كبير

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See also: كثير and كتير

Arabic

Etymology

From root ك ب ر (k-b-r). Cognate with Hebrew כַּבִּיר (kabbir, enormous, mighty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.biːr/
    • (Kuwait Gulf) IPA(key): /kbiːr/
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Adjective

كَبِير (kabīr) (feminine كَبِيرَة (kabīra), common plural كِبَار (kibār), masculine plural كُبَرَاء (kubarāʔ), feminine plural كَبِيرَات (kabīrāt) or كَبَائِر (kabāʔir), elative أَكْبَر (ʔakbar))

  1. big, large
    Antonym: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr)
    مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةُmadīnatun kabīratua big city
  2. great, great importance
  3. old (for a person)
    Synonym: مُسِنّ (musinn)
    Antonyms: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr), شَابّ (šābb)
    مَاذَا أَخْبَرَكَ ذَاكَ اَلرَّجُلُ اَلْكَبِيرُ السِّنِّ؟
    māḏā ʔaḵbaraka ḏāka r-rajulu l-kabīru s-sinni?
    What did that old man tell you?

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Derived terms

Noun

كَبِير (kabīrm (plural كِبَار (kibār) or كُبَرَاء (kubarāʔ), feminine كَبِيرَة (kabīra))

  1. chief, leader
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49:
      إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
      ʔinnahu lakabīrukumu allaḏī ʕallamakumu s-siḥra falasawfa taʕlamūna
      He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

Adjective

كبير (kibīr) (feminine كبيرة (kibīra), masculine plural كبار (kubār), elative أكبر (ʔakbar))

  1. big
  2. great
  3. old (for a person)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك ب ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كبير (kbīr) (feminine كبيرة (kbīra), common plural كبار (kbār), masculine plural كبيرين (kbīrīn), feminine plural كبيرات (kbīrāt), elative أكبر (ʔakbar) or كبر (kbar))

  1. big
    Antonym: صغير (ṣḡīr)
    مدينة كبيرةmdīna kbīraa big city
  2. great
  3. old (for a person)
    Synonym: شارف (šārif)
    Antonyms: صغير (ṣḡīr), شاب (šābb)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ب ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كبير (kbīr) (feminine كبيرة (kbīre), common plural كبار (kbār), elative أكبر (ʔakbar))

  1. large, big
    Antonym: زغير (zḡīr)
  2. adult, old (of a person)
    Antonym: زغير (zḡīr)

See also

  • قديم (ʔadīm, old (of things))