See also: اصغر

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ص غ ر (ṣ ḡ r)
7 terms

Elative of صَغِير (ṣaḡīr, small, young).

Adjective

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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
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Etymology 2

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Root
ص غ ر (ṣ ḡ r)
7 terms

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

Verb

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أَصْغَرَ (ʔaṣḡara) IV (non-past يُصْغِرُ (yuṣḡiru), verbal noun إِصْغَار (ʔiṣḡār))

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