أحقر

See also: أحفر, احفر, and احقر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ق ر (ḥ-q-r)

Elative of حَقِير (ḥaqīr, “low, mean, vile; contemptible; despicable; miserable”).

Adjective

أَحْقَر • (ʔaḥqar) (feminine حُقْرَى (ḥuqrā), masculine plural أَحَاقِر (ʔaḥāqir), feminine plural حُقْرَيَات (ḥuqrayāt))

1. elative degree of حَقِير (ḥaqīr):
   1. lower, meaner, viler; lowest, meanest, vilest
   2. more contemptible; most contemptible
   3. more despicable; most despicable
   4. more miserable; most miserable

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْقَر (ʔaḥqar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْقَر ʔaḥqar	الْأَحْقَر al-ʔaḥqar	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَحْقَرُ ʔaḥqaru	الْأَحْقَرُ al-ʔaḥqaru	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَحْقَرَ ʔaḥqara	الْأَحْقَرَ al-ʔaḥqara	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَحْقَرَ ʔaḥqara	الْأَحْقَرِ al-ʔaḥqari	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْقَرَيْن ʔaḥqarayn	الْأَحْقَرَيْن al-ʔaḥqarayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَحْقَرَانِ ʔaḥqarāni	الْأَحْقَرَانِ al-ʔaḥqarāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَحْقَرَيْنِ ʔaḥqarayni	الْأَحْقَرَيْنِ al-ʔaḥqarayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَحْقَرَيْنِ ʔaḥqarayni	الْأَحْقَرَيْنِ al-ʔaḥqarayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حقر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN