# أحسن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaħ.sa.na/

#### Verb

أَحْسَنَ • (ʔaḥsana) IV (non-past يُحْسِنُ (yuḥsinu), verbal noun إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān))
* (intransitive) to do or act well, to do or act right; to do or act good
    Antonym: أَسَاءَ (ʔasāʔa, “to do wrong; to do evil, to offend”)
    أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ 'بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun 'baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhiSaad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
* (transitive) 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
    Synonym: أَجَادَ (ʔajāda, “to excel in”)
    تُحْسِنُ هِيَ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَtuḥsinu hiya l-luḡata l-ʕarabiyyataShe masters the Arabic language.
** 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 156: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!“

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2

Elative of حَسَن (ḥasan, “good”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaħ.san/

#### Adjective

أَحْسَن • (ʔaḥsan) (feminine حُسْنَى (ḥusnā), masculine plural أَحْسَنُونَ (ʔaḥsanūna) or أَحَاسِن (ʔaḥāsin), feminine plural حُسْنَيَات (ḥusnayāt) or حُسَن (ḥusan))
* (elative degree of حَسَن (ḥasan)) (loosely) better, best, nicer, nicest, more excellent, most excellent (for example, more suitable, most suitable, more befitting, most befitting; more beautiful, most beautiful, prettier, prettiest)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌwa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā llaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmunAnd the good deed does not equal the bad: repel by that which is better, whereupon he who is inimical to you will be as if he were a devoted friend.

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.3
#### Verb

أحسن (form I)
* أَحْسُنُ (ʔaḥsunu) /ʔaħ.su.nu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)
* أَحْسُنَ (ʔaḥsuna) /ʔaħ.su.na/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)
* أَحْسُنْ (ʔaḥsun) /ʔaħ.sun/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna)

### Etymology 1.4
#### Verb

أحسن (form II)
* أُحَسِّنُ (ʔuḥassinu) /ʔu.ħas.si.nu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
* أُحَسَّنُ (ʔuḥassanu) /ʔu.ħas.sa.nu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
* أُحَسِّنَ (ʔuḥassina) /ʔu.ħas.si.na/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
* أُحَسَّنَ (ʔuḥassana) /ʔu.ħas.sa.na/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
* أُحَسِّنْ (ʔuḥassin) /ʔu.ħas.sin/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)
* أُحَسَّنْ (ʔuḥassan) /ʔu.ħas.san/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic أَحْسَن (ʔaḥsan), elative degree of حَسَن (ḥasan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaħ.san/, [ˈʔaħ.san]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Adjective

أحسن • (ʔaḥsan)
* elative degree of منيح (mnīḥ): better, best
* elative degree of كويس (kwayyes): better, best

#### Synonyms

* أفضل (ʔafḍal)