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حرص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَحْرَصُ ذ [comparative and superlative of حَرِيصٌ; i. e., More, and most, vehemently desirous, &c.]. It is said in the Kur [ii., 90], وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ النَّاسُ عَلَى حَيَاةٍ, meaning, And thou wilt assuredly find them the most vehement of men in desire, or the most excessive of men in greediness, of life. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَحْرَصُ
  1. 1.
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ
النَّاسُ عَلَى حَيَاةٍ