار; الْخِيَار al-ʔaḵyār; al-ḵiyār |
أَخْيَار; خِيَار ʔaḵyār; ḵiyār |
الْأَخْيَار; الْخِيَار al-ʔaḵyār; al-ḵiyār |
Nominative | أَخْيَارٌ; خِيَارٌ ʔaḵyārun; ḵiyārun |
الْأَخْيَارُ; الْخِيَارُ al-ʔaḵyāru; al-ḵiyāru |
أَخْيَارٌ; خِيَارٌ ʔaḵyārun; ḵiyārun |
الْأَخْيَارُ; الْخِيَارُ al-ʔaḵyāru; al-ḵiyāru |
Accusative | أَخْيَارًا; خِيَارًا ʔaḵyāran; ḵiyāran |
الْأَخْيَارَ; الْخِيَارَ al-ʔaḵyāra; al-ḵiyāra |
أَخْيَارًا; خِيَارًا ʔaḵyāran; ḵiyāran |
الْأَخْيَارَ; الْخِيَارَ al-ʔaḵyāra; al-ḵiyāra |
Genitive | أَخْيَارٍ; خِيَارٍ ʔaḵyārin; ḵiyārin |
الْأَخْيَارِ; الْخِيَارِ al-ʔaḵyāri; al-ḵiyāri |
أَخْيَارٍ; خِيَارٍ ʔaḵyārin; ḵiyārin |
الْأَخْيَارِ; الْخِيَارِ al-ʔaḵyāri; al-ḵiyāri |
Antonyms
- شِرِّير (širrīr)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “خير”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 415
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خير”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 540
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “خير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 828–830
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 347
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 308
Hijazi Arabic
Root |
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خ ي ر |
1 term |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeːr/, [xe̞ːr]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaj.jar/
Conjugation
Conjugation of خير (ḵayyar) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | خيرت (ḵayyart) | خيرت (ḵayyart) | خير (ḵayyar) | خيرنا (ḵayyarna) | خيرتوا (ḵayyartu) | خيروا (ḵayyaru) | |
f | خيرتي (ḵayyarti) | خيرت (ḵayyarat) | ||||||
non-past | m | أخير (ʔaḵayyir) | تخير (tiḵayyir) | يخير (yiḵayyir) | نخير (niḵayyir) | تخيروا (tiḵayyiru) | يخيروا (yiḵayyiru) | |
f | تخيري (tiḵayyiri) | تخير (tiḵayyir) | ||||||
imperative | m | خير (ḵayyir) | خيروا (ḵayyiru) | |||||
f | خيري (ḵayyiri) |
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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خ ي ر |
3 terms |
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaj.jar/, [ˈxaj.jar]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Verb
خيّر • (ḵayyar) II (present بخيّر (biḵayyir))
- to make (someone) choose, to give (someone) a choice
- إذا لا سمح الله ارتكبت جريمة كبيرة وخيّروك إنّه يحكموا عليك بالإعدام أو السجن المؤبد، إيش بتختار؟
- ʔiza la samaḥ ʔaḷḷa rtakabt jarīme kbīre w-ḵayyarūk ʔinno yoḥkomu ʕalēk bil-ʔiʕdām ʔaw is-sijn li-mʔabbad, ʔēš btiḵtār?
- If, God forbid, you committed a major crime and you had to choose (literally: they made you choose) [between] them sentencing you to death or life imprisonment, what would you choose?
Conjugation
Conjugation of خيّر (ḵayyar) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | خيّرت (ḵayyart) | خيّرت (ḵayyart) | خيّر (ḵayyar) | خيّرنا (ḵayyarna) | خيّرتو (ḵayyartu) | خيّرو (ḵayyaru) | |
f | خيّرتي (ḵayyarti) | خيّرت (ḵayyarat) | ||||||
present | m | بخيّر (baḵayyer) | بتخيّر (bitḵayyer) | بخيّر (biḵayyer) | منخيّر (minḵayyer) | بتخيّرو (bitḵayyru) | بخيّرو (biḵayyru) | |
f | بتخيّري (bitḵayyri) | بتخيّر (bitḵayyer) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | اخيّر (aḵayyer) | تخيّر (tḵayyer) | يخيّر (yḵayyer) | نخيّر (nḵayyer) | تخيّرو (tḵayyru) | يخيّرو (yḵayyru) | |
f | تخيّري (tḵayyri) | تخيّر (tḵayyer) | ||||||
imperative | m | خيّر (ḵayyer) | خيّرو (ḵayyru) | |||||
f | خيّري (ḵayyri) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeːr/, [xeːr]
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