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أَفْضَلَ

to do a favor for

VerbForm IVRoot ف-ض-ل

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Also written أفضل: أَفْضَل (preferable)

Highlights

Present tense
يُفْضِلُ
Verbal noun
إِفْضَال
Active participle
مُفْضِل
Passive participle
مُفْضَل

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
أَفْضَل
preferable
Verb · Form I
فَضَلَ
to remain
Adjective
مُفَضَّل
preferable
Noun
فَضْل
grace
Adjective
فُضُولِيّ
curious
Noun
فَضْلَة
what remains

أَفْضَلَ in English

Verb · Form IV

  1. to do a favor for, to oblige
  2. to present, to honor
  3. to grant, to award, to bestow

Words from the root ف-ض-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

فَضَلَ · present يَفْضُلُ
Form I · The plain action

to remain, to be left over; to exceed or outdo (especially in virtue, merit, or worth); to outworth

فَضْل
Verbal noun
grace
فَاضِل
Active participle
مَفْضُول
Passive participle
فَضْلَة
Derived noun
what remains
فَضُلَ · present يَفْضُلُ
Form I · The plain action

to become meritorious; to become illustrious

فُضُول
Verbal noun
curiosity
فَاضِل
Active participle
فَضَّلَ · present يُفَضِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to deem more favorable, to prefer, to favor; to make dominant, to privilege

تَفْضِيل
Verbal noun
مُفَضِّل
Active participle
مُفَضَّل
Passive participle · Adjective
preferable
أَفْضَلَ · present يُفْضِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to do a favor for, to oblige; to present, to honor; to grant, to award, to bestow

إِفْضَال
Verbal noun
مُفْضِل
Active participle
مُفْضَل
Passive participle
تَفَضَّلَ · present يَتَفَضَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to have the kindness of; be so kind; deign, condescend

تَفَضُّل
Verbal noun
courteousness
مُتَفَضِّل
Active participle
مُتَفَضَّل
Passive participle
تَفَاضَلَ · present يَتَفَاضَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to differ in excellence

تَفَاضُل
Verbal noun
superiority
مُتَفَاضِل
Active participle
مُتَفَاضَل
Passive participle
أَفْضَل
Adjective
preferable
فُضُولِيّ
Adjective
curious
أَفْضَلِيَّة
Noun · f.
priority
فَضِيل
Adjective
excellent
فَضِيلَة
Noun · f.
virtue

أَفْضَلَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَفْضَلْتُأُفْضِلُأُفْضِلَأُفْضِلْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَفْضَلْتَتُفْضِلُتُفْضِلَتُفْضِلْأَفْضِلْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَفْضَلْتِتُفْضِلِينَتُفْضِلِيتُفْضِلِيأَفْضِلِي
هُوَ heأَفْضَلَيُفْضِلُيُفْضِلَيُفْضِلْ—
هِيَ sheأَفْضَلَتْتُفْضِلُتُفْضِلَتُفْضِلْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَفْضَلْتُمَاتُفْضِلَانِتُفْضِلَاتُفْضِلَاأَفْضِلَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَفْضَلَايُفْضِلَانِيُفْضِلَايُفْضِلَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَفْضَلَتَاتُفْضِلَانِتُفْضِلَاتُفْضِلَا—
نَحْنُ weأَفْضَلْنَانُفْضِلُنُفْضِلَنُفْضِلْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَفْضَلْتُمْتُفْضِلُونَتُفْضِلُواتُفْضِلُواأَفْضِلُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَفْضَلْتُنَّتُفْضِلْنَتُفْضِلْنَتُفْضِلْنَأَفْضِلْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَفْضَلُوايُفْضِلُونَيُفْضِلُوايُفْضِلُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَفْضَلْنَيُفْضِلْنَيُفْضِلْنَيُفْضِلْنَ—
Verbal nounإِفْضَال
Active participleمُفْضِل
Passive participleمُفْضَل

أَفْضَلَ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

بَلْ مَاذَا خَرَجْتُمْ لِتَنْظُرُوا؟ أَنَبِيًّا؟ نَعَمْ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: وَأَفْضَلَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ!But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.Luke 7:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لكِنْ مَاذَا خَرَجْتُمْ لِتَنْظُرُوا؟ أَنَبِيًّا؟ نَعَمْ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ، وَأَفْضَلَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ.But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.Matthew 11:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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