أكبرُ in English: bigger – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

أَكْبَر akbar — biggest · biggest
أَكْبَر akbar — greater · greater

How to use it

"أكبر" is the elative form of the root ك ب ر, used for both comparative (“bigger”) and superlative (“biggest”). It agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes. For feminine use "أكبرى" (rare) or more commonly "أكبر" with a feminine noun.

Example sentences

هَذَا الْكِتَابُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَلَمِ.

hādhā al-kitābu akbaru mina al-qalami.

This book is bigger than the pen.
هُوَ أَكْبَرُ فِي الفَرِيقِ.

huwa akbaru fī al-farīqi.

He is the biggest in the team.
الْقِيمَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ السَّعْرِ.

al-qīmu akbaru mina al-saʿri.

The value is greater than the price.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

تأمل -أيها الرسول- في كيفية تفضيل الله بعض الناس على بعض في الدنيا في الرزق والعمل، ولَلآخرة أكبرُ درجات للمؤمنين وأكبر تفضيلا.

" See, how We favour one over the other; and in life to come are higher ranks and favours greater still.

وعيَّنَت أكبرُ وكالةِ استثمارٍ عمومي مكرسة لاستئصال شأفة الفقر في بيرو حصةً لمشاركة النساء مشاركة إلزامية في الوظائف الإدارية للمشاريع المجتمعية.

The largest public-investment agency dedicated to poverty eradication in Peru had established a quota for mandatory participation of women in management positions in community projects.

Questions and answers

How do I form the comparative of other adjectives?

Use "أَفْضَل" for "better", "أَصْغَر" for "smaller", etc., following the same pattern.

Can "أكبر" be used as a noun?

Rarely, in poetic contexts it can mean "the greatest".