صغر

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صغر^¹

/sˤa.ɣu.ra/
/sˤiɣir/ Hijazi Arabic

Where it comes from

From the root ص غ ر (ṣ ḡ r). From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָעַר (ṣāʿar, “to be small, insignificant”) and Akkadian 𒌉.

verb صَغُرَ · ṣaḡura · يَصْغُرُ · صِغَر · صَغَارَة · صَغَار

intransitive to be or become small, little
intransitive to be too small, young
intransitive to be or become insignificant or trifling
intransitive to be despised, humiliated or disgraced
intransitive to be narrow in thinking (of one's mind)

صغر^²

/sˤa.ɣa.ra/

verb صَغَرَ · ṣaḡara · يَصْغُرُ · صَغْر · صَغِير

intransitive, transitive to be younger (than) صَغَرَ أَحْمَدُ فَاطِمَةَ

صغر^³

/sˤaɣ.ɣa.ra/

verb صَغَّرَ · ṣaḡḡara · يُصَغِّرُ · تَصْغِير · مُصَغِّر

intransitive to diminish, to make smaller, to reduce in size
intransitive to belittle
intransitive to make diminutive, to change into the diminutive form

صغر^⁴

/sˤi.ɣar/

noun صِغَر · ṣiḡar · الصِّغَر · صِغَرٌ

intransitive, noun from verb verbal noun of صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura) (form I), smallness, littleness
intransitive young age, childhood
Similar: طُفُولَة

In English

zoom to change the focal length of a zoom lens
belittle to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
smallness state of being small

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صغر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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