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أَبَرَّ more dutiful in Arabic

أَبَرَّ is how you say “more dutiful” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

لَمْ أَرَ أَبَرَّ مِنْ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْبَرْمَكِيِّ بِأَبِيهِ،

I have never seen anyone more dutiful to his father than al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki.

أَبَرَّ more dutiful

This is a comparison adjective on the 'more X' pattern, used to rank one thing above others in dutifulness. Arabic forms 'more dutiful' with a single fixed mold rather than adding a separate 'more'. It leans on the 'than' word coming up to name what the comparison is measured against.

From A Son Protecting His Father

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More example sentences

لَوْ حَلَفْتُ لَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ أَبَرَّ

If I had sworn, I would have hoped to keep it.

أَبَرَّ I would keep it

This is a present-tense verb pushed into the subjunctive by the preceding 'that' particle, which is why its ending differs from the plain present. The subjunctive marks the oath-keeping as the hoped-for aim, not something already done. The '-I' subject is carried inside the verb's shape.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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