Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ق ص ر (q-ṣ-r)

Cognate with Hebrew קצר (katsár, short).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤiːr/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

قَصِير (qaṣīr) (feminine قَصِيرَة (qaṣīra), common plural قِصَار (qiṣār), masculine plural قَصِيرُون (qaṣīrūn) or قُصَرَاء (quṣarāʔ), feminine plural قَصِيرَات (qaṣīrāt) or قَصَائِر (qaṣāʔir), elative أَقْصَر (ʔaqṣar))

  1. short
  2. too short, defective
  3. small

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Hijazi Arabic: قصير (gaṣīr)
  • Maltese: qasir
  • Moroccan Arabic: قصير (qṣīr)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قصير (kasīr)

References edit

Chadian Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

قصير (gisayyir) (feminine قصيرة, plural قصار)

  1. short

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ر
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

قصير (gaṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (gaṣīra), common plural قصار (guṣār) or قصيرين (gaṣīrīn), elative أقصر (ʔagṣar))

  1. short
    Antonym: طويل (ṭawīl)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ر
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

قصير (qṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (qṣīra), common plural قصار (qṣār), masculine plural قصيرين (qṣīrīn), feminine plural قصيرات (qṣīrāt), elative أقصر (ʔaqṣar) or قصر (qṣar))

  1. short
    Antonym: طويل (ṭwīl)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ق ص ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.sˤiːr/, [ʔɑˈsˤiːr]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.sˤiːr/, [ɡɑˈsˤiːr]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

قصير (ʔaṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (ʔaṣīre), common plural قصار (ʔaʔṣār))

  1. short (length, time, height of people)
    Antonym: طويل (ṭawīl)