deriv ► ḫayr al-nās, the best of all people; ḫiyār al-nās, ʔaḫyār al-nās, the best people, the pick of the human race.
► huwa ḫayr min-ka, he is better than you.
► huwa ḫayr la-ka, it is better for you.
► al-ḫayr kull al-ḫayr, the very best.
► al-ḫayr al-ʕāmm, the commonweal, general welfare; dawlaẗ al-ḫayr al-ʕāmm, welfare state.
► li-ḫayri, prep., for the benefit of; ~ ʔanfusi-him, for their own good.
► ʔaʕmāl al-ḫayr, charitable deeds.
► ṣabāḥ al-ḫayr and ṣabāḥ-ak bi’l-ḫayr, good morning!
► ḏakara-hū bi’l-ḫayr, to retain a good impression of s.o.; to speak well of s.o.
► bi-ḫayr, fine, in good health (as an answer to inquiries about one’s health and in wishes).
► ʔaḫū ’l-ḫayr, a good, benevolent person.
► ʔahl al-ḫayr, charitable people. ► ḫāra i to choose, make one’s choice; to prefer (ʕalà to): denominative from ḫayr, or is ḫayr from ḫāra?
► ḫayyara, vb. II, to make or let choose (bayna between, fī from), give (s.o.) the alternative, option or choice (bayna between, fī in); to prefer (s.th. ʕalà to): D-stem, denom./caus.
► ḫāyara, vb. Ill, to vie, compete (DO with s.o.); to make or let (s.o.) choose, give (s.o.) the choice, option or alternative: L-stem, associative.
► taḫayyara, vb. V, to choose, select, pick (DO s.o., s.th.): tD-stem, autoben.
► BP#1205ĭḫtāra, vb. VIII, to choose, make one’s choice; to choose, select, elect, pick (s.o., s.th.), fix upon s.o. or s.th. (DO); to prefer (ʕalà to): T-stem, autoben./refl. | ~ ’llāhu ʔilà ǧiwārihī, (approx.:) the Lord has taken… unto Himself.
► ĭstaḫāra, vb. X, to seek or request what is good or best for o.s. (2x DO); to consult an oracle, cast lots: Št-stem, request. | ~ ’llāha fī, to ask God for proper guidance in. ► BP#1256ḫayrī, adj., charitable, beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic: nsb-adj. | ǧamʕiyyaẗ ~aẗ, n., charitable organization.
► ḫayriyyaẗ, n.f., charity, charitableness, benevolence, beneficence: abstr. formation in ‑iyyaẗ.
► ḫayyir, adj., generous, liberal, openhanded, munificent; charitable, beneficent, benevolent; benign, gracious, kind: ints. adj.
► BP#3882ḫayraẗ, pl. ‑āt, n., good deed, good; pl. resources, treasures (e.g., of the earth, of a country), boons, blessings: n.un.
► BP#4964ḫīraẗ and ḫiyaraẗ, n.f., the best, choice, prime, flower, pick, elite:…
► ʔaḫyarᵘ, f. ḫīrà, ḫūrà, pl. ʔaḫāyirᵘ, adj., better, superior: elat.
► BP#1321ḫiyār, n., 1 choice; option, exercise of the power of choice (Isl. Law); refusal, right of withdrawal (Isl. Law); the best, choice, prime, flower, pick, elite; 2 ↗s.v..
► ḫiyārī, adj., optional, facultative; voluntary: nsb-adj. of ḫiyār.
► ĭḫtiyār, n., BP#9591 choice; election (also pol.; pl. ‑āt); selection; preference (ʕalà to); option; free will (philos.); ~an, of one’s own accord, spontaneously, voluntarily: vn. VIII. – 2 pl. ‑iyyaẗ, (Ir., Lev.), also ḫityār, pl. -iyyaẗ, adj., old; n., old man; elder, senior person in a community: (loaned into Tu, then back into Ar with the special meaning the word had acquired in Tu, lit., *‘wise person who knows how to make the right choices, experienced’).
► ĭḫtiyārī, adj., voluntary, facultative, elective (studies): nsb-adj., from ĭḫtiyār.
► muḫayyar, adj., having the choice or option: PP II.
► BP#4507muḫtār, 1 adj., free to choose, having the choice or option (fī in), volunteering; ~an, adv., voluntarily, spontaneously, of one’s own accord: PA VIII; choice, select, exquisite; chosen, preferred, favorite; a favorite; ‑āt, pl., selection, selected writings, anthology: PP VIII; 2 pl. maḫātīrᵘ, n., village chief, mayor of a village; mayor of a city district (Syr., Leb., lr.): nominalized PP VIII. For other items of √ḪYR, cf. ↗ḫiyār and ↗ḫīriyy.