حقر

حَقَارَةٌ حقاره حقارة (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ حَقْرٌ and ↓ حُقْرِيَّةٌ, (K,) all of which are inf. ns., (TA,) and ↓ حُقَارَةٌ and ↓ حِقَارَةٌ (K) and ↓ مَحْقَرَةٌ, (S, K,) Contemptibleness, despicableness, meanness, paltriness, abjectness, ignominiousness, baseness, or vileness: (S, A, Msb, K:) [or the last rather signifies a cause of contemptibleness &c.; being similar to مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.:] you say, ↓ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مَحْقَرَةٌ بِكَ i. e. حَقَارَةٌ [or rather This thing is a cause of contemptibleness &c. to thee ]. (S.)