اِسْم التَّفْضِيل
ism al-tafdil
Elative / comparative-superlative
Sarf · morphologyDerived noun (mushtaqq)core term832+ in the Qur'an
In one line
The elative — expresses “more/most” (e.g. أكبر, “greater/greatest”).
Classical definition
اسْمُ التَّفْضِيلِ صِفَةٌ عَلَى وَزْنِ «أَفْعَل» تَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ شَيْئَيْنِ اشْتَرَكَا فِي صِفَةٍ وَزَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا.
(شذا العرف)
How to spot it
Recognition test
On the pattern أَفْعَل meaning “more/most” — أكبر، أحسن، أعلم.
Forms it takes
أفعل التفضيل
Related terms
Domain: Sarf · Category: Derived noun (mushtaqq) · Frequency in the Qur'an: 832 · Source: شذا العرف, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali