صغر

6 تصاغر ذ He became small; he shrank, or became contracted; (O * and TA in art. ضأل;) by reason of abasement, (TA ibid.,) or from fear. (Ham p. 658.) ― -b2- He became vile, base, ignominious, abject, or contemptible; (K, * TA;) came to nought. (TA.) And تصاغرت اـِلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ He (lit. his soul or his own self ) became of little importance, by being vile, base, or ignominious, to himself, or in his own estimation; (A, Msb;) he became vile, base, ignominious, abject, or contemptible, to himself, or in his own estimation. (S, * K, * TA.) ― -b3- And [ He affected, or feigned, abjectness; contr. of تَكَابَرَ: or] he exhibited abjectness. (KL.)