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ص-غ-ر

The Arabic root ص-غ-ر (s-gh-r)

Form I verb صَغُرَ: to be or become small

11 words in the dictionary are built from ص-غ-ر, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
small
Adjective
lesser
Noun
a minor sin
Verb · Form I
صَغُرَ
to be or become small
Verb · Form II
صَغَّرَ
to diminish
Verb · Form I
صَغَرَ
to be younger

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

صَغُرَ · present يَصْغُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become small, little; to be too small, young; to be or become insignificant or trifling

صِغَر
Verbal noun
young age
صَغَارَة
Verbal noun
صَغَار
Verbal noun
Active participle
small
صَاغِر
Active participle
subservient
صَغَرَ · present يَصْغُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be younger (than)

صَغْر
Verbal noun
صَغِير
Active participle
مَصْغُور
Passive participle
صَغَّرَ · present يُصَغِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

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

تَصْغِير
Verbal noun
diminishment
مُصَغِّر
Active participle
مُصَغَّر
Passive participle
أَصْغَرَ · present يُصْغِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to reduce, to diminish; to demean, to degrade; to belittle, to humiliate, to disparage

إِصْغَار
Verbal noun
مُصْغِر
Active participle
مُصْغَر
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
lesser
Noun
a minor sin

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