# أكثر
## Arabic
### Alternative forms

* اكثر

### Etymology 1

* Root
* ك ث ر (k ṯ r)
* 12 terms
Elative of كَثِير (kaṯīr, “much”).

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

أَكْثَر • (ʔakṯar) (feminine كُثْرَى (kuṯrā), masculine plural أَكْثَرُونَ (ʔakṯarūna) or أَكَاثِر (ʔakāṯir), feminine plural كُثْرَيَات (kuṯrayāt))
* elative degree of كَثِير (kaṯīr):
** more; most
* most, the majority, more than half [with genitive ‘of something’]
    Synonyms: أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab), مُعْظَم (muʕẓam)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:243:أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اللَّهُ مُوتُوا ثُمَّ أَحْيَاهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَʔalam tara ʔilā llaḏīna ḵarajū min diyārihim wahum ʔulūfun ḥaḏara l-mawti faqāla lahumu l-lahu mūtū ṯumma ʔaḥyāhum ʔinna l-laha laḏū faḍlin ʕalā n-nāsi walākinna ʔakṯara n-nāsi lā yaškurūnaHave you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.

##### Declension
#### Adverb

أَكْثَرَ • (ʔakṯara) (adverbial accusative)
* more
* more often; more frequently

#### Descendants

* Maltese: aktar
* → Azerbaijani: əksər (“most”)
* → Classical Persian: اَکْثَر (aksar)
** → Bengali: আকসার (akśar)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अक्सर (aksar)
    Urdu: اَکْثَر (aksar)
**   * → Phalura: aksár
* → Ottoman Turkish: اكثر
** → Turkish: ekser
* → Swahili: akthari
* → Uzbek: aksar

### Etymology 2

* Root
* ك ث ر (k ṯ r)
* 12 terms
Compare كَثِير (kaṯīr, “many”).

#### Verb

أَكْثَرَ • (ʔakṯara) IV (non-past يُكْثِرُ (yukṯiru), verbal noun إِكْثَار (ʔikṯār))
* (transitive) to increase

##### Conjugation
#### References

* Mace, John (2007) “أكثر”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

أكثر (form I)
* أَكْثُرُ (ʔakṯuru) /ʔak.θu.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of كَثُرَ (kaṯura) and كَثَرَ (kaṯara)
* أَكْثُرَ (ʔakṯura) /ʔak.θu.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of كَثُرَ (kaṯura) and كَثَرَ (kaṯara)
* أَكْثُرْ (ʔakṯur) /ʔak.θur/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَثُرَ (kaṯura) and كَثَرَ (kaṯara)
* أُكْثَرُ (ʔukṯaru) /ʔuk.θa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of كَثَرَ (kaṯara)
* أُكْثَرَ (ʔukṯara) /ʔuk.θa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of كَثَرَ (kaṯara)
* أُكْثَرْ (ʔukṯar) /ʔuk.θar/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of كَثَرَ (kaṯara)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

أكثر (form II)
* أُكَثِّرُ (ʔukaṯṯiru) /ʔu.kaθ.θi.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)
* أُكَثَّرُ (ʔukaṯṯaru) /ʔu.kaθ.θa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)
* أُكَثِّرَ (ʔukaṯṯira) /ʔu.kaθ.θi.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)
* أُكَثَّرَ (ʔukaṯṯara) /ʔu.kaθ.θa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)
* أُكَثِّرْ (ʔukaṯṯir) /ʔu.kaθ.θir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)
* أُكَثَّرْ (ʔukaṯṯar) /ʔu.kaθ.θar/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara)

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ك ث ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔak.tar/, /ʔak.θar/

#### Adjective

أَكْثَر • (ʔaktar)
* elative degree of كثير (katīr):
** more; most

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.kat.tir/

#### Verb

أكثر • (ʔakattir)
* first-person singular non-past passive of كَثَّر (kattar)

#### Verb

أكثر • (ʔakattir)
* first-person singular non-past active of كَثَّر (kattar)