Arabic edit

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir- (to be small, young). Cognate with Akkadian 𒌉 (ṣeḫrum, small, young) and Biblical Hebrew צָעִיר (ṣɔʿir).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ɣiːr/
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Adjective edit

صَغِير (ṣaḡīr) (feminine صَغِيرَة (ṣaḡīra), common plural صِغَار (ṣiḡār), feminine plural صَغِيرَات (ṣaḡīrāt) or صَغَائِر (ṣaḡāʔir), elative أَصْغَر (ʔaṣḡar))

  1. small
    Antonym: كَبِير (kabīr)
  2. young (for a person)
    Antonym: كَبِير (kabīr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:24:
      وَٱخۡفِضۡ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرࣰا
      wa-ḵfiḍ lahumā janāḥa ḏ-ḏulli mina r-raḥmati wa-qul rabbi rḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaḡīran
      And be humble with them out of mercy, and pray, “My Lord! Be merciful to them as they raised me when I was young.”

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: żgħir

References edit

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

Egyptian Arabic edit

Adjective edit

صغير (ṣuḡayyar)

  1. small
  2. young (for a person)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ص غ ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَغِير (ṣaḡīr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

صغير (ṣaḡīr) (feminine صغيرة (ṣaḡīra), common plural صغار (ṣuḡār) or صغيرين (ṣaḡīrīn))

  1. small
    Antonym: كبير (kabīr)
  2. young (for a person)
    Antonym: كبير (kabīr)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ص غ ر
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَغِير (ṣaḡīr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

صغير (ṣḡīr) (feminine صغيرة (ṣḡīra), common plural صغار (ṣḡār), masculine plural صغيرين (ṣḡīrīn), feminine plural صغيرات (ṣḡīrāt), elative أصغر (ʔaṣḡar) or صغر (ṣḡar))

  1. small
    Antonym: كبير (kbīr)
    مدينة صغيرةmdīna ṣḡīraa small city
  2. young (for a person)
    Synonym: شاب (šābb)
    Antonyms: شارف (šāref), كبير (kbīr)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Adjective edit

صغير (ṣḡīr)

  1. Alternative form of زغير (zḡīr, small)