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أَحْسَنَ

to do or act well

VerbForm IVRoot ح-س-ن

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Highlights

Present tense
يُحْسِنُ
Verbal noun
إِحْسَان
Active participle
مُحْسِن
Passive participle
مُحْسَن

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
حَسَن
good
Verb · Form V
تَحَسَّنَ
to improve
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَحْسَنَ
to think well of
Verb · Form I
حَسُنَ
to be or become good
Noun
حَسْنَاء
beauty
Adjective
حَسْنَاء
extremely beautiful

أَحْسَنَ in English

Verb · Form IV

  1. to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good intransitive
    أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِSaad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
  2. 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 transitive
    تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَShe masters the Arabic language.
    سألتني إن كنت أُحسن الطبخ، فقلت لها: «لو لم أكن صحافياً لكنت طبّاخاً».She asked me whether I had proficiency in the art of cooking, and I said to her: “Were I not a journalist, I would be a cook!“2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 156

Word origin

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

Words from the root ح-س-ن

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

حَسُنَ · present يَحْسُنُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become good, to better, to improve; to be or become pleasant or agreeable

حُسْن
Verbal noun
goodness
حَسَن
Active participle · Adjective
good
حَسَنَة
Derived noun
good deed
أَحْسَنَ · present يُحْسِنُ
Form IV · Causative

to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good; 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

إِحْسَان
Verbal noun
good deed
مُحْسِن
Active participle · Adjective
beneficent
مُحْسَن
Passive participle
تَحَسَّنَ · present يَتَحَسَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to improve, to get better, to ameliorate; to reform

تَحَسُّن
Verbal noun
مُتَحَسِّن
Active participle
اِسْتَحْسَنَ · present يَسْتَحْسِنُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to think well of, to approve; to consider good

اِسْتِحْسَان
Verbal noun
approval
مُسْتَحْسِن
Active participle
مُسْتَحْسَن
Passive participle · Adjective
preferable
حَسْنَاء
Noun · f.
beauty
حَسْنَاء
Adjective
extremely beautiful
أَحْسَن
Adjective
best
تَحْسِين
Noun · m.
amelioration
مُحَسِّن
Adjective
improving
مُحَسِّن
Noun · m.
embellisher
مُحَسَّن
Adjective
improved
مَحَاسِن
Noun
good qualities

أَحْسَنَ conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَحْسَنْتُأُحْسِنُأُحْسِنَأُحْسِنْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَحْسَنْتَتُحْسِنُتُحْسِنَتُحْسِنْأَحْسِنْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَحْسَنْتِتُحْسِنِينَتُحْسِنِيتُحْسِنِيأَحْسِنِي
هُوَ heأَحْسَنَيُحْسِنُيُحْسِنَيُحْسِنْ—
هِيَ sheأَحْسَنَتْتُحْسِنُتُحْسِنَتُحْسِنْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَحْسَنْتُمَاتُحْسِنَانِتُحْسِنَاتُحْسِنَاأَحْسِنَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَحْسَنَايُحْسِنَانِيُحْسِنَايُحْسِنَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَحْسَنَتَاتُحْسِنَانِتُحْسِنَاتُحْسِنَا—
نَحْنُ weأَحْسَنَّانُحْسِنُنُحْسِنَنُحْسِنْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَحْسَنْتُمْتُحْسِنُونَتُحْسِنُواتُحْسِنُواأَحْسِنُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَحْسَنْتُنَّتُحْسِنَّتُحْسِنَّتُحْسِنَّأَحْسِنَّ
هُمْ they (m.)أَحْسَنُوايُحْسِنُونَيُحْسِنُوايُحْسِنُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَحْسَنَّيُحْسِنَّيُحْسِنَّيُحْسِنَّ—
Verbal nounإِحْسَان
Active participleمُحْسِن
Passive participleمُحْسَن

أَحْسَنَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to do or act well

أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِSaad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly

to do well

تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَShe masters the Arabic language.

to do well

سألتني إن كنت أُحسن الطبخ، فقلت لها: «لو لم أكن صحافياً لكنت طبّاخاً».She asked me whether I had proficiency in the art of cooking, and I said to her: “Were I not a journalist, I would be a cook!“2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 156

From a fully vowelled text

قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: قَدْ أَحْسَنُوا فِي مَا تَكَلَّمُوا.And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.Deuteronomy 18:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
غَنُّوا لَهُ أُغْنِيَةً جَدِيدَةً. أَحْسِنُوا الْعَزْفَ بِهُتَافٍ.Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.Psalms 33:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«لكِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا السَّامِعُونَ: أَحِبُّوا أَعْدَاءَكُمْ، أَحْسِنُوا إِلَى مُبْغِضِيكُمْ،But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,Luke 6:27, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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