قُصُور
shortcoming
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Highlights
Feminine
قَصِيرَة
Masculine plural
قَصِيرُون، قُصَرَاء
Feminine plural
قَصِيرَات، قَصَائِر
Plural
قِصَار
Elative
أَقْصَر
more / most …
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
مَقْصُور
limited
Verb · Form VIII
اِقْتَصَرَ
be limited to
Adjective
قَيْصَرِيّ
Caesarean
Verb · Form I
قَصَرَ
to fall short of
Noun
قُصُور
shortcoming
قَصِير in English
Adjective
- short
- too short, defective
- small
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew קצר (katsár, “short”) and Amharic አጭር (ač̣ər, “short”).
Words from the root ق-ص-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَصَرَ
· present يَقْصُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to fall short of, to miss; to unable, to be incapable of; to desist, to refrain, to abstain
قَاصِر
مَقْصُور
limited
قَصُرَ
· present يَقْصُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to be or become short, to shorten; to be inadequate
قَصَرَ
· present يَقْصُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to shorten, to curtail, to pare
قَصْر
قَاصِر
مَقْصُور
قَصَرَ
· present يَقْصُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to detain, to lock up, to pen up, to put in jail; to hold back, to keep or restrict (within certain limits), to restrain; to confine to, to limit to, to restrict to
قَصْر
قَاصِر
مَقْصُور
قَصَّرَ
· present يُقَصِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to shorten; to abbreviate; to fall short, to shirk one's responsibilities, to not pull one's weight; to lag behind, to be slothful
تَقْصِير
abbreviation
مُقَصِّر
مُقَصَّر
اِقْتَصَرَ
· present يَقْتَصِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
be limited to (with على)
اِقْتِصَار
restriction
مُقْتَصِر
مُقْتَصَر
قَيْصَرِيّ
Caesarean
أَقْصَر
elative degree of قَصِير
قَصِير: plural and other forms
| Singular | قَصِير |
|---|---|
| Feminine | قَصِيرَة |
| Masculine plural | قَصِيرُون، قُصَرَاء |
| Feminine plural | قَصِيرَات، قَصَائِر |
| Plural | قِصَار |
| Elative (more / most) | أَقْصَر |
قَصِير in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَطَلَبَ أَنْ يَرَى يَسُوعَ مَنْ هُوَ، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ مِنَ الْجَمْعِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَصِيرَ الْقَامَةِ.And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.Luke 19:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّ الَّذِي لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ هذِهِ، هُوَ أَعْمَى قَصِيرُ الْبَصَرِ، قَدْ نَسِيَ تَطْهِيرَ خَطَايَاهُ السَّالِفَةِ.But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.2 Peter 1:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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