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صغر

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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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

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

Verb

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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 [with عَن (ʕan) ‘for something’]
  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)
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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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.
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Etymology 1.3

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Verb

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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
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Etymology 1.4

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Noun

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صِغَر (ṣiḡarm

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