Arabic

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Etymology

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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 1

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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)

  1. (intransitive) to be or become small, little
  2. (intransitive, construed with عَنْ (ʕan)) to be too small, young (for)
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Pronunciation 2

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صَغَرَ (ṣaḡara) I, non-past يَصْغُرُ‎ (yaṣḡuru)

  1. (transitive) to be younger (than)
    صَغَرَ أَحْمَدُ فَاطِمَةَ
    ṣaḡara ʔaḥmadu fāṭimata
    Ahmad was younger than Fatima.
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Pronunciation 3

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صَغَّرَ (ṣaḡḡara) II, non-past يُصَغِّرُ‎ (yuṣaḡḡiru)

  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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Pronunciation 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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