صغير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ-ɣ-r (to be small, young). Cognate with Akkadian 𒌉 (TUR, ṣehru), 𒌉𒁕 (BÀN.DA, ṣehru, small, young), Aramaic ܙܥܘܪܐ (zʿūrā, small), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎙𐎗 (ṣġr), Hebrew צָעִיר (tsa'ír).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁa.ɣiːr/
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Adjective

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

  1. small
  2. young (for a person)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • 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

Adjective

صغير (sʿoğayyar)

  1. small
  2. young (for a person)
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