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ص-غ-ر
smallness
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Words from this root
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فَعِيل Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
See this pattern across the mapصَغِيرٌ
small, little; young
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- Plural
- صِغَارٌ
- Feminine
- صَغِيرَةٌ
أَفْعَل أَصْغَرُ
smaller, smallest; younger
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- Feminine
- صُغْرَى
أَخِي الْأَصْغَرُ my younger brother
فُعْلَى صُغْرَى
smallest (feminine); youngest
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فَعُلَ صَغُرَ
to be or become small
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- يَصْغُرُ
فِعَل صِغَرٌ
smallness; childhood
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مُنْذُ الصِّغَرِ since childhood
فَعَّلَ صَغَّرَ
to make smaller, reduce
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- يُصَغِّرُ
تَفْعِيل تَصْغِيرٌ
reduction; (grammar) the diminutive
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How the patterns shape this root
صَغِير (فَعِيل) is small, and for people young; plural صِغَار, opposite كَبِير. أَصْغَر (أَفْعَل) is smaller or youngest — أَخِي الْأَصْغَرُ, my younger brother — with feminine صُغْرَى. صَغُرَ (فَعُلَ) is to become small; صِغَر is smallness or childhood, مُنْذُ الصِّغَرِ. Form II صَغَّرَ is to make smaller, and its noun تَصْغِير is the grammar word for the diminutive, the little-form of a noun (كُتَيِّب, a booklet).
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