كِبَر
greatness
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ك-ب-ر
The Arabic root ك-ب-ر (k-b-r)
Form I verb كَبُرَ: to be or become big
21 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ب-ر, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Noun
كِبْرِيَاء
greatness
Verb · Form V
تَكَبَّرَ
to be arrogant
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to be or become big; to grow, to grow up; to become famous
to enlarge, to make something bigger; to say اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar, “God is greatest”)
تَكْبِير
مُكَبِّر
مُكَبَّر
تَكَبَّرَ
· present يَتَكَبَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be arrogant
تَكَبُّر
arrogance
مُتَكَبِّر
arrogant
مُتَكَبَّر
اِسْتَكْبَرَ
· present يَسْتَكْبِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to be proud, to be arrogant; to consider (someone or something) great and important
اِسْتِكْبَار
arrogance
مُسْتَكْبِر
haughty
مُسْتَكْبَر
Other nouns and adjectives
greater
كِبْرِيَاء
greatness
كُبَر
great calamities
كَبِيرَة
great sin
تَكْبِيرة
an instance of saying اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
الصَّوْم الْكَبِير
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