كِبَر
greatness
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Also written كبر: كَبَّرَ (to enlarge) · كَبَرَ (to be older than)
Highlights
Present tense
يَكْبُرُ
Verbal nouns
كِبَر، كُبْر، كَبَارَة
Active participle
Passive participle
مَكْبُور
Most common words from the same root
كَبُرَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be or become big stative
- to grow, to grow up stative
- to become famous stative
- to become too great (for something) stative
- to be too proud, to snub, to disdain stative
- to become too oppressive, to appear intolerable, to become too difficult, to become troublesome stative
وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِآيَةٍAnd if their aversion is grievous unto thee, then, if thou canst, seek a way down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky that thou mayst bring unto them a portent (to convince them all)!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:35
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *kabar- together with Hebrew כָּבַר (kāḇár, “to be great, to become great; to be many, to multiply”), Akkadian kabārum (“to be or become thick”) etc.
Words from the root ك-ب-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَبُرَ
· present يَكْبُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become big; to grow, to grow up; to become famous
كَبَّرَ
· present يُكَبِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
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
greater
كِبْرِيَاء
greatness
كُبَر
great calamities
كَبِيرَة
great sin
تَكْبِيرة
an instance of saying اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
الصَّوْم الْكَبِير
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كَبُرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | كَبُرْتُ | أَكْبُرُ | أَكْبُرَ | أَكْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | كَبُرْتَ | تَكْبُرُ | تَكْبُرَ | تَكْبُرْ | اُكْبُرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | كَبُرْتِ | تَكْبُرِينَ | تَكْبُرِي | تَكْبُرِي | اُكْبُرِي |
| هُوَ he | كَبُرَ | يَكْبُرُ | يَكْبُرَ | يَكْبُرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | كَبُرَتْ | تَكْبُرُ | تَكْبُرَ | تَكْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | كَبُرْتُمَا | تَكْبُرَانِ | تَكْبُرَا | تَكْبُرَا | اُكْبُرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | كَبُرَا | يَكْبُرَانِ | يَكْبُرَا | يَكْبُرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | كَبُرَتَا | تَكْبُرَانِ | تَكْبُرَا | تَكْبُرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | كَبُرْنَا | نَكْبُرُ | نَكْبُرَ | نَكْبُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | كَبُرْتُمْ | تَكْبُرُونَ | تَكْبُرُوا | تَكْبُرُوا | اُكْبُرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | كَبُرْتُنَّ | تَكْبُرْنَ | تَكْبُرْنَ | تَكْبُرْنَ | اُكْبُرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | كَبُرُوا | يَكْبُرُونَ | يَكْبُرُوا | يَكْبُرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | كَبُرْنَ | يَكْبُرْنَ | يَكْبُرْنَ | يَكْبُرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | كِبَر، كُبْر، كَبَارَة، كُبَارَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | كَبِير، كُبَار |
| Passive participle | مَكْبُور |
كَبُرَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to become too oppressive
وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِآيَةٍAnd if their aversion is grievous unto thee, then, if thou canst, seek a way down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky that thou mayst bring unto them a portent (to convince them all)!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:35
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