الصغر

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

The root الصغر (al-ṣughr) primarily denotes smallness in size, quantity, or age, contrasting with largeness or greatness. It extends to concepts of humility, submission, and diminishment, including the fading of the sun and the reduction of something's perceived importance.

Derived headwords

الصغرnoun

1.
smallnessboth
The state or quality of being small in size, stature, or physical dimension.
2.
youthboth
The state of being young in age.

الصغارةnoun

1.
insignificanceboth
The state of being small in importance or value.
2.
humiliationboth
The state of being humbled or degraded; lowliness.

صغرverb

1.
to be smallboth
To be small in size, stature, or quantity.
2.
to be youngboth
To be young in age.

صغارةnoun

1.
smallnessboth
The state of being small in size or quantity.

صغراnoun

1.
smallnessboth
The state of being small in size or quantity.

صغرانnoun

1.
smallnessboth
The state of being small in size or quantity.

صغيرadjective

1.
smallboth
Of limited size, stature, or quantity.
2.
youngboth
Of tender age.

صغارnoun

1.
small onesboth
Plural of 'small' or 'young'.
2.
childrenboth
Young people.

صغراءadjective

1.
smallerboth
Comparative form of small.

مصغوراءnoun

1.
small onesclassical
A plural form referring to small things or people.

أصاغرnoun

1.
smaller onesboth
Plural of 'smaller', referring to those who are smaller in size or rank.

أصاغرةnoun

1.
smaller onesclassical
A plural form of 'smaller'.

صغرهverb

1.
to make smallboth
To cause something to become small in size or importance.

أصغرهverb

1.
to make smallboth
To cause something to become small in size or importance.
2.
to humbleboth
To cause someone to become submissive or humble.

تصغيرهnoun

1.
diminutizationboth
The act or process of making something smaller, often used in grammar for diminutives.

مصغرةadjective

1.
small-growingclassical
Describing land that produces small vegetation.

أصغرتverb

1.
to grow small vegetationclassical
To produce small plants, referring to land.

صغرتهمverb

1.
to make them smallerboth
To cause them to be smaller or less significant.

الصغرةnoun

1.
the lowlyboth
Referring to those who are humble or of low status.

صغرverb

1.
to be inferiorboth
To be less than someone else, especially in age or status.

الصاغرadjective

1.
submissiveboth
Willingly or reluctantly accepting humiliation or subjugation.
2.
humbleboth
Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance.

صغرverb

1.
to be submissiveboth
To become humble or submissive.

صغاراnoun

1.
submissionboth
The state of being submissive or humbled.

صغارةnoun

1.
submissionboth
The state of being submissive or humbled.

صغرانnoun

1.
submissionboth
The state of being submissive or humbled.

أصغرهverb

1.
to make submissiveboth
To cause someone to become submissive or humbled.

تصاغرتverb

1.
to feel smallboth
To perceive oneself as small, insignificant, or humble.

صغرت الشمسverb

1.
the sun setclassical
The sun began to decline towards the horizon, indicating sunset.

الأصغرانnoun

1.
the two smaller onesclassical
A term referring to the heart and the tongue, possibly due to their perceived vulnerability or importance.

ارتفعوا ليصغرواverb

1.
to give birth to offspringclassical
To ascend or rise in order to give birth to smaller beings (offspring).

كسحبانname

1.
Kashhaban
A proper name, possibly of a place or person.

أصغر القربةverb

1.
to stitch a waterskinclassical
To sew or stitch a waterskin, making it small.

استصغرهverb

1.
to deem smallboth
To consider something or someone to be small, insignificant, or unimportant.

تصاغرverb

1.
to belittle oneselfboth
To consider oneself small or insignificant; to act humbly.

صغيراname

1.
Saghir
A male given name.

صغيرةname

1.
Saghirah
A female given name.

Parallel reading

الصغر، كعنب، والصغارة، بالفتح: خلاف العظم، أو الأولى في الجرم، والثانية في القدر

Al-ṣughr (like 'inab) and al-ṣighārah (with fatḥah) are the opposite of largeness; or the first refers to bulk, and the second to magnitude.

صغر، ككرم وفرح، صغارة وصغرا، كعنب، وصغرا، محركة، وصغرانا، بالضم

Ṣaghara (like 'karuma' and 'fariḥa') means to be small, with the masdars being ṣighārah and ṣughrā (like 'inab), and ṣughrā (vowelized) and ṣughrānā (with ḍammah).

فهو صغير وصغار وصغران بضمهما ج: صغار وصغراء ومصغوراء، وأصاغر: جمع أصغر، كالأصاغرة

So he is ṣaghīr (small) and ṣighār and ṣughrān (with both vowelized), plural: ṣighār, ṣughrā', and muṣaghwārā; and aṣāghir is the plural of aṣghar, like al-aṣāghirah.

وصغره وأصغره: جعله صغيرا

And ṣagharahu and aṣgharahu mean: to make it small.

وتصغيره: صغير وصغيير

And its diminutive form (taṣghīr) is ṣaghīr and ṣaghayyir.

وأرض مصغرة: نبتها صغير، وقد أصغرت

And an 'arḍ muṣaghgharah is land whose vegetation is small, and it has 'aṣgharat (produced small vegetation).

وصغرتهم، بالكسر: أصغرهم

And ṣaghghartuhum (with kasrah) means: I made them smaller.

وأنا من الصغرة: من الصغار

And 'I am from al-ṣughrah' means: from the lowly.

وما صغرني إلا بسنة، كنصر، أي: ما صغر عني

And 'nothing made me smaller except by a year' (like 'naṣr') means: he was not younger than me.

والصاغر: الراضي بالذل ج: صغرة، ككتبة، وقد صغر، ككرم، صغرا، كعنب، وصغارا وصغارة، بفتحهما، وصغرانا وصغرا، بضمهما

And al-ṣāghir is one who accepts humiliation, plural: ṣaghrah (like 'katabah'); and he became ṣaghar (like 'karuma') with ṣughran (like 'inab), and ṣighāran and ṣighārah (with fatḥah), and ṣughrānā and ṣughrā (with ḍammah).

وأصغره: جعله صاغرا

And aṣgharahu means: to make him submissive.

وتصاغرت إليه نفسه: صغرت

And 'his soul became humble towards him' means: it became small.

وصغرت الشمس: مالت للغروب

And the sun ṣagharat means: it inclined towards setting.

والأصغران: القلب واللسان

And al-aṣgharān are: the heart and the tongue.

وارتبعوا ليصغروا، أي: يولدوا الأصاغر

And they ascended to give birth, meaning: to give birth to the smaller ones (offspring).

وأصغر القربة: خرزها صغيرة

And 'aṣghara al-qirbah means: to stitch its opening small.

واستصغره: عده صغيرا

And istaṣgharahu means: to consider it small.

وتصاغر: تحاقر

And taṣāghara means: to belittle oneself.

وسموا: صغيرا وصغيرة

And they named them: Ṣaghīr and Ṣaghīrah.