حقر

1 حَقُرَ حقر , aor. حَقُرَ , inf. n. حَقَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and حَقْرٌ; (TA;) and حَقَرَ, aor. حَقِرَ , inf. n. حَقْرٌ and حُقْرِيَّةٌ; (K, TA;) He, or it, was, or became, contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile, (S, A, Msb, K,) and held of no weight or worth. (Msb.) And حَقُرَ فِى عَيْنِى, (TA,) or حُقِرَ, (so in a copy of the A,) and ↓ تحاقر, (K,) He, or it, was, or became, contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, &c., in my eye. (K, * TA.) And اـِلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ ↓ تَحَاقَرَتْ He (lit. his spirit, or soul, or his own self, ) became contemptible, &c., in his own estimation. (S, TA.) You say also, حَقْرًا لَهُ وَعَقْرًا [ May he be contemptible, or despicable, and beget no children ]: (A, TA:) a form of imprecation. (TA.) And حَقْرٌ نَقْرٌ [in which the latter word is an imitative sequent, or a corroborative: see حَقِيرٌ]. (TA.) And حَقِرْتَ وَنَقِرْتَ Thou hast become very contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, &c.; syn. صِرْتَ حَقِيرًا نَقِيرًا. (K.) -A2- حَقَرَهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. حَقِرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. حَقْرٌ; (K, TA;) and ↓ حقّرهُ, (A,) inf. n. تَحْقِيرٌ; (K;) and ↓ احتقراهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ استحقرهُ; (S, A, K;) He contemned, or despised, him, or it; held him, or it, to be contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile, (S, A, Msb, K, TA,) and of no weight or worth. (Msb.) [Hence,] مَنْ حُقِرَ حُرِمَ [ He who is contemned, or despised, is prohibited, or debarred, from what is good]: a prov. (A.)