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أَكْبَر

greater

AdjectiveRoot ك-ب-ر

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Highlights

Feminine
كُبْرَى
Masculine plural
أَكْبَرُون، أَكَابِر
Feminine plural
كُبْرَيَات، كُبَر

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
كَبِير
big
Noun
كَبِير
chief
Verb · Form I
كَبُرَ
to be or become big
Verb · Form II
كَبَّرَ
to enlarge
Verb · Form I
كَبَرَ
to be older than
Noun
كِبْرِيَاء
greatness

أَكْبَر in English

Adjective

  1. elative degree of كَبِير (kabīr):
    1. greater; greatest
      اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرGod (Allah) is greater / the greatest
    2. bigger, larger; biggest, largest
    3. older, elder; oldest, eldest
  2. greater (Of two, or rarely more than two, things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc)
  3. senior (age, rank, etc.)

Word origin

Elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, great, powerful”).

Words from the root ك-ب-ر

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

كَبُرَ · present يَكْبُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become big; to grow, to grow up; to become famous

كِبَر
Verbal noun
greatness
كُبْر
Verbal noun
كَبَارَة
Verbal noun
كُبَارَة
Verbal noun
كَبِير
Active participle · Adjective
big
كَبِير
Active participle
chief
كُبَار
Active participle
مَكْبُور
Passive participle
كَبَرَ · present يَكْبُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be older than

كَبْر
Verbal noun
كَابِر
Active participle
مَكْبُور
Passive participle
كَبَّرَ · present يُكَبِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to enlarge, to make something bigger; to say اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar, “God is greatest”)

تَكْبِير
Verbal noun
مُكَبِّر
Active participle
مُكَبَّر
Passive participle
أَكْبَرَ · present يُكْبِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to deem great

إِكْبَار
Verbal noun
مُكْبِر
Active participle
مُكْبَر
Passive participle
تَكَبَّرَ · present يَتَكَبَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be arrogant

تَكَبُّر
Verbal noun
arrogance
مُتَكَبِّر
Active participle · Adjective
arrogant
مُتَكَبَّر
Passive participle
اِسْتَكْبَرَ · present يَسْتَكْبِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to be proud, to be arrogant; to consider (someone or something) great and important

اِسْتِكْبَار
Verbal noun
arrogance
مُسْتَكْبِر
Active participle · Adjective
haughty
مُسْتَكْبَر
Passive participle
أَكْبَر
Adjective
greater
كِبْرِيَاء
Noun · f.
greatness
كُبَر
Noun
great calamities
كَبِيرَة
Noun · f.
great sin
تَكْبِيرة
Noun · f.
an instance of saying اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
الصَّوْم الْكَبِير
Noun · m.
Lent

أَكْبَر: plural and other forms

Singularأَكْبَر
Feminineكُبْرَى
Masculine pluralأَكْبَرُون، أَكَابِر
Feminine pluralكُبْرَيَات، كُبَر

أَكْبَر in a sentence

Dictionary examples

greater

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرGod (Allah) is greater / the greatest

From a fully vowelled text

وَأَكْبَرُكُمْ يَكُونُ خَادِمًا لَكُمْ.But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.Matthew 23:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَبِدُونِ كُلِّ مُشَاجَرَةٍ: الأَصْغَرُ يُبَارَكُ مِنَ الأَكْبَرِAnd without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.Hebrews 7:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
عِنْدَنَا الشَّيْخُ وَالأَشْيَبُ، أَكْبَرُ أَيَّامًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ.With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.Job 15:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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