See also: اصغر

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Elative of صَغِير (ṣaḡīr, small, young).

Adjective edit

أَصْغَر (ʔaṣḡar) (feminine صُغْرَى (ṣuḡrā), masculine plural أَصْغَرُونَ (ʔaṣḡarūna) or أَصَاغِر (ʔaṣāḡir), feminine plural صُغْرَيَات (ṣuḡrayāt) or صُغَر (ṣuḡar))

  1. elative degree of صَغِير (ṣaḡīr):
    1. smaller; smallest
    2. younger; youngest
  2. junior (age, rank, etc.)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Causative of صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura, to be or become small) and صَغِرَ (ṣaḡira, to be or become small).

Verb edit

أَصْغَرَ (ʔaṣḡara) IV, non-past يُصْغِرُ‎ (yuṣḡiru)

  1. to reduce, to diminish
  2. to demean, to degrade; to belittle, to humiliate, to disparage
Conjugation edit