صغر

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

From the root ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r). From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָעַר (ṣāʿar, to be small, insignificant) and Akkadian 𒌉.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ɣu.ra/
  • (Hijazi Arabic) IPA(key): /sˤiɣir/

Verb

صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura) I (non-past يَصْغُرُ (yaṣḡuru), verbal noun صِغَر (ṣiḡar) or صَغَارَة (ṣaḡāra) or صَغَار (ṣaḡār)) (intransitive)

  1. to be or become small, little
  2. to be too small, young
  3. to be or become insignificant or trifling
  4. to be despised, humiliated or disgraced
  5. to be narrow in thinking (of one's mind)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

صَغَرَ (ṣaḡara) I (non-past يَصْغُرُ (yaṣḡuru), verbal noun صَغْر (ṣaḡr))

  1. (transitive) to be younger (than)
    صَغَرَ أَحْمَدُ فَاطِمَةَ
    ṣaḡara ʔaḥmadu fāṭimata
    Ahmad was younger than Fatima.
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Verb

صَغَّرَ (ṣaḡḡara) II (non-past يُصَغِّرُ (yuṣaḡḡiru), verbal noun تَصْغِير (taṣḡīr))

  1. to diminish, to make smaller, to reduce in size
  2. to belittle
  3. (linguistic morphology) to make diminutive, to change into the diminutive form
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

صِغَر (ṣiḡarm

  1. verbal noun of صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura) (form I), smallness, littleness
  2. young age, childhood
    Synonym: طُفُولَة (ṭufūla)
Declension