أصغر

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أصغر¹

Where it comes from

Elative of صَغِير (ṣaḡīr, “small, young”).

adjective أَصْغَر · ʔaṣḡar · صُغْرَى · أَصْغَرُون · أَصَاغِر · صُغْرَيَات

  1. smaller; smallest
  2. younger; youngest
  3. lesser (of two, or rarely more than two, things: the smaller in size, in value, in importance etc.)

    Opposite: أَكْبَر

  4. junior (age, rank, etc.)

أصغر²

Where it comes from

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

verb أَصْغَرَ · ʔaṣḡara · يُصْغِرُ · إِصْغَار · مُصْغِر

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

In English

  • lesser of two things, smaller in size, value, importance etc

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أصغر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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