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ك-ب-ر

bigness

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9 words in 9 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فَعِيل
Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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- كَبِيرٌ
  big, large; old (of people); senior
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  Plural
  كِبَارٌ
  Feminine
  كَبِيرَةٌ
أَفْعَل
Comparative / superlative أَفْعَل
أَفْعَل = more / most of a quality
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- أَكْبَرُ
  bigger, biggest; older
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  Feminine
  كُبْرَى
  اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ God is greatest
فُعْلَى
Feminine superlative فُعْلَى
فُعْلَى = feminine of أَفْعَل
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- كُبْرَى
  biggest, greatest (feminine); eldest
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فَعُلَ
Form I verb (u)
فَعُلَ = to be or become (big, small, near…)
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- كَبُرَ
  to grow big, grow up
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  يَكْبُرُ
فِعَل
Noun فِعَل
فِعَل = a quality as a noun (or a plural)
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- كِبَرٌ
  bigness; old age
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فَعَّلَ
Form II verb
فَعَّلَ = make someone do it / do it a lot
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- كَبَّرَ
  to enlarge; to say اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
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  يُكَبِّرُ
  Command
  كَبِّرْ
تَفْعِيل
Masdar of form II
تَفْعِيل = the -ing of a form II verb
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- تَكْبِيرٌ
  enlargement; saying اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
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تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَكَبَّرَ
  to be arrogant, act big
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  يَتَكَبَّرُ
مُتَفَعِّل
Doer of form V
مُتَفَعِّل = the one who does form V
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- مُتَكَبِّرٌ
  arrogant
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  Feminine
  مُتَكَبِّرَةٌ

How the patterns shape this root

كَبِير (فَعِيل) is big, and for people it means old or senior; its plural is كِبَار and its opposite صَغِير. أَكْبَر (أَفْعَل) is bigger or biggest — اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ, God is greatest — and its feminine is كُبْرَى. The verb كَبُرَ (فَعُلَ) is to grow big or grow up. Form II كَبَّرَ makes something big: to enlarge, or to say the تَكْبِير; form V تَكَبَّرَ is to make yourself big — to be arrogant.

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